Christian Ramírez Has Been A Good Signing For Aberdeen.
He signed for Aberdeen FC from Houston Dynamo in 2021.
He has scored 8 goals in the Scottish Premiership so far this season. He has also scored in Europe.
I would love him to play of USA international side again.
He was born in California in the United States of America.
It would be an honour for an Aberdeen player to play for the USA.
Kilmarnock 1 Greenock Morton 1 SPFL.
In the Scottish Championship tonight, Kilmarnock have drawn with Greenock Morton by a 1-1 result.
McKenzie scored for Kilmarnock.
Lithgow scored for Greenock Morton.
Sanders of Kilmarnock was sent off in the game.
The result leaves Kilmarnock in 3rd place. While Greenock Morton are bottom of the table in tenth place.
A games between two locations with nock at the end of their place name, Greenock and Kilmarnock.
Aberdeen 2 Dundee 1 SPFL
Last Sunday, goals from Hedges and Ferguson saw Aberdeen beat Dundee 2-1. Griffiths scored for Dundee.
The result saw Aberdeen move to 6th place in the table,
In other Scottish Premiership games that day.
St Johnstone lost 3-1 to Celtic.
Dundee United lost 3-1 to Hibs.
Heart of Midlothian defeated Ross County 2-1.
Motherwell defeated Livingston 2-1.
Glasgow Rangers defeated St Mirren 2-0.
In some of the other results on Sunday.
In the Scottish Championship Arbroath continued their impressive season with a 3-0 win over Dunfermline.
In the Scottish League One Cove Rangers defeated East Fife 4-2.
In the Scottish League Two a surprise result saw Annan Athletic defeated Kelty Hearts 5-1.
In the Lowland League Bonnyrigg Rose defeated the Caledonian Braves.
On Monday one of the many interesting results saw;
Formartine United draw 4-4 with Brora Rangers in the Scottish Highland League.
While one of the many interesting results today in the Scottish Lowland League saw Glasgow Rangers B defeat Vale of Leithen 6-0.
I support a Celtic Nations Club Cup Idea For Soccer. As I have said elsewhere on this blog.
My idea is for Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Cornwall, the Isle of Man, and Brittany to have a cross border football club cup of top sides, including all the Scottish Premiership sides. -
Imagine club teams like Aberdeen, Glasgow Celtic, Glasgow Rangers,. Hibs, Heart of Midlothian, Motherwell and Dundee Utd getting to play top club sides from the other Celtic nations.
This would be on top of domestic and European football. So Scottish teams would still play in the Scottish soccer leagues, and Scottish Cups.
Travel would be no tougher than the trips professional sports sides do in the USA, Canada, Australia, Russia, Poland, China, India, Bangladesh, Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina.
I would love more cross border games for clubs from the Scottish Premiership guaranteed each year, against sides from other Celtic nations.
I love the intensity of cross border games. Your team are playing for local and national pride. So the games have high pressure and meaning.
Thank You.
Hibernian 1 Aberdeen 0 SPFL.
It was a bad night for Aberdeen FC. As Hibernian defeated Aberdeen by 1 goal to zero in Edinburgh.
The goal of the game was scored by Porteous.
It was the first match for Maloney as manager of Hibernian FC.
The result sees Aberdeen drop to 7th and Hibernian climb to 5th.
In other Scottish Premiership games tonight;
St Johnstone lost 2-1 at home to Ross County.
While, Glasgow Celtic drew 0-0 with St Mirren.
In the Scottish League One, Montrose defeated Peterhead 2-0.
While in Scottish League Two;
Cowdenbeath 2-1 to Edinburgh City.
While in the Scottish Lowland League;
Broomhill won 2-0 against Cumbernauld Colts.
In the Italian League, Juventus have won 2-0 against Cagliari.
Moise Kean and Federico Bernardeschi scored for Juventus.
In another result today Genoa have drawn with Atalanta 0-0.
Juventus are 5th in the Italian Serie A.
Inter Milan are top of the table.
Napoli are second in the league.
AC Milan are in 3rd in the table.
Atalanta are in fourth in the league table.
Roma are in 6th in the table.
East Kilbride 0 Glasgow Celtic B 3 - Scottish Lowland League.
Glasgow Celtic B side have defeated East Kilbride 3-0 in the Scottish Lowland League.
Celtic B and Rangers B are high in the table, both in their first season in the Scottish Lowland League.
Bonnyrigg Rose are at present top of the Scottish Lowland League.
Celtic B and Rangers B will be looking to develop their young players this season.
The main reason to have Celtic B and Rangers B in the Scottish Lowland League is for them to develop their young players.
Stirling Albion 0 Elgin City 1 SPFL.
This is a result in the Scottish League Two.
Elgin City have defeated Stirling Albion by one goal to zero.
The result leaves Elgin City to ninth. Plus Stirling Albion in sixth.
Kelty Hearts are at the top of the Scottish League Two table.
Sean Maloney Appointed Hibernian Manager.
Maloney played for Glasgow Celtic, and many other clubs.
He won many trophies as a player.
At international level he played for Scotland, Scotland B and the Scotland under 21 side. He scored 7 goals for the first team of Scotland.
Maloney was born in Malaysia.
He has been part of the Belgium coaching staff. So has a high record of coaching.
Hibernian are one of the biggest clubs in Scotland.
Hibernian have a long list of trophies, including 4 Scottish top tier titles, 3 Scottish Cups, and 3 Scottish League Cups.
Darren Young Appointed Stirling Albion Boss
Darren Young has been appointed Stirling Albion boss.
Darren Young famously played for Aberdeen.
He also played for Dunfermline Athletic, Crombie Sports, Dundee, Queen of the South, Greenock Morton, Alloa Athletic, Albion Rovers and East Fife.
He also managed Albion Rovers and East Fife.
Stirling Albion were founded in 1945, and play in Scottish League Two.
Young also played for the Scotland Under 21 side.
Glasgow Celtic 2 Hibernian 1 - Scottish League Cup Final 2021.
In the Scottish League Cup Final at Hampden, Glasgow. Glasgow Celtic have defeated Hibernian of Edinburgh by two goals to one. All the goals were scored in the second half.
Hanlon scored for Hibs.
While Furuhashi scored twice for Glasgow Celtic.
It is the first major Scottish trophy won by Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou, as Celtic manager.
It is the 20th time Glasgow Celtic have won the Scottish League Cup.
It is the 8th time Hibernian have been Scottish League Cup Runners-up.
Glasgow Rangers 1 Dundee United 0 SPFL.
In the Scottish Premiership Glasgow Rangers have defeated Dundee United 1-0 with a Taverneir penalty goal.
The result sends Rangers 7 points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership.
In other Scottish Premiership results today;
Dundee lost 1-0 to Heart of Midlothian.
Livingston drew 1-1 with Ross County.
Motherwell defeated St Johnstone 2-0.
Other results in the Scottish Soccer leagues today also included;
In the Scottish Championship;
Inverness CT lost 2-1 to Hamilton Academical.
Arbroath defeated Greenock Morton 2-1.
In the Scottish League One some notable results included;
Dumbarton 2 Peterhead 3.
Cove Rangers 3 Alloa Athletic 0.
In the Scottish League Two notable results included;
Elgin City 2 Stenhousemuir 2.
Stranraer 0 Kelty Hearts 4.
In the Scottish Highland League some notable results included;
Brechin City defeated Deveronvale 4-0.
Lossiemouth 1 Huntly 4,
In the Scottish Lowland League one of the notable results was;
Glasgow Celtic B 4 Bo'ness United 1.
Scottish Football And Looking Outward.
Scotland needs to look outward for trophies with teams from other countries, on top of the domestic league, and UEFA European trophies,
Imagine all Scottish Premiership sides being guaranteed competitive games against non-Scottish sides each season. A group stage trophy for games against teams from other nations.
