Aberdeen 2 Glasgow Rangers 3 - Scottish Premiership.
It was a bad night for Aberdeen as they lost 3-2 to Glasgow Rangers in the Scottish Premiership.
Aberdeen were leading 2-1, but lost two late goals.
The Aberdeen goals were scored by de Barros Lopes and Clarkson.
While Sakala scored once and Arfield scored twice for Glasgow Rangers.
Argentina Win World Cup 2022 Soccer / Football.
Argentina defeated a brave France side in the 2022 World Cup Final, yesterday.
The Argentinians won the game on penalties after a 3-3 draw.
The scored was 2-0 to Argentina at half-time.
Then France equalised late in the second half, with two quick goals.
Argentina took the lead in extra time, before France equalised again.
The 3 Argentina goals were scored by Messi, with two and Di María, with one.
Mbappé scored all three of the France goals.
The game went to a penalty shootout where Argentina won 4-2 on penalties.
It is the 3rd time Argentina have won the World Cup of football.
In the 3rd/4th place play off match, Croatia beat Morocco 2-1.
Mbappé scored the most goals in the World Cup tournament this season.
Aberdeen 0 Glasgow Celtic 1 - Scottish Premiership
Today on Saturday, Aberdeen have lost at home, 1-0 to reigning champions Glasgow Celtic.
The Celtic goal was scored by Callum McGregor. The goal was scored in the last ten minutes of the game.
Celtic are top of the Scottish Premiership league table.
Last Thursday Glasgow Rangers defeated Hibernian 3-2.
Who Will Win The Football / Soccer 2022 World Cup?
It is the men's World Cup.
France will play Morocco in one semi-final.
While Argentina will play Croatia in the other semi- final.
All four teams seem strong, with some great players and tactical systems.
Messi will be wanting Argentina to win him his first international World Cup.
Messi is one of the greatest football players of all time.
This World Cup is being held in Qatar.
All four teams have beaten tough soccer teams to get through to the semi-final.
Could the final be Morocco v Argentina, or France v Argentina, or Morocco v Croatia, or France v Croatia?
It is a tough World Cup to predict.
Some big surprises have happened in the World Cup this year.
So I am not making a prediction.
Thanks for reading my blog. Thanks.
SWPL Cup Final - Glasgow Rangers 2 Hibernian 0.
Glasgow Rangers have won the Scottish Women's Premier League Cup against Hibernian by two goals to zero.
The game was played at Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh on Sunday.
It is the first time Glasgow Rangers have won the trophy.
Glasgow Rangers had beaten Spartans in the semi final.
While Hibernian had defeated Glasgow City in their semi final.
Kelty Hearts Defeat Linfield In Scottish Challenge Cup.
There was a shock in the Scottish Challenge Cup over the weekend, as Kelty Hearts defeated Linfield on penalties to progress to the next round.
Linfield are a giant of Northern Irish football. So for Kelty Hearts to win is a big surprise.
Other results in the round included Inverness Caledonian Thistle losing to Hamilton.
Raith Rovers defeating Greenock Morton on penalties.
Queen's Park defeating Montrose 2-0.
Clyde defeating Elgin City on penalties.
Plus Dundee beat Falkirk 3-0 earlier in the week in the Scottish Challenge Cup.
A Women's Coronation Cup 2023 - Football -
I said in an earlier post there could be a soccer / football Coronation Cup for the Coronation of the new King Charles the Third.
Glasgow Celtic won the male football Coronation Cup in 1953 for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
So my idea is to bring back the Coronation Cup.
But how about a Women's Coronation Cup?
We could have teams from all the realms that use King Charles III as king.
Including Scotland, Wales, England, Northern Ireland and Cornwall putting a few teams into the trophy.
There could also be teams from Commonwealth areas.
There could be teams from the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
There could be representative or club teams from Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands, and Tuvalu.
I think a new Coronation Cup would be fun and interesting. It would be great to have more cross border cups. I think the major British club sides could enter sides in a Women's Coronation Cup. Sides like Glasgow Celtic, Glasgow Rangers, Glasgow City, Aberdeen, Hearts, Hibs and Dundee United could enter sides.
I do not support merging the British leagues. I support a best of both worlds, where we keep domestic and European football;, but also have extra cross border trophies.
Celtic B 5 Edinburgh University 0 Scottish Lowland League.
Last Saturday in the Scottish Lowland League, the Glasgow Celtic B side beat Edinburgh University 5-0.
Also on the same day
Gala Fairydean Rovers lost 4-5 to East Kilbride.
Other scores included;
Tranent Juniors 3 Heart of Midlothian B 2.
Bo'ness United 0 Glasgow Rangers B 4.
Bring Back The Coronation Cup For 2023.
The last time a British Monarch was given a Coronation was for Elizabeth II on the 2nd of June 1953.
The next Coronation will be for Charles III apparently on the 6th of May 2023.
The Coronation Cup was a soccer tournament to mark the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth the Second, between 4 English and 4 Scottish clubs, held in the Scottish city of Glasgow in May 1953.
Glasgow Celtic won the important trophy against Hibernian in the final.
My idea is to bring this trophy back this time, with six Scottish clubs, six English clubs, four Welsh clubs, four Northern Irish clubs, a club from the Isle of Man, a club from Cornwall, and perhaps football clubs from Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
The trophy could be held in Glasgow, or London, or Cardiff.