Scotland could look to Europe, Africa, North America, Central America, South America, Asia, or Oceania.
Look for cross border trophy with teams trams from other nations. It would be fun.
Thanks.
Edinburgh City 0 Forfar Athletic 4 - SPFL
In the Scottish League Two, Forfar defeated Edinburgh City with a 4-0 away victory.
The goals were scored by Munro, McCluskey, Anderson, and Aitken.
The result leaves Forfar Athletic in second.
While Edinburgh City are in 5th.
Hibernian v Glasgow Celtic in Scottish League Cup Fina 2021.
The final is set to be played this Sunday at Hampden Stadium, Glasgow.
Glasgow Celtic have started to play well now.
Hibernian started the season well, but have had relative dip in form.
Hibernian are aiming for their 4th Scottish League Cup trophy,
While Glasgow Celtic are aiming for their 20th Scottish League Cup trophy.
At present Glasgow Rangers have won the most Scottish League Cups with 27.
Aberdeen have won 6 Scottish League Cups.
Heart of Midlothian have won four Scottish League Cups.
I hope it is an exciting final.
At Men's Soccer in the Nations League Scotland Have Drawn the Ukraine, Armenia, and the Republic of Ireland.
Scotland have discovered their opponents in the Nations League in 2022.
The games will be tough for Scotland.
The Ukraine are one of the best football nations in Europe in the last 20 years.
The Republic of Ireland are improving and are a famous football nation.
While Armenia are improving and will present a tough challenge.
The games are part of the National League Group B.
Celtic and Rangers Win In SPFL - 15th December 2021 - Wednesday.
Glasgow Celtic Beat Ross County 2-1 in Dingwall.
Abada and Ralston scored for Celtic.
While Baldwin scored for Ross County of Dingwall.
Also today, Glasgow Rangers won at Ibrox, with a 2-0 win against St Johnstone.
Morelos and Kent scored for Glasgow Rangers.
Hibernian 1 Dundee 0 - Scottish Premiership.
Yesterday in the Scottish Premiership Hibs defeated Dundee 1-0 in the SPFL.
Hibernian scored via an own goal.
Hibernian are in 7th place in the league,
Dundee are now placed in 10th place in the league.
Both teams have played 18 league games this season.
Rangers And Celtic Discover European Opponents.
In the Europa League knockout round play-off, Glasgow Rangers have drawn German giants Borussia Dortmund.
In the Europa Conference League knockout round play-off, Glasgow Celtic have drawn Bodo/Glimt from Norway.
Bodo/Glimt are an improving team and will be difficult opponents for Glasgow Celtic.
While Borussia Dortmund are one of the biggest sides in Europe. They have some top players.
It should be an exciting time in European football for the two Old Firm sides.
Paris Saint Germain 2 Monaco 0 - French League.
In the French League PSG defeated Monaco 2-0 on Sunday
Mbappé scored twice for PSG. The result still leaves PSG at the top of the table.
Other results in French League on Sunday included;
Strasbourg 0 Marseille 2.
Metz 4 Lorient 1.
Lille 0 Lyon 0.
Rennes 1 Nice 1.
Real Madrid 2 Atlético Madrid 0 - La Liga.
Real Madrid had an impressive 2-0 win in La Liga, at home, on Sunday.
Benzema and Asensio scored the goals for Real Madrid.
The result leaves Real Madrid top of the table.
Real Madrid are doing well in the league.
There nearest challengers are present are Sevilla and Real Betis.
Celtic And Rangers Win In Scottish Premiership - SPFL.
Glasgow Celtic defeated Motherwell at home by 1-0. The goal was scored by Rogic.
Glasgow Rangers defeated Heart of Midlothian by 2-0, in Edinburgh.
The goal scorers for Rangers were Morelos and Aribo.
The results leave Rangers at the top of the table with Celtic in second place.
St Johnstone 0 Aberdeen 1 - SPFL
Aberdeen had an impressive 1-0 away win in Perth, thanks to a Jenks goal. The game was in the Scottish Premiership. Aberdeen are now in 6th place. St Johnstone have moved to bottom of the table.
Other Scottish Premiership results today included;
Ross County 3 Dundee 2.
Dundee United 0 Livingston 1.
St Mirren 1 Hibernian 1.
In the Scottish Championship today results included;
Dunfermline Athletic 3 Queen of the South 3.
Greenock Morton 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 6.
Partick Thistle 0 Arbroath 2.
Raith Rovers 1 Kilmarnock 0.
Othe results in Scotland included,
In the Scottish League One Cove Rangers beat Falkirk 3-0.
While, Peterhead drew 1-1 with East Fife.
In the Scottish League Two results included;
Kelty Hearts 6 Albion Rovers 1.
Annan Athletic 4 Elgin City 1.
In the Scottish Highland League results included;
Deveronvale 4 Nairn County 5.
Fraserburgh 12 Fort William 0.
In the Scottish Lowland League results included;
East Kilbride 2 Glasgow Rangers B 1.
Caledonian Braves 0 Gala Fairydean 0.
University of Stirling 0 Bonnyrigg Rose 1.
The Spartans 5 Dalbeattie Star 2.
Bo'ness United 0 Vale of Leithen 1.
Ayr United 1 Hamilton Academical 1
In the Scottish Championship, Ayr United have drawn 1-1 with Hamilton.
Smith scored for Hamilton. While Adeloye scored for Ayr United.
The result leaves Ayr United in 7th place. And Hamilton in 6th.
In the Scottish Lowland League, East Stirlingshire lost 1-0 to the Glasgow Celtic B side.
Glasgow Celtic 3 Real Betis 2 - Europa League
Glasgow Celtic have won 3-2 against Real Betis in the group stages of the UEFA Europa League Group Stages.
Real Betis had qualified for the Europa League knockout stages already, while Glasgow Celtic had already qualified for the Europa Conference League.
Welsh, Henderson and Turnbull scored the goals for Glasgow Celtic.
While Bain scored an own goal for Real Betis, and Iglesias scored the other goal for Real Betis.
The game was a thriller for the fans.
Celtic played a mixture of young and experienced players.
It was an exciting action packed game.
Olympique Lyonnais 1 Glasgow Rangers 1 - UEFA Europa League Group Stages.
In Europa League, Glasgow Rangers have drawn 1-1 with Lyon.
Scott Wright scored for Glasgow Rangers.
While Bassey scored an own goal for Lyon.
At the end of the group stage, Glasgow Rangers have ended in second place, While Lyon finished top of the group.
In the other game in the group Sparta Prague defeated Brondby 2-0.
Brondby finished bottom of the group. While Sparta Prague ended 3rd in the group.
Jack Ross Is No Longer Hibs Boss.
The manager took Hibs to 3rd in the Scottish Premiership last season. And this season qualified Hibs to the League Cup Final. He also took Hibernian to a Scottish Cup Final.
I think it is a shame he is not longer Hibs boss. He is a good Scottish relatively young and experienced boss.
He took St Mirren far, and did a good job at Alloa Athletic.
I think Jack Ross should have been given more times at Hibs.
I hope managers like Derek McInnes get the Hibs job. McInnes did a good consistent job at Aberdeen.
Livingston 1 Hibernian 0 - SPFL.
In the Scottish Premiership tonight, Livingston moved up the table thanks to a 1-0 home win.
McMillan scored the winning goal for Livingston.
Livingston now have 16 points, While Hibs remain on 19 points.
Livingston are now in 9th place, Hibs are in 7th place.
Rennes had an impressive 5-0 win against Saint-Étienne in the French League on Sunday.
Other results included Lorient 0 Nantes 1, Monaco 4 Metz 0, and Bordeaux 2 Lyon 2/
On Saturday some of the important results included Lens 1 PSG 1, and Lille 1 Troyes 1.
Wijnaldum scored the goal for PSG against Lens. While Fofana scored for Lens.
Glasgow City 0 Glasgow Celtic 1 - SWPL Cup Final.
In the Scottish Women's Premier League Cup Final, Glasgow Celtic have defeated the mighty Glasgow City by one goal to zero. The only goal of the game was scored by a Celtic player Hayes.
Celtic have now won the trophy for the second time in their history.
The final was played at Firhill.
Meanwhile Glasgow City had won the trophy 6 times in their history.
While Hibernian have won it 7 times. Kilmarnock have won the trophy 3 times.
Edinburgh won the trophy once.
Livingston 0 Heart of Midlothian 1 SPFL
Livingston lost at home to Hearts, by one goal to zero in the Scottish Premiership. The game was played in Livingston. The only goal of the game was scored by Boyce for Hearts. The result leaves Hearts in third place. While Livingston stay second bottom of the league.
Dundee United 0 Glasgow Celtic 3 SPFL
Glasgow Celtic beat Dundee United 3-0 in Dundee, Scotland. As Rogic, Turnbull and Scales all scored goals in a strong display by Glasgow Celtic. The game was a Scottish Premiership match. The result leaves Glasgow Celtic in 2nd place, only four points behind rivals Glasgow Rangers.
Dundee United are in 4th, with 25 points.
Aberdeen 4 St Mirren 1 Scottish Premiership.
It was a fantastic performance for Aberdeen, as they beat St Mirren 4-1 at Pittodrie.
Watkins and Ramirez both scored twice for Aberdeen. While Tanser scored for St Mirren.
It is a second consecutive win for Aberdeen in the Scottish league. The result lifts them to 6th place in the Scottish Premiership.
Aberdeen fans will be delighted with the result.
In other Scottish Premiership results today;
Glasgow Rangers defeated Dundee 3-0.
Hibernian drew Motherwell 1-1.
Some other notable results today included;
In the Scottish Championship;
Arbroath drew 0-0 with Raith Rovers.
Hamilton defeated Dunfermline 1-0.
Greenock Morton drew 2-2 with Ayr United.
Queen of the South drew 0-0 with Partick Thistle.
In the Scottish League One some of the notable results included;
Clyde drawing 2-2 with Peterhead.
Cove Rangers defeated Dumbarton 2-0.
Queen's Park defeated Falkirk 6-0.
In the Scottish League Two;
Albion Rovers lost 3-2 to Forfar Athletic.
In the Scottish Cup Montrose drew 1-1 with Kelty Hearts.
In the Scottish Highland League;
Brora Rangers defeated Huntly 4-0.
In the Scottish Lowland League;
Glasgow Celtic B defeated Edinburgh University 3-0.
Glasgow Rangers B defeated The Spartans 7-0.
East Kilbride beat the Caledonian Braves 7-0.
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 Kilmarnock 0 - SPFL
On a Friday night, in the SPFL Championship, Inverness Caledonian Thistle have defeated Kilmarnock by one goal to zero.
In a tense match, Welsh scored the winning goal for ICT.
The result takes Inverness Caledonian Thistle to the top of the Scottish Championship. That is the second tier of the Scottish male football.
Kilmarnock are now in 3rd place.
Only the top team in the Scottish Championship get automatic promotion to the Scottish Premiership.
Billy Dodds is the manger of Inverness Caledonian Thistle. --
Grêmio 3 São Paulo 0.
Grêmio had an impressive win against São Paulo in the league this week.
São Paulo the football club in their history have won 1 World Club Championship, 2 Intercontinental Cups, 3 Copa Libertadores, 1 Copa Sudamericana, 1 Copa CONMEBOL, and 6 Brazilian titles. They are a massive side.
Grêmio are from Porto Alegre in Brazil. They have won 1 Intercontinental Cup, 3 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores de América, and two Brazilian titles.
Lazio 4 Udinese 4 - Serie A.
There was an epic 8 goal draw between Lazio and Udinese in the Italian Serie A on Thursday.
Ciro Immobile, Pedro, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, and Francesco Acerbi scored for Lazio.
Beto scored twice for Udinese, and Nahuel Molina, Tolgay Arslan also scored for Udinese.
On the same day Torino drew 2-2 with Empoli.
Lazio is a side in Rome, Italy. They are rivals to Roma.
Lazio have won two Italian titles in their history, plus seven Italian Cups, a European Cup Winners Cup, and European Super Cup.
Udinese are from Udine in North East Italy.
Glasgow Celtic 1 Heart of Midlothian 0 - SPFL.
Glasgow Celtic have defeated Hearts at Celtic Park, by one goal to zero.
Furuhashi scored the only goal of the game for Glasgow Celtic.
There were chances for both sides,
Hearts are still in third place in the Scottish Premiership table.
Glasgow Celtic lie second place in the Scottish Premiership table behind Glasgow Rangers,
Hearts are 2 points ahead of fourth placed Dundee United.
It was a tough intense game for both sides.
I Think SFA Cup And League Cup Finals Tickets Should Be 50%-50% Share
I think as much as possible the ticket share for Scottish Cup and League Cup finals should be 50%-50% between each side.
I am not anti the Old Firm. I want Celtic and Rangers to do well in Europe. I want them to be amongst the biggest clubs in Europe. I want them to win European trophies. I see them as Scottish clubs.
But this is purely a fairness issue. The cup final should be a neutral venue. A team should not have an advantage, just because they have more fans.
Obviously if one of the teams has no chance of selling 50% of the tickets, then that should be taken into account. I understand that. There is no point in deliberately letting 40% of the tickets go to waste because of a pretence that some team can sell tickets, that they cannot really sell. I totally understand that.
And if a team cannot sell their tickets then I am OK with letting the other club buy the tickets as long as it does not affect security.
But where you can be sure each team can sell 50% of the available tickets. Then both teams should get 50% of the tickets,
Obviously some of the tickets will be given to sponsors, and officials. I understand that also. But there should be a 50%-50% share of the tickets to be given to both sides,
I do not care if Celtic or Rangers get 6 times the average attendances one of the opposing teams average attendances. It is a neutral venue. A neutral venue. And the final should reflect that totally,
And how would we like it if Scotland qualified for a major final and got less tickets because we had a smaller population, than our opponents. It should not make any difference. It is a neutral venue and the attendance should reflect that.
I know Celtic and Rangers fans would say they fill their bigger grounds more often. So loyalty should be rewarded. But how would Rangers like it if the authorities said Celtic should get more tickets because they nearly fill a 60,000 capacity stadium when Rangers just fill a approximately 50,000 capacity stadium.
Plus Celtic and Rangers get to more finals anyway, so there fans will have more opportunities to see their team.
It might be tough on loyal Celtic and Rangers fans. But a neutral venue should be reflected by the crowd.
Genoa 0 AC Milan 3 - Serie A.
In the Italian League AC Milan had an impressive 3-0 away from home at Genoa.
Ibrahimovic scored once, and Messias scored twice.
On the same day;
Roma lost 1-0 to Bologna.
Inter Milan beat Spezia 2-0.
Sassuolo drew 2-2 with Napoli.
Napoli are at the top of Serie A. They are level on points AC Milan who are in second place.
Roma sit in 5th place.
Salernitana lie at the bottom of Serie A.
Scotland, Wales and Cornwall Should Co-Operate More At Soccer
I think we are small nations on the island of Great Britain.
We could have more international matches at male and female soccer, between the nations, at different levels.
We could have more cross border club cups like for instance a Celtic Club Nations Cups.
Have Scottish sides entering sides in Welsh trophies. And more Welsh sides entering sides in Scottish domestic cup trophies, Like was done with Welsh sides playing in the Scottish Challenge Cup,
We could have more cross border co-operation at refereeing, coaching, management, stadiums, academy facilities, player development, cross border club cups, cross border international matches at different levels, cross border conferences, cross border co-operation at administrative levels, cross border co-operation at research levels.