It would be a good way to mark the Coronation of King Charles the Third.
I know many people are republicans or monarchists, but this is not a political trophy, it is a football trophy.
Aberdeen 1 Dundee United 0 - SPFL.
Last Saturday Aberdeen had an impressive hard working 1-0 win over Dundee United in the New Firm Derby.
The Aberdeen goal was scored by Miovski.
The other Scottish Premiership results over the weekend were;
St Johnstone 1 Motherwell 1.
Hearts 1 Livingston 1.
Glasgow Celtic 2 Ross County 1.
St. Mirren 1 Glasgow Rangers 1.
Kilmarnock 1 Hibs 0.
In some of the other notable results in the SPFL over the Weekend;
Arbroath drew 1-1 with Cove Rangers in the Scottish Championship.
Falkirk beat FC Edinburgh 2-0 in the Scottish League One.
Elgin City lost 4-0 to Dumbarton in the Scottish League Two.
Also other results over the Weekend included;
In the Scottish Lowland League;
Edinburgh University lost 4-2 to Glasgow Celtic B.
Glasgow Rangers B 4 Bo'ness United 1.
Dalbeattie Star 2 East Stirlingshire 2.
Aberdeen 4 Hibernian 1 - Scottish Premiership.
Aberdeen have defeated Hibernian by four goals to one in the Scottish Premiership last Friday.
The Aberdeen goals were scored by Miovski twice, plus one goal each from Ramadani and Clarkson.
Kukharevych scored for Hibernian.
Also over Friday. Saturday and Sunday in the Scottish Premier some of the other results were;
Livingston beat Kilmarnock 3-2.
St Johnstone beat Glasgow Rangers 2-1.
Glasgow Rangers 4 Dundee United 2.
Ross County beat St Mirren 3-2.
Some of the other notable results included in the SPFL;
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 Arbroath 1 in the Scottish Championship.
FC Edinburgh 0 Queen of the South 3 in Scottish League One.
Bonnyrigg Rose 2 Elgin City 3 in the Scottish League Two,
In the Scottish Highland League results included;
Brechin City 5 Clachnacuddin 0.
Huntly 1 Brora Rangers 3.
In the Scottish Lowland League results included;
Glasgow Celtic B 6 Broomhil 2.
Edinburgh University 0 Heart of Midlothian B 9.
Tranent Juniors 2 Glasgow Rangers B 2.
East Stirlingshire 0 Gala Fairydean 1.
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Lorient 1 Paris Saint Germain 2.
In the French FRENCH LIGUE 1 today, PSG have won away from home against Lorient.
The PSG goals were scored by Neymar and Danilo Pereira.
The Lorient goal was scored by Terem Moffi.
PSG are top of the French table.
Selected pick of sides conquered by Scottish sides
Here is a list of some of the great club sides that Scottish clubs have defeated in competitive games. I have selected a pick of the sides, they have also defeated other teams I have not mentioned. I am including a win in any individual game, including after extra time. So they may have been knocked out over two legs by the same team. I do not include penalty shoot outs, or away goals rule victories, when both games were drawn. This is purely a list of individual game wins by Scottish sides.
The order shows the name of a European team with a list of Scottish teams who have beaten them in Europe.
KR Reykavic by Aberdeen, Glasgow Celtic.
Standard Liege by Aberdeen, Dundee United, Heart of Midlothian, Glasgow Rangers.
Real Zaragoza by Aberdeen, Dunfermline, Glasgow Rangers.
Honved by Aberdeen.
Celta Vigo by Aberdeen and Glasgow Celtic.
Fortuna Dusseldorf by Aberdeen, Glasgow Rangers.
Austria Vienna by Aberdeen.
Ipswich Town by Aberdeen.
SV Hamburg by Aberdeen, Hibernian, St Johnstone.
Sion by Aberdeen.
Lech Poznan by Aberdeen, by Rangers.
Bayern Munich by Aberdeen, Heart of Midlothian, Glasgow Rangers.
Real Madrid by Aberdeen, Glasgow Celtic.
Servette by Aberdeen.
Sparta Prague by Dundee United, Glasgow Rangers.
Dulka Prague by Heart of Midlothian.
Slavia Prague by Heart of Midlothian, St Mirren.
Bohemians by Aberdeen, Dundee United, Glasgow Rangers.
Feyenoord by Aberdeen, Rangers.
Rapid Vienna by Aberdeen, Glasgow Rangers.
Barry Town by Aberdeen.
FC Copenhagen by Aberdeen, Glasgow Celtic, and Glasgow Rangers.
Groningen by Aberdeen.
Basel by Glasgow Celtic, Heart of Midlothian.
Dynamo Zagreb by Glasgow Celtic, Dunfermline, Heart of Midlothian.
Slovan Bratislava by Glasgow Celtic.
Leixoes by Glasgow Celtic.
Go Ahead by Glasgow Celtic.
Dynamo Kiev by Glasgow Celtic, Glasgow Rangers.
Liverpool by Glasgow Celtic, Hibernian.
Nantes by Glasgow Celtic.
Inter Milan by Glasgow Celtic, Glasgow Rangers.