It would be good for the three nations to co-operate more.
I would love games like Glasgow Celtic v Swansea City, Aberdeen v Cardiff City, Wrexham v Glasgow Rangers, Truro City v Dundee United, Newport County v St Johnstone, and Ross County v Connah's Quay Nomads,
There could be more international level trophies between the 3 nations.
Thanks.
The Quality Of Football Should Be First.
I think that the quality of a football teams is more important than stadiums, quality of pitch, location, and peripheral issues,
I do not think teams should be stopped from entering the Scottish Premiership, by virtue of their stadium or non footballing issues not being up to scratch. The most important issue is how good are their players at getting good football scores,
Otherwise teams spend more money on stadia, and pitches than on the quality of the players they are producing,
What is the point in having the best stadia in the World, if the players are not good enough.
The priority of Scottish soccer is having good players developed for the international teams and to improve club performances in Europe.
Celtic Nations Club Cup Idea - Soccer.
I think Scottish soccer should put forward a Celtic Nations Club Cup Trophy.
This would be a cup club cup
trophy between top club sides from Scotland, Wales, the Republic of Ireland,
Northern Ireland, Brittany, the Isle of Man, and Cornwall.
My idea would be to include all
Scottish Premiership sides, plus all the Welsh sides playing in the English
league system. Plus selected sides from Northern Ireland, the Welsh Cymru
Premier, the Republic of Ireland, Brittany, the Isle of Man, and
Cornwall.
Imagine games like Glasgow Celtic v Cardiff City, Aberdeen v Wrexham, Glasgow Rangers v Nantes, Rennes v Swansea City, Newport County v Dundee United, Merthyr Town v Motherwell, The Isle of Man v The New Saints, Livingston v Stade Rennais, Truro City v Shamrock Rovers, St Johnstone v Sligo Rovers, Dundalk v Dundee, Linfield v Ross County, Connah's Quay Nomads v Hibernian, and Heart of Midlothian v Cork City.
Plus perhaps even extra sides
could be invited in from the Celtic areas of Spain and Portugal. Plus small
sides could be invited from England, France, Plus perhaps sides from the
Netherlands, Belgium, Scandinavia, Finland, Russia, the Ukraine, the Faroe
Islands, Poland, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Austria or
other regions.
I would expect the non-Celtic bigger nations to enter their smaller club sides. I am not expecting France to enter PSG. But I think Brittany should enter their biggest club sides.
I would not expect England to enter the likes of Man Utd or Liverpool. I would want England to enter sides like Chester, Bath City, Hereford, Tranmere Rovers, Shrewsbury Town, Bristol Rovers, Carlisle United, Northwich Victoria, Hednesford Town, Kidderminster Harriers, Bristol City, Sunderland, Huddersfield Town, Salford City, Wolverhampton Wanderers, and Coventry City. They are big sides by Celtic standards, and would add to the trophy. Entering 8 club teams would be good from England.
The Celt Nations Club Cup trophy would be on top of
domestic and European football trophies. So this would be an addition to the season,
UEFA allowed the Scottish
Challenge Cup to have sides from Wales, Northern Ireland, the Republic of
Ireland and England. So UEFA do not seem to have a problem with extra cross
border cup trophies.
The Celtic Nations Club Cup trophy
could be a group stage trophy, followed by a straight knockout singe leg
trophy, leading to a final.
The main Celtic Nations Club Cup would be held at home and away venues of all the competing clubs of each nation. So Aberdeen would play perhaps 3 home games, in the group stages in Aberdeen, and 3 away games at the venues of the opposing teams in their group,
I think a Celtic Nations Club
Cup would be fun, and offer great trips to beautiful places and football
regions.
The regions of Scotland, Wales,
Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Brittany, the Isle of Man, and
Cornwall add up to around 20 million. So it is a big rich market for the bigger
clubs to exploit.
Then with extra invited teams
from other regions in Europe, it would be an even bigger trophy.
I am not pretending that this
trophy would be like Real Madrid v Barcelona or Juventus v Inter Milan. But it
would be an extra cross border trophy.
I think the Scots could open
their clubs up to bigger markets.
While the Welsh sides in the
English league would get to play European style trophies,
While the sides of the Welsh
Cymru Premier, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, the Isle of Man, and
Cornwall could be awoken like sleeping giants. The Dublin, Cork and Belfast
sides could particularly grow from being in such a trophy and playing big
sides.
I would want this to be a
primarily full time club trophy to give the trophy a strong base.
Clubs would need to fund their
own participation. They would not need to pay an entry fee. But they would need
to be able to fund their own participation in the trophy.
The final could be played at
one of the competing team's stadia.
I think a Celtic Nations Club Cup would be a fun addition to the season. Where it could be the bedrock of soccer in the nations of the Celtic lands. It could be cool and intense.
It would be an annual trophy.
The Celtic regions add up to a
big market.
Some people might criticise the travel arrangements,. But look at the trips that teams have to do in Brazil, Australia, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, China, the USA, Canada, and Mexico. Let alone UEFA trophies where teams travel from Kazakhstan and Georgia to Iceland and Norway, So I do not accept that a Dingwall (Scotland) to Nantes trip is impossible.
I would want cross border Celtic
Nations Club Cups all the way down the levels. Also at male and female soccer. So
there could be women’s Celtic Nations Club Cups.
The smaller Celtic Cups could be held at single locations like a mini- trophy, but the main Celtic Nations Club Cup would be held at home and away venues of all the competing nations.
The Celts in the Iberian peninsula have been known as the Celtici and in Portuguese, Spanish, and the Galician languages as the Célticos. The Celtic groups in the Iberian peninsula inhabited up to three areas of Alentejo and the Algarve in Portugal. Plus in the province of Badajoz and in the north of the Province of Huelva in Spain, and in the ancient Baeturia and along the areas of coastal Galicia. So perhaps these regions could provide sides for a Celtic Nations Club Cup also.
Thanks.
Aberdeen 2 Livingston 0 - SPFL.
Aberdeen had a great result today on Wednesday with a 2-0 victory at home against Livingston.
The Scottish Premiership game saw two goals by Hedges and Bates of Aberdeen.
In other Scottish Premiership results today;
Glasgow Rangers beat Hibernian 1-0.
St Mirren drew 0-0 with Ross County.
Dundee beat St Johnstone 1-0.
Yesterday Motherwell defeated Dundee United 1-0.
Tomorrow Glasgow Celtic will play Heart of Midlothian.
Also yesterday in the Scottish Challenge Cup;.
Cove Rangers won 5-1 against Glasgow Rangers B.
Hamilton Academical lost 3-2 to Kilmarnock.
Inverness Caledonian Thistle lost on penalties to Raith Rovers.
While today in the Scottish Challenge Cup Queen of the South beat Greenock Morton 2-1.
Aberdeen Drawn Against Edinburgh City In Scottish Cup.
Aberdeen have been drawn to play Edinburgh City in the Scottish Cup.
Aberdeen have been drawn at home.
This will be a potential banana skin for Aberdeen.
Edinburgh City play in Scottish League Two, and have won two Scottish Lowland League titles, in their history.
Aberdeen have not won the Scottish Cup since 1990, but play in the Scottish Premiership.
Other notable Scottish Cup games in the Fourth Round include Banks O'Dee v Raith Rovers,
Peterhead v East Kilbride, Clydebank v Annan Athletic, Motherwell v Inverness Caledonian Thistle or Greenock Morton, Dumbarton v Dundee, Livingston v Ross County, Partick Thistle v Airdrieonians, Auchinleck Talbot v Heart of Midlothian, Glasgow Rangers v Stirling Albion, Ayr United v St Mirren, Hibernian v Cove Rangers or Queen of the South, Kelty Hearts or Montrose v St Johnstone, Arbroath v Brechin City or Darvel, plus Alloa Athletic v Glasgow Celtic.