St Etienne by Glasgow Celtic, Glasgow Rangers.
Red Star Belgrade by Glasgow Celtic, Glasgow Rangers.
Benfica by Glasgow Celtic.
Fiorentina by Glasgow Celtic.
Leeds United by Glasgow Celtic, Glasgow Rangers.
Waterford by Glasgow Celtic.
Rosenborg by Glasgow Celtic, Hibernian, St Johnstone.
Boavista by Glasgow Celtic, Glasgow Rangers.
Dundalk by Glasgow Celtic, Glasgow Rangers.
Juventus by Glasgow Celtic, Dundee United, Glasgow Rangers.
Ajax by Glasgow Celtic.
Real Sociedad by Glasgow Celtic.
Sporting Lisbon by Glasgow Celtic, Dundee, Hibernian, Glasgow Rangers.
Shamrock Rovers by Glasgow Celtic.
B Dortmund by Glasgow Celtic, Glasgow Rangers.
P Belgrade by Glasgow Celtic.
Inter Cable Telecom by Glasgow Celtic.
St Patricks by Glasgow Celtic.
Cwmbran Town by Glasgow Celtic.
Hapoel Tel Aviv by Glasgow Celtic, Glasgow Rangers.
Porto by Glasgow Celtic, Hibernian, Glasgow Rangers.
Valencia by Glasgow Celtic, Hibernian.
Blackburn by Glasgow Celtic.
Vfb Stuttgart by Glasgow Celtic, Heart of Midlothian, Glasgow Rangers, Dunfermline.
FBK Kaunas by Glasgow Celtic.
Lyon by Glasgow Celtic, Glasgow Rangers.
Barcelona by Glasgow Celtic, Dundee United, Hibernian.
Shakhtar Donetsk by Glasgow Celtic.
Artmedia Bratislava by Glasgow Celtic.
Manchester United by Glasgow Celtic.
Villareal by Glasgow Celtic.
Dinamo Moscow by Glasgow Celtic.
Braga by Glasgow Celtic, Heart of Midlothian, Rangers.
Utrecht by Glasgow Celtic.
Rennes by Glasgow Celtic.
HJK Helsinki by Glasgow Celtic.
Helsingborg by Glasgow Celtic.
Spartak Moscow by Glasgow Celtic.
Cliftonville by Glasgow Celtic.
Shakter Karagandy by Glasgow Celtic.
AC Milan by Glasgow Celtic, Dundee.
Anderlecht by Glasgow Celtic, Dundee, Dunfermline, Glasgow Rangers.
FC Cologne by Dundee, Glasgow Rangers.
DWS Amstedam by Dundee.
Grasshoppers by Dundee United, Glasgow Rangers.
Slask Wroclaw by Dundee United.
Monaco by Dundee United, Glasgow Rangers.
B Monchengladbach by Dundee United, Glasgow Rangers.
PSV Eindhoven by Dundee United, Glasgow Rangers.
Viking Stavanger by Dundee United, Aberdeen.
Werder Bremen by Dundee United, Glasgow Rangers.
Lens by Dundee United.
Hadjuk Split by Dundee United.
Coleraine by Dundee United.
Glentoran by Dundee United, Glasgow Rangers, Motherwell.
Antwerp by Dundee United, Kilmarnock.
St Patricks Athletic by Dunfermline, Heart of Midlothian.
Everton by Dunfermline.
Ujpest Dozsa by Dunfermline.
Athletico Bilbao by Dunfermline, Glasgow Rangers.
West Brom by Dunfermline.
Bordeaux by Dunfermline, Heart of Midlothian.
Bologna by Heart of Midlothian.
Atletico Madrid by Heart of Midlothian.
Rot-Weiss Essen by Hibernian.
DOS Utrecht by Hibernian.
Napoli by Hibernian.
Malmo FF by Hibernian, and Glasgow Celtic.
Sochaux by Hibernian.
Strasbourg by Hibernian.
AEK Athens by Hibernian.
Eintracht Frankfurt by Kilmarnock.
Shelbourne by Kilmarnock, Glasgow Rangers.
Glenavon by Kilmarnock.
Strum Graz by Livingston, Glasgow Rangers.
Katowice by Motherwell, Glasgow Rangers.
Llanelli by Motherwell.
Glentoran by Motherwell.
Nice by Glasgow Rangers.
Sparta Rotterdam by Glasgow Rangers.
Ferencvaros by Glasgow Rangers, Glasgow Celtic.
Wolverhampton Wanderers by Glasgow Rangers.
Seville by Glasgow Rangers.
Dynamo Dresden by Glasgow Rangers.
Steua Bucharest by Glasgow Rangers.
Rennes by Glasgow Rangers.
Torino by Glasgow Rangers.
Dynamo Moscow by Glasgow Rangers.
Ankaragucu by Glasgow Rangers.
Osasuna by Glasgow Rangers.
CSKA Moscow by Glasgow Rangers.
FC Bruges by Glasgow Rangers.
Vladikavkaz by Glasgow Rangers.
PAOK Salonika by Glasgow Rangers.
Beitar Jerusalem by Glasgow Rangers.
Parma by Glasgow Rangers.
Zalgris Kaunas by Glasgow Rangers.
Kaiserslauten by Glasgow Rangers.
MK Maribor by Glasgow Rangers.