Aberdeen need to win some more trophies, and get higher up the league for Aberdeen fans.
Saint-Étienne 1 Paris Saint Germain 3
Messi provided 3 assists as PSG defeated Saint-Étienne 3-1 away from home.
Bouanga scored against PSG.
While Marquinhos scored twice and Di María scored once for PSG.
Other scores in the French League included,
Bordeaux 1 Brest 2.
Lorient 0 Rennes 2.
Monaco 1 Strasbourg 1.
Marseille 1 Troyes 0.
Montpellier 0 Lyon 1.
Reims 1 Clermont 0.
The French League is topped by PSG.
PSG will want to win the French League and Champions League this season. But it will be tough to win both.
Aberdeen Lose To Celtic 2-1
Aberdeen lost an exciting high quality game at Celtic Park, on Sunday.
Ferguson scored for Aberdeen.
While Neves Filipe and McGregor scored for Glasgow Celtic.
Over the Weekend in the Scottish Premiership, Glasgow Rangers beat Livingston 3-1.
Dundee beat Motherwell 3-0.
Hearts beat St Mirren 2-0.
Ross County drew 1-1 with Dundee United.
St Johnstone lost 2-1 to St Johnstone.
While in the Scottish Cup, some notable results included.
Alloa Athletic beat Bonnyrigg Rose 5-0.
Auchinleck Talbot beat Hamilton Academical 1-0.
Banks O'Dee beat East Fife 2-1.
Peterhead beat the Civl Service Strollers 3-0.
Dumbarton beat Sauchie Juniors 3-1.
Inverness Caledonian Thistle drew 1-1 with Greenock Morton.
Queen's Park lost 1-0 to Kilmarnock.
In the Scottish Highland League some notable results included;
Brora Rangers defeated Deveronvale 4-0.
Wick Acamdemy defeated Forres Mechanics 2-0.
In the Scottish Lowland League Celtic B defeated Caledonian Braves 3-2.
Celtic Cups All The Way Down The Levels.
I think we should have Celtic Nations Club Football Cups all the way down the levels of Celtic soccer.
So that is cross border trophies involving teams from the Celtic nations of Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Cornwall, the Isle of Man and Brittany.
My idea would be cross border trophies between club sides from the 6 nations, on top of domestic and European football.
The top trophy would be a Celtic Nations Club Cup consisting of all Scottish Premier sides, plus the big Welsh sides in the English league that is Wrexham, Newport County, Cardiff City, Swansea City and Merthyr Town. Plus the big sides of Brittany like Nantes and Rennes. Plus selected sides from Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and the Cymru Premier. Plus a side each from the Isle of Man and Cornwall.
So there could be games like Aberdeen v Cardiff City, The New Saints v Linfield, Glasgow Celtic v Swansea City, Newport County v Dundee United, Rennes v Glasgow Rangers, Nantes v Shamrock Rovers, Hibernian v Cork City, Motherwell v Truro City, and Heart of Midlothian v Wrexham.
Thus would be a group stage trophy followed by knockout stage leading to a final.
The UEFA authorities allowed Welsh, Irish and English sides in the Scottish Challenge Cup. So UEFA would allow cross border trophies.
Travel would not be a huge issue when you consider the trips that teams do in nations like Brazil, India, Canada, the USA, Mexico, Russia and China.
In rugby union the Scottish, Welsh, Italian, Irish and South Africans have had cross border club trophies, So North West Europe is not that tough to travel around.
I think the Scottish sides would like to open up to a larger market.
The big Welsh sides in the English league would get to play European style matches.
The Irish sides could be awakened from being sleeping giants.
The Breton sides could connect with their Celtic cousins.
The Isle of Man and Cornwall need to enter a team each as they are Celtic nations who should be represented.
But the Scottish Challenge Cup could also continue with sides from other countries.
But all the way down the levels there could be cross border cups involving the Celtic nations.
With for instance smaller part time sides having multi-team events at a single stadia. They could be called things like the Celtic Second Tier Cup, or the Celtic Secondary Shield.
I also think this should be done at men's and women's soccer.
So we could have Celtic Club matches trophies all the way down the levels.
There are also territories in the North West of Iberia, that are often seen as Celtic nations. These are regions in parts of Northern Portugal, and North West Spain. Including regions such as Galicia, Asturias, León, and Cantabria. Some of these regions have been referred to as Gallaecia and Astures. They are often considered Celtic nations. So perhaps these regions and nations could enter teams in the cross border Celtic trophies.
We could also invite sides from Yorkshire, England, and other parts of Western Europe such as from Belgium France, Denmark or the Netherlands.
Perhaps Scandinavia could enter sides and Central Europe could enter teams such as from nations like Switzerland, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia.
Countries like Finland, and Greece could enter sides by invitation.
France 6 Kazakhstan 0 - Women's International
France yesterday had an impressive 6-0 win against Kazakhstan.
This was a big score.
It is a interesting result because the last time the men's team played Kazakhstan, the French won 8-0. That men's result was back on the 13th of November 2021.
I do not know what the record aggregate score for men's and female's soccer is between the the two international teams at the same relative time frame.
Could France play a team at men's and women's soccer on the same day?
And check is they could win both games on the same day.
Scotland 1 Ukraine 1 - Women's International -Soccer.
Scotland managed to grab a late equaliser against a strong Ukraine side in World Cup Qualifying.
Kravchuk scored for the Ukraine.
While Harrison scored the later equaliser for Scotland.
The game was played in Hampden, Glasgow.
The result leaves Scotland in second place in their group.
There were other women's football international played today such as;
Germany beat Turkey 8-0.
Slovenia beat Estonia 6-0.
Wales beat Greece 5-0.
Switzerland beat Italy 2-1.
Romania beat Moldova 3-0.
In the women's World Cup Qualifying, the biggest win on Thursday was Belgium 19 Armenia 0.
In another big score Spain beat the Faroe Islands 12-0. While Northern Ireland beat North Macedonia 11-0. And Norway beat Albania 7-0. Poland had a strong 2-1 win away against Kosovo. Azerbaijan lost 4-0 to Russia.
There was a big result in a women's international friendly on Thursday as Japan lost 2-0 to Iceland.
Scotland Draw Ukraine in World Cup Qualifying Play-Offs.
Scotland will play at home against the Ukraine in the Football World Cup Qualifying Play-Offs.
Each team in the play-offs have to get past two teams to qualify for the World Cup.
If Scotland win against the Ukraine, then they will need to play the winner of Wales v Austria to qualify for the World Cup.
Wales and Scotland have had tough draws in the first play-off matches for them.
The winner of Scotland v the Ukraine will be away from home against the winner of Wales v Austria, to decide who qualifies for the World Cup.
In other parts of the draw.
The winner of Poland V Russia in the play-offs will play the winner of Sweden v the Czech Republic to decide who gets a place in the World Cup.
And the winner of Italy v North Macedonia will decide who plays the winner of Portugal v Turkey. The winning team of those four sides will qualify for the World Cup.
Glasgow Rangers Win And Glasgow Celtic Lose In Europa League.
It was a mixed night for Scottish clubs in the Europa League.
Glasgow Celtic had a respectable 3-2 defeat to Bayer Leverkusen.
Glasgow Rangers had a more impressive 2-0 victory over Czech giants Sparta Prague.
In the Bayer Leverkusen v Celtic game.
Andrich scored twice for Leverkusen while Diaby scored once for Bayer Leverkusen.
Juranovic and Neves Filipe scored for Glasgow Celtic.
The result means Glasgow Celtic qualify for the Europa Conference League play-offs. Which means Celtic can only play in the Europa Conference League in Europe this season,
In the Rangers v Sparta Prague game, Morelos scored twice for Glasgow Rangers.
The result means Rangers qualify for the play-offs for the Europa League knockout stages. So Rangers are in the Europa League only in Europe this season. It is an impressive result for Rangers.
Ross County 1 Hibernian 0 - SPFL
Ross County of Dingwall, have managed a strong 1-0 win over Hibernian in Scotland.
Spittal scored the only goal of the game.
The result takes Ross County to one point behind Dundee in the Scottish Premiership table.
Ross County are still bottom behind 11th placed Dundee.
Ross County had a good result for them in trying to avoid relegation.
Will Cove Rangers And Aberdeen Both Be Playing In Scottish Championship Next Season?
Aberdeen FC fans will be terrified by the recent results of Aberdeen in the Scottish Premiership, that is the top tier of Scottish men's football.
Aberdeen are just in 8th place, just 5 points above the relegation play-off place. And just 9 points clear of automatic relegation.
If Aberdeen continue to lose they could be relegated from the Scottish Premiership to the Scottish Championship. That is the second tier of the SPFL.
Aberdeen FC have never been relegated in their history before. So the Aberdeen FC fans will be hoping that the side are not relegated at the end of this season.
Meanwhile fellow Aberdeen side, Cove Rangers have been on the up.
Cove Rangers are in the third tier of Scottish soccer, which is called the Scottish League One.
Cove Rangers are sitting clear at the top of the Scottish League One,
If Cove Rangers win the Scottish League One, they will be promoted to the Scottish Championship at the end of the season, where they could play Aberdeen FC.
Cove Rangers were as recently as 2019, playing in the Scottish Highland League, which is in the 5th tier of the Scottish soccer system.
Cove Rangers won the Highland League in 2019, and were promoted to the Scottish League Two. Which they won in 2020.
Last season in 2020-21 Cove Rangers finished 3rd but did not get promoted.
But if the momentum continues then in season 2021-22 Cove Rangers could be playing Aberdeen derbies against the famous club of Aberdeen FC.
Aberdeen FC fans will be desperately hoping that Aberdeen FC can turn their results around to avoid relegation. It is a tough league. Aberdeen FC need to improve their results soon.
Cove Rangers And Aberdeen Both Playing In The Scottish Championship?
Elgin City 1 Edinburgh City 1 - SPFL.
In the Scottish League Two, Elgin City drew 1-1 with Edinburgh City.
It is was a game for the two teams called City still left in League Two.
Elgin City are second bottom of the division.
While Edinburgh City are in fourth place.
Roy Makaay Joins Glasgow Rangers.
The Dutch legend Makaay, joins Van Bronckhorst as part of the team bossing Glasgow Rangers football side.
Makaay played for Vitesse, Tenerife, Deportivo La Coruña, Bayern Munich and Feyenoord.
He won 43 caps for the Netherlands whom he scored 6 goals for at senior level.
At club level he scored hundreds of goals.
As a player he won amongst many honours, La Liga, the Spanish Cup, the Bundesliga, the German Cup, and the KNVB Cup.
Glasgow Rangers fans will be happy ot have this soccer legend as part of their club.
Glasgow Celtic And Glasgow Rangers In Europa League This Week,
Celtic will be playing Bayer 04 Leverkusen,
While Rangers will be playing Sparta Prague.
Both the Old Firm sides need to win their games to have a realistic chance of reaching the knockout stages of the Europa League.
Both Old Firm teams will have strong sides to play against. So it will be tough to get good results.
The priority for me is European football.
To make Scottish football look good, we need Scottish teams to go far in European trophies.
In the Scottish Women's Premier League, Glasgow City defeated Motherwell 5-1.
Meanwhile also in the SWPL, Celtic defeated Aberdeen 3-1. The Spartans drew with Hibernian 0-0.
And Heart of Midlothian defeated Hamilton 1-0.
The league leaders Rangers defeated Partick Thistle 1-0.
Now Hamilton are bottom of the table.
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Glasgow Rangers 1 Hibernian 3 - Scottish League Cup Semi-Final.
Hibs have defeated Rangers 3-1 at Hampden, in the Scottish Cup Semi-final.
The result takes Hibs through to the Scottish League Cup Final to play Glasgow Celtic.
In the game, Boyle scored 3 times for Hibernian.
Arfield scored once for Glasgow Rangers.
The result was an upset for the Rangers,
In their history, Hibernian have won the Scottish League Cup, three times.
Rangers have won it 27 times.
Jack Ross is the manager of Hibernian.
Glasgow Celtic 1 St Johnstone 0 Scottish League Cup Semi-Final.
Glasgow Celtic managed a 1-0 victory against Scottish League Cup holders St Johnstone.
Forrest scored the winning goal for Glasgow Celtic.
The game was played at Hampden Stadium.
It was an intense atmosphere at the stadium, in a close game.
Celtic will be targeting their 20th Scottish League Cup trophy in the final.
Aberdeen Lose Again In Scottish Premier
It was a shame for Aberdeen, as Aberdeen lost the New Firm Derby 1-0 to Dundee United.
The single goal of the game was scored by Harkes for Dundee United.
Also today, Motherwell defeated Hearts 2-0. While St Mirren drew 1-1 with Livingston.
Also today in the Scottish Championship Dunfermline defeated Ayr United 3-0.
Kilmarnock lost 1-0 to Arbroath.
In Scottish League One Cove Rangers defeated Airdrieonians.
While Peterhead defeated Queen's Park 2-1.
While in the Scottish League Two, Stranraer defeated Elgin City 1-0.
In the Scottish Highland League Deveronvale defeated For William 10-0.
While Brechin City defeated Lossiemouth 5-0.
Brora Rangers defeated Keith 7-1.
In the Lowland League Rangers B defeated Broomhill 5-1.
Queen Of The South 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2 - SPFL Championship.
In the Scottish Championship Inverness CT made an impressive away win in Dumfries.
McKay scored two goals for Inverness CT. While Connelly scored for Queen of the South.
The result takes Inverness CT to second in the division. While Queen of the South stay second bottom of the table.
The result was good news for Inverness CT. Inverness CT will be hoping to build up a good run now.
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Giovanni van Bronckhorst has been given the job as manager of Glasgow Rangers.
The player, is a Dutch legend. He played for Glasgow Rangers as a player.
He was also part of the Barcelona side that won the 2006 Champions League.
As a player for the Netherlands he won 106 international caps. He also scored six times for the Netherlands. He was in the 2010 Dutch side that was runner-up in the World Cup.
This is a massive signing for the much travelled Dutch man.
As a manager he has managed Feyenoord, He took them to the Dutch title as manager in 2017.
He will be wanting to do well in the domestic and European trophies,
In the Scottish Highland League, Rothes have defeated Forres Mechanics by seven goals to zero. in a massive win for the side
Forres have won two Highland Leagues in their history.
Rothes have won one Highland League in their history.
Also today
Brechin City defeated Turriff United,
And Brora Rangers have defeated Lossiemouth.
Argentina 0 Brazil 0 - Argentina Qualify For World Cup.
Argentina managed a 0-0 draw with Brazil to join Brazil in the World Cup.
In other South American international results;
Bolivia beat Uruguay 3-0.
Venezuela lost 2-1 to Peru.
Colombia drew 0-0 with Paraguay.
In Europe on Tuesday
Wales drew 1-1 with Belgium. The result takes Wales to the play-offs.
The Ukraine beat Bosnia 2-0.
France beat Finland 2-0.
The Netherlands beat Norway 2-0.
The Czech Republic beat Estonia 2-0.
Some big results in Africa on Tuesday included;
Algeria 2 Burkina Faso 2.
Nigeria 1 Cape Verde 1.
Egypt 2 Gabon 1.
Libya 1 Angola 1.