Molde by Glasgow Rangers.
Bursaspor by Glasgow Rangers.
Rijeka by Aberdeen.
Shkëndijan by Aberdeen.
Fola Esch by Aberdeen.
Ventspils by Aberdeen.
Alashkert by St Johnstone, Glasgow Rangers.
Lincoln Red Imps by Glasgow Celtic, Rangers.
Infonet Tallinn by Heart of Midlothian.
Stjarnan by Glasgow Celtic.
Qarabag by Glasgow Celtic.
Astana by Glasgow Celtic.
Brondby by Hibernian, Dundee United, Glasgow Rangers.
Linfield by Glasgow Celtic.
Široki Brijeg by Aberdeen.
Apollon Limassol by Aberdeen.
RoPS by Aberdeen.
Chikhura Sachkhere by Aberdeen.
NSÍ Runavík by Aberdeen, Hibernian.
Zenit Saint Petersburg by Glasgow Celtic.
FC Alashkert by Glasgow Celtic.
FK Suduva by Glasgow Celtic.
RB Leipzig by Glasgow Celtic.
Sarajevo by Glasgow Celtic.
Nõmme Kalju by Glasgow Celtic.
AIK By Glasgow Celtic.
Galatasaray by Rangers.
Rennes by Glasgow Celtic.
CFR Cluj by Glasgow Celtic.
Riga by Glasgow Celtic.
Asteras Tripolis by Hibernian.
Connahs Quay Nomads by Kilmarnock.
Progrès Niederkorn by Glasgow Rangers.
Shkupi by Rangers.
Osijek by Rangers.
FC Ufa by Rangers.
St Joseph's by Rangers.
Midtjylland by Rangers.
Legia Warsaw by Rangers.
Willem II by Rangers.
Galatasaray by Rangers.
Lille by Celtic.
Royal Antwerp by Kilmarnock, Dundee United, Glasgow Rangers.
Jablonec by Glashgow Celtic.
BK Hacken by Aberdeen.
Santa Coloma By Hibernian.
Breiðablik By Motherwell, Aberdeen.
AZ Alkmaar by Celtic, Dundee United.
Red Bull Leipzig By Glasgow Rangers.
Union Saint-Gilloise by Glasgow Rangers.
Rigas Futbola Skola by Hearts.
Also in the English FA Cup
Crewe Alexandria by Queens Park.
Nottingham Forest by Queens Park.
Notts County by Queens Park.
Manchester by Queens Park.
Oswerstry by Queens Park.
Aston Villa by Queens Park.
Old Westminsters by Queens Park, Glasgow Rangers.
Blackburn Olympic by Queens Park, Partick Thistle.
Blackburn Park Road by Third Lanark.
Darwen Old Wanderers by Cowlairs.
Higher Walton by Queens Park.
Accrington by Renton.
Rossendale by Cowlairs.
Church by Rangers.
Fleetwood Rangers by Partick Thistle.
Blackburn Rovers by Renton.
Cliftonville by Partick Thistle.
Lincoln City by Glasgow Rangers.
Gretna of Scotland, were a team that played in the English league for many seasons. They qualified for the English FA Cup proper on a few occasions.
Gretna beat many English sides in their league, and cup performances.
Here are some of the teams that Gretna beat in the FA Cup Qualifying Cup rounds.
Stalybridge Celtic by Gretna.
Murton by Gretna.
Bedlington Terriers by Gretna.
Cleator Moor Celtic by Gretna.
Esh Winning by Gretna.
Seaham Red Star by Gretna.
Evenwood Town by Gretna.
Barrow by Gretna.
Winsford United by Gretna.
Gretna also beat some good teams in the FA Trophy. Here are some of the sides that they beat in the trophy, including the qualifying rounds.
Macclesfield Town by Gretna.
Runcorn by Gretna.
Seaham Red Star by Gretna.
Warrington Town by Gretna.
Solihull Borough by Gretna.
Workington by Gretna.
In the Scottish League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup
The best English Team Berwick Rangers have been beaten by lots of Scottish sides.
Intercontinental Cup
Racing Club by Glasgow Celtic.
Also In the Texaco Cup / Anglo Scottish Cup
Newcastle United by Ayr United, Heart of Midlothian, Dundee United.
West Brom by Greenock Morton.
Burnley by Heart of Midlothian.
Coventry by Falkirk, Motherwell.
Huddersfield Town by Airdrie.
Norwich City by Motherwell.
Everton by Heart of Midlothian.
Blackburn Rovers by Motherwell.
Man City by Airdrie.
Notts County by St Mirren.
Oldham by Greenock Morton.
Mansfield by Partick Thistle.
Preston NE by Greenock Morton.
Sheffield United by St Mirren.
Blackpool by Kilmarnock.
Spurs by Motherwell.
Also in the British League Cup
Glasgow Celtic beat Sunderland, and Rangers beat Everton.
Also in the 1967 NASL
Cagliari by Dundee United, Hibernian.
Sunderland by Hibernian.
Shamrock Rovers by Dundee United.
Bangu (Brazil) by Aberdeen.
Wolverhampton by Aberdeen.
Cerro (Uruguay) by Aberdeen.
ADO Den Haag by Hibernian.
Also in the Scottish Challenge Cup
Linfield by Queen of the South, Dundee United.
Cliftonville by Livingston, Queen's Park.
Bala Town by Alloa Athletic.
TNS by St Mirren, Dumbarton, Dundee.
Bray Wanderers by Elgin City
Sligo Rovers by Falkirk, Motherwell Under 20's.
Connahs Quay Nomads by Queen of the South, Ross County, Partick Thistle.
Bray Wanderers by Elgin City.
Crusaders by Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Queen of the South.
Bohemians by Airdrieonians.
Balymena United by Glasgow Rangers under 21's.
Waterford by Stenhousemuir.
Glenavon by Raith Rovers.
Wrexham by Rangers under 21's.
Caernarfon Town by Clyde.
Tennents' Sixes
Manchester City by St Mirren, Dumbarton, Dundee.
Here is my top 30 of achievements by Scottish sides to have beaten in competitive games. I take into quality of opposition, status of team defeated, number of teams to have defeated the foreign team, and also for bonus points either regional rivalry, or the exotic novelty of the win.
1. Barcelona by Glasgow Celtic, Dundee United, Hibernian.
2. Real Madrid by Aberdeen, Glasgow Celtic.
3. Bayern Munich by Aberdeen, Heart of Midlothian, Glasgow Rangers.
4. Inter Milan by Glasgow Celtic, Glasgow Rangers.
5. Liverpool by Glasgow Celtic, Hibernian.
6. AC Milan by Glasgow Celtic, Dundee.
7. SV Hamburg by Aberdeen, Hibernian, St Johnstone.
8. Leeds United by Glasgow Celtic, Glasgow Rangers.
9. Juventus by Glasgow Celtic, Dundee United, Glasgow Rangers.
10. Sporting Lisbon by Glasgow Celtic, Dundee, Hibernian, Glasgow Rangers.
11. Manchester United by Glasgow Celtic.
12. Ajax by Glasgow Celtic.
13. Porto by Glasgow Celtic, Hibernian, Glasgow Rangers.
14. Galatasaray by Rangers.
15. Wrexham by Rangers under 21's.
16. CFR Cluj by Glasgow Celtic.
17. Dundalk by Glasgow Celtic, Glasgow Rangers.
18. TNS by St Mirren, Dumbarton.
19. Linfield by Glasgow Celtic and Queen of the South.
20. Barry Town by Aberdeen.
21. Shakter Karagandy by Glasgow Celtic.
22. Everton by Dunfermline.
23. PSV Eindhoven by Dundee United, Glasgow Rangers.
24. Anderlecht by Glasgow Celtic, Dundee, Dunfermline, Glasgow Rangers.
25. Red Star Belgrade by Glasgow Celtic, Glasgow Rangers.
26. Aston Villa by Queens Park.
27. Nottingham Forest by Queens Park.
28. Werder Bremen by Dundee United, Glasgow Rangers.
29. Newcastle United by Ayr United, Heart of Midlothian, Dundee United.
30. Kaiserslauten by Glasgow Rangers.
31. Racing Club by Glasgow Celtic.
32. Astana by Glasgow Celtic.
33. Spurs by Motherwell.
34. Eintracht Frankfurt by Kilmarnock.
35. Zenit Saint Petersburg by Glasgow Celtic.
36. RB Leipzig by Glasgow Celtic.
37. Manchester City by Airdrieonians, St Mirren, Dumbarton, Dundee.
38. Blackburn Rovers by Glasgow Celtic, Motherwell.
39. Legia Warsaw by Rangers.
40. Sligo Rovers by Falkirk, Motherwell Under 20's.
The most glaring teams not on this list are Chelsea, PSG, Roma, Marseille, Sampdoria, Arsenal, IFK Gothenburg, Galatasary, Fenerbache, West Ham, Swansea City, Cardiff City, Newport County, Torino. Plus almost all non European teams such as Corinthians, and Santos.
No Scottish team has played Truro City, of Cornwall.
The teams beaten by the most Scottish teams seem to have been Standard Liege, Anderlecht, and Sporting Lisbon.
Scottish clubs have also beaten nations in friendlies including Striling Albion against Japan, Aberdeen against South Africa, and Heart of Midlothian against Australia.
I Dream Of Manhattan Skyscrapers - Poem.
My dreams are of places I have never been.
I dream of the high heights of skyscrapers in Manhattan.
The New York skylines, the highest heights.
The time to rise above the World.
The time to dizzying heights, and wonderful views.
The time of heroes, window cleaners, tourists and builders, and giants.
Of myth and lore the highest heights,
Poor Week For Scottish Sides In Europe.
In the UEFA Champions League;
Glasgow Celtic lost 5-1 away to Real Madrid.
Glasgow Rangers lost 3-1 at home to Ajax Amsterdam.
In the Europa Conference League;
Heart of Midlothian lost 3-1 away to Istanbul Basaksehir.
Another notable result this week, not involving Scottish sides in Europe included;
Juventus 1 Paris Saint Germain 2 in the UEFA Champions League.
My European Super League View - My Structure.
I think there should be a European Super League in soccer.
My view is there has to be relegation and promotion.
A top division of 20 sides. 4 teams relegated each season.
With two second of east and west.
With two third divisions of east and west.