Morocco 3 Guinea 0.
While in the Asian qualifying section;
China drew 1-1 with Australia.
Japan beat Oman 1-0.
Saudi Arabia beat Vietnam 1-0.
South Korea beat Iraq 3-0.
Meanwhile in the North, Central American and Caribbean World Cup Qualifying,
Jamaica drew 1-1 with the USA.
In the final group match of Scotland's World Cup Qualifying campaign, Scotland have defeated the mighty Denmark at Hampden Stadium.
Souttat and Adams scored for Scotland.
It was a very strong performance by Scotland.
Scotland have ended the group in second place, and have qualified for the play-offs which will decide who qualify for the World Cup.
Scotland will now head into the play-offs with a momentum.
Scotland got a much needed win.
It is one of the most impressive results by Scotland in the last 20 years. Denmark are a very strong team with top players.
The Scottish players, played well for Scotland.
Yesterday in the Scottish Championship, Kilmarnock defeated Greenock Morton by two goals to zero.
Alston and Shaw scored for Kilmarnock.
Some of the other notable results included;
Also in the Scottish Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle lost 2-1 at home to Dunfermline.
In the Scottish League One, Cove Rangers had a home 3-0 win against Peterhead.
While, Queen's Park drew 0-0 with Clyde in the Scottish League One.
In the Scottish League Two, Elgin City defeated Cowdenbeath 1-0. While the Kelty Hearts defeated Forfar 1-0.
In the Scottish Lowland League some notable results included;
Glasgow Celtic B side defeated Broomhill 4-2.
Glasgow Rangers B lost 2-0 to Dalbeattie Star.
Bonnyrigg Rose won 2-0 against Gala Fairydean Rovers.
France had an impressive 8-0 victory over the Kazakhstan side in men's World Cup Qualifying today.
Mbappé scored four goals, Benzema scored twice, and Rabiot and Griezmann both scored once each.
The results qualifies France for the World Cup in style.
In some other notable results today;
Montenegro drew 2-2 with the Netherlands.
Belgium beat Estonia 3-1.
Norway drew 0-0 with Latvia.
While Wales defeated Belarus 5-1. -
Moldova 0 Scotland 2 - World Cup Qualifying.
Scotland had a very impressive 2-0 win yesterday in Moldova. This was part of the World Cup Qualifying group.
Patterson and Adams scored for Scotland.
Scotland are guaranteed a play-off place now. This means Scotland are still able to qualify for the World Cup in Qatar 2022 if they win their play-offs.
Also in Scotland's group Denmark beat the Faroe Islands 3-1. Plus Austria defeated Israel 4-2.
There were other notable results such as Italy drawing with Switzerland 1-1. Plus Poland defeated Andorra 4-1.
Brazil 1 Colombia 0 - Brazil Qualify For World Cup.
Brazil the five times World Champions have qualified for 2022 World Cup.
Brazil defeated Colombia 1-0 with a goal by Tolentino Coelho de Lima. Neymar played in the game also.
It has been a strong World Cup Qualifying performance by the super Brazil side.
Brazil sit at the top of the South American qualifying table.
Brazil have some top players.
Brazil have had many top players in their history.
The most famous players in the history of Brazil include Pele, Cafu, Robinho, the Brazilian Ronaldo, Romario, Zico, Bebeto, Rivaldo, Garrincha, Ronaldinho, Ademir and Jairzinho,
In their history, Brazil have also won four Confederations Cups, and 9 Copa Americas.
Brazil have never lost to Scotland at full international level in the men's game.
As a Scot, I find that surprising.
Also played today; in the South American qualifying section was
Peru defeating Bolivia 3-0 today.
Germany 9 Liechtenstein 0 - World Cup Qualifier.
In the male international game of soccer.
Germany had an impressive night with a 9-0 home defeat of Liechtenstein.
Müller and Sané both scored twice, while Gündogan, Reus and Baku also scored for Germany. Plus two own goals were scored for Germany.
In some of the other matches tonight;
The Republic of Ireland drew 0-0 with Portugal.
Georgia defeated Sweden 2-0.
Russia defeated Cyprus 6-0.
Croatia defeated Malta 7-1.
Spain defeated Greece 1-0.
There will be some big matches tomorrow.-
I Would Like Derek McInnes To Be Glasgow Rangers Boss.
I would like Derek McInnes to be Glasgow Rangers manager,
He is a good Scottish manager, who played for Glasgow Rangers.
As a manager he did very well at St Johnstone and Aberdeen.
At Aberdeen, McInnes won a Scottish League Cup.
He was Aberdeen manager from 2013 - 2021.
He managed second place in the top tier 4 times.
He got Aberdeen to the Scottish Cup Final once.
He also got Aberdeen to be runner-up in the Scottish League Cup twice.
Derek McInnes is a good loyal manager He has worked with some top players, and helped developed some top players. I think he deserves a chance as Glasgow Rangers boss. He can work on a smaller budget than Glasgow Rangers have. So he deserves a chance as Rangers boss.
Rangers B Defeat Cumbernauld Colts 3-2 in Lowland League.
Today, Glasgow Rangers B have won another game in the Scottish Lowland League.
This is a good victory for the Rangers B side. Rangers B side defeated the Cumbernauld Colts 3-2 away from home.
Also today in the Scottish Lowland League, Broomhill have lost 2-1 to Bo'ness United.
Dalbeattie Star lost 4-1 to East Kilbride.
East Stirlingshire have drawn 1-1 with the University of Stirling.
Football Tops-
I like football tops. I am not a really a fashionista. But I do like football and sports team tops.
I have loved having football tops of Barcelona, Brazil, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Flamengo, Inter Milan, Ajax, Romania, and mainly Scottish sides.
I have enjoyed having tops from Rangers, Celtic, the Scottish national soccer team, Aberdeen, Dumbarton, Queen of the South, Dundee United, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Ross County, Gala Fairydean Rovers Arbroath, and the Scottish rugby side.
Football history is interesting to me.
I love to see how Scottish clubs have performed in trophies.
I love to study how my favourite sides have performed in Scottish trophies. I love to see who have won the most trophies and cups. Who have had good results in their history.
I also particularly like to focus on how well Scottish sides have done in cross border trophies. I love to see how well Scottish sides have done in Europe, or in other cross border trophies.
That is why I am a massive fan of more cross border trophies for Scotland.
I love to see how well the international side and club sides have performed against non-Scottish sides.
I love to see Scotland and Scottish clubs perform well in cross border trophies.
For me football history is what football is all about. A record of how well teams have done.
Aldershot Town 0 Wrexham 5 - National League - November 2021.
Yesterday, Wrexham has an impressive 5-0 away win against Aldershot Town.
Hayden Lennon, Hall-Johnson, Ponticelli and Davies scored for Wrexham.
The Wrexham manager Phil Parkinson, got a good result for Wrexham yesterday.
The Wrexham co-owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney should be delighted with the result.
Wrexham are a big club who have in their history won 5 FAW Premier Cups, 23 Welsh Cups, the Football League Trophy, and The FA Trophy. They also won the old Third Division in 1978.
Celtic Club Cup Idea -
I think the big Welsh sides in the English League system should play a Celtic Club Cup with all the Scottish Premier sides, plus selected sides from the Welsh Premier, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Brittany, the Isle of Man and Cornwall.
Cardiff City, Wrexham, Swansea City, Newport County and Merthyr Town could play in the trophy,
There could be some invited sides from England, such as from Yorkshire, or the border regions of England. Northern English clubs like Penrith, Kendal Town, Carlisle United, Blyth Spartans, Newcastle United, Sunderland, Barrow, Morpeth Town, Carlisle City, Morecambe, Workington, or Hartlepool United could be invited.
Chester FC could play in the trophy.