With a qualification tournament to get promotion to the ESL pyramid. Run like a Champions League format with the top four teams getting promoted to the third division each season.
Aberdeen had a poor result against Glasgow Rangers in the Scottish Premiership.
Barron scored for Aberdeen.
Colak, Lundstram, Tavernier and Morelos scored for Glasgow Rangers,
Over the Weekend in the Scottish Premier;
Dundee United lost 1-0 to Motherwell.
Hibs beat St Mirren 3-1.
St Johnstone beat Kilmarnock 1-0.
Celtic beat Livingston 3-0.
Hearts beat Ross County 2-1.
Celtic And Rangers In European Super League.
I think Scottish clubs should join a European Super League if it is created.
I think there should be relegation and promotion.
Scottish clubs would benefit from being in a European Super League.
1. It would increase the profile of Scottish clubs.
2. Scotland is in Europe.
3. Scotland has some massive club sides.
4. Scotland has a great football history.
5. It would be good to get in on the start before other teams have won tonnes of European Super Leagues.
6. Scottish football would earn big money from it.
7. Scottish clubs could start at the top tier rather than starting way down the tiers.
Heart of Midlothian 2 Rigas Futbola Skola 1 - Europa Conference League.
On Thursday Hearts defeated Latvian side RFS.
The goals for Hearts were scored by Shankland and Halliday.
The Latvian side goal was scored by Friesenbichler.
It is a second group stage for Hearts this season.
Napoli 3 Glasgow Rangers 0.
Scottish giants Glasgow Rangers were defeated by Italian giants Napoli in Italy yesterday.
The game was played in the UEFA Champions League group stages.
The Napoli goals were scored by Simeone twice and once by Östigard once.
I hope all the Scottish clubs do well in Europe, including Celtic and Rangers. So it has been some disappointing results in the Champions League group stages this season.
Hopefully Celtic and Rangers will improve for Europe next year.
Thanks. =
Glasgow Celtic 1 Shakhtar Donetsk 1.
In the UEFA Champions League, Glasgow Celtic have drawn 1-1 with Shakhtar Donetsk.
The game was played in Glasgow, Scotland, yesterday.
Giakoumakis scored for Glasgow Celtic.
Mudryk scored for Shakhtar Donetsk.
The result ensures Glasgow Celtic finish bottom of their Champions League Group.
With one game left, they have managed 2 points from 5 games.
It would have been nice to see Celtic qualify from the group.
Paris Saint Germain 7 Maccabi Haifa 2.
In the UEFA Champions League, yesterday. the French side PSG, defeated the Israeli side Maccabi Haifa, by seven goals to two in Paris.
The PSG goals were scored by Messi twice, Mbappé twice, Neymar, an own goal and Soler.
The Haifa goals were scored by Seck.
PSG will be wanting to win the trophy this season.
Aberdeen had an impressive 2-1 win over Motherwell in the SPFL on Saturday.
The result takes them to thirds place.
McKinstry scored for Motherwell.
Miovski and de Barros Lopes scored for Aberdeen.
In the other SPFL Premiership results over Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Hearts lost 4-3 to Celtic.
Kilmarnock beat Ross County 1-0.
Glasgow Rangers drew 1-1 with Livingston.
St Mirren beat Dundee United 2-1.
St Johnstone beat Hibernian 2-1.
Over the Weekend there were other notable results.
Some of the notable results include;
Ayr United 2 Cove Rangers 2 in the Scottish Championship.
Falkirk 2 Kelty Hearts 3 in the Scottish League One.
In the Scottish FA Cup some notable results included,
Buckie Thistle lost to Bromhill by 3-1.
Dalbeattie Star 1 Darvel 7.
Elgin City 4 Camelon Juniors 0.
Wick Academy 2 Benburb 0.
Fraserburgh 2 Stranraer 1.
In the Scottish Highland League some results included;
Brora Rangers 4 Forres Mechanics 1.
Inverurie Loco Works 3 Lossiemouth 2
In the Scottish Lowland League results included;
Gala Fairydean 3 Heart of Midlothian B 3.
Glasgow Rangers B 3 Berwick Rangers 0.
Aberdeen Draw Rangers In Scottish League Cup Semi-Final.
The draw for the Scottish League Cup has been made.
Aberdeen will play Glasgow Rangers.
Kilmarnock will play Glasgow Celtic in the other semi-final.
Aberdeen 4 Partick Thistle 1 - Scottish League Cup.
Aberdeen have won in the quarter-finals of the Scottish League Cup.
Aberdeen had an impressive 4-1 victory.
The Aberdeen goals were scored by de Barros Lopes, and own goal, Coulson and Duncan.
The Partick Thistle goal was scored by Brownlie.
Aberdeen have now reached the semi-finals of the Scottish League Cup.
Also on the same day in the Scottish League Cup, Glasgow Celtic defeated Motherwell 4-0 and Dundee lost 1-0 to Glasgow Rangers.
Kilmarnock 2 Dundee United 1 - Scottish League Cup Quarter-Final.
Kilmarnock have won through to the semi-finals of the Scottish League Cup after defeating Dundee United 2-1 in Kilmarnock.
Middleton scored for Dundee United.
Lafferty and Armstrong scored for Kilmarnock.
Kilmarnock have won the Scottish League Cup once before.
Glasgow Celtic and Glasgow Rangers should not join the English Leagues.
The main reasons are
1)
People would think Scotland was part of England,
if our biggest sides played in the English leagues.
2)
Celtic and Rangers might go decades without wining
domestic trophies like other big sides like Leeds United, Everton, Spurs, West
Ham United, Coventry City and Newcastle United.
3)
All the Scottish trophies would be relegated to
the status of non-league trophies. So all those trophies Celtic, Rangers,
Aberdeen, Hearts and Hibs have won in over 100 years of history would be
relegated to the status of non-league trophies.
So people would think Celtic and Rangers have won no trophies. Which
would be a humiliating.
4)
Celtic and Rangers might have to start at the
bottom of the English system. So it could take decades to reach the English
Premier League. What is the point in giving up European football to play in the
non-league system?
5)
They might get rid of the Scottish national side
if the Old Firm joined the English leagues.
6)
We could lose a vital part of our identity.
7)
Attendances, TV rights and sponsorship would
collapse in the Scottish league.
8)
Scottish clubs might never reach the Champions
League group stages again.
9)
Scottish clubs would only rarely reach the
Europa League group stages.
10)
The Scottish league would no longer decide who
the best team in Scotland are. It would be for the teams who aren’t good enough
play in the English leagues.
The Chaos Logic.
I have heard people say well Scottish football is so
uncompetitive, or so rubbish, or so boring, that we have nothing to lose in
getting rid of Celtic and Rangers from the Scottish Leagues.
But that is nonsense. At present we have the 8th
strongest league in UEFA. We had Rangers reaching the Europa League final. And Celtic
getting to the Europa conference league knockout stages.
We are not a bad league. And if we gave up Celtic and Rangers
from the league our league would collapse. We would be like the Welsh and
Northern Irish league. Our league champions would be beaten by teams from San
Marino, Andorra and the Faroe Islands,
One of our top teams losing 7-1 to Liverpool the Champions
League runners-up, is bad. But compare that to the Scottish Champions losing
7-1 to a team from the Irish league or Denmark. Which is what would happen.
We do not need to destroy Scottish football just because the
Old Firm lost heavily to one of the best teams in the World.
Man Utd lost 6-3 to Man City recentely. Does that mean Man
Utd should join the English bottom tier and spend 20 years working their way up
again?
The well you never know attitude-
Some idiots claim that attitude of well; you never know what
could happen?
But that is a apocalyptic logic.
They think that if the Old Firm joined the English leagues
then the likes of Ross County, Dunfermline, or St Johnstone would start getting
20,000 fans at matches and would beat Juventus in the Champions League Final.
And that Celtic and Rangers would win the EPL each year.
Well I can tell you that is fantasy land. What would really
happen is.
The Scottish league would be like the Irish and Welsh league.
Our teams would struggle to get over 4000 fans at matches at best. Our teams
would not get further than the Europa League Group stages in Europe. Football
would collapse as a national sport because our fans would all turn to English football
like Ireland and Wales.
Instead of Scottish people supporting Celtic and Rangers
they would support English clubs instead.
We would go from having the 8th strongest league
in Europe to one of the worst 5 or 6 leagues in Europe. And I mean a league on a par with San Marino
and Andorra.
The Better Option
What I cannot understand is why we do not simply go for the
best of both worlds. Where we keep our own Scottish, Welsh and English and big
clubs, but have cross border cups on top of domestic and European football.
Like the best of both worlds so Glasgow Celtic, Glasgow Rangers,
Aberdeen, Motherwell, Hearts, Hibs and Dundee United can still qualify for
Europe, but also play extra Pan-Great Britain Cups on top of that.
Have a system where Motherwell, Aberdeen, Hearts can make
lots of money from Pan-Great Britain Cups, so THEN have the finances to
challenge the Old Firm for the Scottish League. So we actually have non-Old
Firm teams wining the Scottish League with the Old Firm still in the league.
The Scottish have been allowed Northern Irish and Welsh
sides in the Scottish Challenge Cup.
My ideas include;
1.
Bring back the Anglo Scottish Cup.
2.
Merge the Scottish League Cup, Welsh League Cup
and English League Cup as the Great Britain Cup. A group stage trophy.
3.
Invite Celtic and Rangers as guests in the
English FA Cup.
4.
Invite all Scottish Premiership sides not in
Europe, and selected Welsh Cymru Premier sides into the English Football League
Trophy.
5.
Invite all Scottish Premiership and Scottish
Championship sides not in Europe and all Welsh Cymru Premier sides into the
non-league FA Trophy.
6.
Invite Celtic, Rangers, two other Scottish
sides, and two best Welsh league sides to play in a cross border Great Britain
Premier Cup for all EPL sides that have not qualified for Europe.
7.
Have a Celtic Club Cup with all Scottish Premier
sides, and selected sides from Ireland, Wales, Brittany, The Isle of Man and
Cornwall.
I am not ant-English. I think we can have 3 strong national
leagues in Great Britain, not just one. The English league is one of the
strongest in the World. The Scottish
league is one of the strongest in Europe. But the Scottish and Welsh leagues could
grow with extra Pan Great Britain Cups on top of European and domestic football.
Aberdeen had a superb 2-0 home win against the Heart of Midlothian side on Sunday.