Or English clubs near the Welsh - English border could be invited such as Bristol Rovers, Bristol City, Tranmere Rovers, Shrewsbury Town, Crewe Alexandria, Hereford, Vauxhall Motors, Runcorn Linnets, Runcorn Town, Warrington Town, Macclesfield, Gloucester City, Forest Green Rovers, Kidderminster Harriers.
The Spartans 2 Celtic B 1 - Scottish Lowland League.
The Spartans had an impressive 2-1 victory against the Celtic B team yesterday in the Scottish Lowland League.
Dawson scored for Celtic B. Haugh and Dishington scored for The Spartans,
Meanwhile in the same league Gala Fairydean Rovers defeated Gretna.
If we had a Celtic Club Football Cup it could be played over a populated region of 20 million people.
Scotland, Wales, Brittany, the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and Cornwall adds up to large population of around 20 million people.
There are massive sides and sleeping giants within these regions. I think a Celtic Club Cup would be really popular and could grow as an idea.
The trophy would be played on top of the domestic leagues and European football.
It would be a fun trophy, with big sides such as Aberdeen, Glasgow Rangers, Glasgow Celtic, Dundee United, Hibernian, Heart of Midlothian, and Motherwell.
The trophy would in my view have all the Scottish Premier sides, plus all the big Welsh sides Cardiff City, Swansea City, Merthyr Town, Wrexham and Newport County.
Plus selected sides from the Welsh Premier, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
Plus all the top sides in Brittany. And a side each from the Celtic nations of Cornwall and the Isle of Man.
It would be a fun trophy with beautiful cities, town, and landscapes to see while travelling up and down the Celtic lands.
If the rugby union club teams of Italy, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, and South Africa can have a cross border league, then why can't the football system have a Celtic Club Cup?
If club teams in rugby union can travel from South Africa to Europe, then why can't Scottish club sides play Welsh sides, and sides from Brittany?
Imagine games like Rennes v Aberdeen, Glasgow Celtic v Cork City, Dundee United v Wrexham, Cardiff City v Hibernian, Dundee v Connah's Quay Nomads, Shamrock Rovers v Motherwell, Ross County v Cork City, Glasgow Rangers v Linfield. and Heart of Midlothian v Newport County.
It would do no damage to Scottish football. But Scottish sides could increase the size of their advertising and TV market.
I would love to see Aberdeen playing top sides like Cardiff City, Swansea City, Rennes, Linfield, Shamrock Rovers, Wrexham and Newport County in a competitive trophy.
It would help the smaller Celtic leagues grow massively.
The trophy could be a group stage trophy followed by single leg knockout rounds, leading to a final.
The final could be at one of the two finalist's stadia.
It would be a fun trophy in terms of improving Celtic soccer.
Rangers Win Women's Old Firm Derby - SWPL 1.
The Glasgow Rangers female team have defeated Glasgow Celtic in today's match.
It is the women's Old Firm Derby.
Rangers won 1-0 away from home with a goal from Ross.
In other games today in the SWPL 1;
Hibernian lost 3-0 to Glasgow City.
Motherwell defeated Aberdeen 4-3.
Partick Thistle were defeated 3-2 by Hearts
And, Hamilton Academical drew 2-2 with the Spartans.
It is a close race at the top of the table. Glasgow Rangers, Glasgow City and Glasgow Celtic make up the top three.
Glasgow Rangers 4 Ross County 2 - Scottish Premiership.
A 6 goal thriller saw Glasgow Rangers extend their league at the top of the Scottish Premier.
Aribo, Kent, and Bacuna scored for Glasgow Rangers. Plus there was an own goal for Rangers. Taking their tally to four goals against Ross County.
While Hungbo and White scored for Ross County.
Ross County stay at the bottom of the Premier.
Patterson and Jack both came on in the second half to play the game. These are two top Scottish international players.
Pakistan Defeat Scotland At Cricket,
In the T20 World Cup, Pakistan have had a strong win against Scotland.
Pakistan scored 189 runs for four wickets.
Scotland scored 117 runs for six wickets.
Scotland were playing one of the most famous cricket nations.
Scotland had a decent result against Pakistan.
Berrington scored 54 runs not out for Scotland.
Babar scored 66 runs for Pakistan. Malik managed 54 not out for Pakistan.
Scotland Defeat Australia In Rugby Union.
Scotland have defeated Australia at male rugby union today.
Scotland had a narrow 15-13 victory in Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Australia have twice won the rugby union World Cup. So to win the against this national side is impressive.
Watson and Ashman scored tries for Scotland. Russell scored a penalty and conversion for Scotland.
Leota scored a try for Australia.
O'Connor scored a conversion and two penalties for Australia.
It is a good victory for Scotland.
Scottish Soccer Should Look For An Extra Cross Border Trophy.
With all teams in the Scottish Premier. Plus some sides from other countries. This would be on top of domestic and European soccer. Teams from Europe, North America, Africa, or Asia could take part.
Maybe even from Australia, and South America and Central America.
I would love Scottish clubs to play more teams from outside of Scotland. It would be fun,
Celtic Defeat Dundee 4-2
Neves Filipe scored twice for Celtic. While Furuhashi also scored twice for Celtic.
Mullen and Ashcroft scored for Dundee. The game was played in Dundee.
The result takes Glasgow Celtic to second place.
A Poor Day For Aberdeen FC.
Aberdeen FC lost at home to Motherwell 2-0.
Aberdeen FC will be disappointed with the result. Aberdeen FC need to improve their performances and results.
Also in the Scottish Premier, Hearts defeated Dundee United 5-2.
St Johnstone drew 0-0 with St Mirren.
Other notable results today include;
In the Scottish Championship;
Inverness CT drew 2-2 with Ayr United.
Kilmarnock lost 1-0 to Partick Thistle.
In the Scottish League One
Cove Rangers drew 0-0 with Montrose.
Peterhead lost 3-1 to Airdrieonians.
In the Scottish League Two
Kelty Hearts beat Cowdenbeath 1-0.
In the Scottish Highland League Brora Rangers defeated Turriff United 4-0.
While Huntly lost 5-2 to Forres.
In the Scottish Lowland League;
Celtic B defeated Berwick Rangers 2-0.
Bo'ness United defeated Rangers B by 1-0.
Edinburgh University defeated Gala Fairydean Rovers 1-0.
If we had a Celtic Club Cup it could be played over a populated region of 20 million people.
Scotland, Wales, Brittany, the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and Cornwall adds up to large population.
There are massive sides and sleeping giants within these regions. I think a Celtic Club Cup would be really popular and could grow as an idea.
The trophy would be played on top of the domestic leagues and European football.
It would in my view have all the Scottish Premier sides, plus all the big Welsh sides Cardiff City, Swansea City, Wrexham and Newport County.
Plus selected sides from the Welsh Premier, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
Plus all the top sides in Brittany. And a side or two from Cornwall and the Isle of Man.
It would be a fun trophy, with big sides such as Aberdeen, Glasgow Rangers, Glasgow Celtic, Dundee United, Hibernian, Heart of Midlothian, and Motherwell.
It would be a fun trophy with beautiful cities, town, and landscapes to see while travelling up and down the Celtic lands.
If the rugby union club teams of Italy, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, and South Africa can have a cross border league, then why can't the football system have a Celtic Club Cup?
Imagine games like Rennes v Aberdeen, Glasgow Celtic v Cork City, Glasgow Rangers v Linfield, Dundee United v Wrexham, Cardiff City v Hibernian, Shamrock Rovers v Motherwell, and Heart of Midlothian v Newport County.
It would do no damage to Scottish football. But Scottish sides could increase the size of their advertising and TV market.
But it would help the smaller Celtic leagues grow massively.
The trophy could be a group stage trophy followed by a knockout round.
The final could be at one of the two finalist's stadia.
It would be a fun trophy in terms of improving Celtic soccer.