The two Aberdeen goals were scored by de Barros Lopes and Besuijen.
The result lifts Aberdeen up the table to fourth place.
Over the Weekend the other results in the Scottish Premiership were;
Motherwell 1 Glasgow Rangers 2.
Glasgow Celtic 6 Hibernian 1.
Livingston 1 St Johnstone 0.
Ross County 1 Dundee United 1.
St Mirren 0 Kilmarnock 0.
Some of the other notable results in the SPFL over the weekend included;
In the Scottish Championship, Cove Rangers lost 1-0 to Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
In the Scottish League One, Queen of the South beat Peterhead 0.
In the Scottish League Two, Elgin City lost 1-0 to Forfar Athletic.
Some of the notable results in the Scottish Highland League included;
Brechin City 5 Keith 0.
Nairn County 0 Brora Rangers 4.
Rothers lost 4-2 to Buckie Thistle.
It was a bad soccer day for Aberdeen fans on Saturday, as the Dons lost 4-0 to New Firm rivals Dundee United at Tannadice,
Dundee United scored goals via an own goal, Behich, Watt and McGrath.
Aberdeen are disappointed by the result.
Also over the Weekend in the Scottish Premiership.
Hearts drew 2-2 with Kilmarnock.
Glasgow Celtic beat St Johnstone 2-1.
Hibernian beat Motherwell 1-0.
Glasgow Rangers beat St Mirren 4-0.
Livingston lost 1-0 to Ross County.
Some of the other notable SPFL results included;
Arbroath drawing 1-1 with Dundee in the Scottish Championship.
Airdrieonians drawing 3-3 with Queen of the South in Scottish League One.
Stenhousemuir drawing 2-2 with Annan Athletic in Scottish League Two.
In the Scottish Highland League one of the notable results was;
Brora Rangers 0 Brechin City 3.
While in the Scottish Lowland League some notable results included;
Glasgow Rangers B 3 Edinburgh University 1.
Tranent Juniors 0 Glasgow Celtic B 1.
Bo'ness United 1 Gala Fairydean 2.
East Kilbride 0 Cowdenbeath 1
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Paris Saint Germain 2 Nice 1.
Yesterday Paris Saint Germain defeated Nice 2-1.
Messi and Mbappé scored each for PSG.
Laborde scored for Nice.
The result keeps PSG top of the French football league system.
PSG are one of the best known soccer teams in the World.
They have dominated the French leagues for a few years now. PSG have won 8 league titles in the last ten years.
Aberdeen 4 Kilmarnock 1 SPFL.
Aberdeen had an impressive 4 - 1 home win against Kilmarnock.
Besuijen and Stewart scored once each and Miovski scored twice.
Taylor scored for Kilmarnock.
In the other Scottish Premierships games of the day.
Hearts lost 4-0 to Glasgow Rangers.
Glasgow Celtic beat Motherwell 2-1.
Dundee United lost 2-1 to St Johnstone.
Ross County lost 2-0 to Hibernian.
St Mirren won 2-1 against Livingston.
Some of the other notable results today included;
Some of the results in the Scottish Championship included;
Inverness Caledonian Thistle beat Ayr United 2-1.
Cove Rangers beat Arbroath 2-0.
In the Scottish League One, one of the notable results were;
Dunfermline Athletic 2 Peterhead 2.
Falkirk 2 Clyde 0.
In the Scottish League Two some notable results included;
Elgin City 5 Annan Athletic 1.
Stranraer 2 Albion Rovers 1.
Some of the notable results in the Scottish Highland League included;
Buckie Thistle 7 Turriff United 1.
Inverurie Loco Works 0 Brechin City 1.
In the Scottish Lowland League some of the notable results included;
Gala Fairydean 3 Glasgow Celtic B 4.
Heart of Midlothian B 2 Glasgow Rangers B 3.
Edinburgh University 1 Broomhill 4.
Elite Football Is More Important To Me Than Grassroots.
I am Scottish. To me the major priority in Scottish football
is to have great international teams, clubs that do well in European football,
and for great players to come to Scotland.
I was annoyed when I read someone claim that grassroots
football is the priority above the elite level of football. But I think that is
a fantasy land nonsense logic.
Let me point out my main interest is for Scottish football
to do well, and develop great players. I support Scotland and Scottish clubs in
Europe. I want Scotland to have the strongest league, teams, players and clubs
they can have.
Some Scottish people are unpatriotic and do not care about
the international side.
People will claim that football is about grassroots in terms
of making friends, and exercise for the whole population, and enjoyment. But
that is a nonsense. There are plenty of ways for people to socialise and exercise.
We have many sports, that can be used for improving fitness
and socialising. The point of our national sport is to have a sport that we as
a nation at international and cross border level are strong at. And we should
organise the sport of football to have strong elite sides.
The problem is that some people claim we should not have b
teams in the lower divisions, simply because in their view it is damaging to
grassroots level football. But that is a nonsense logic.
1.
Let me re-iterate that I do not hate grassroots level
football. A national sport needs people to be playing it at grassroots level. By
the very definition. But do not fob me off with nonsense that having a strong
grassroots level is more important than having a high quality elite level of
sport in terms of our national sport.
2.
Socialising and improving fitness can be done in many
different ways. To claim that the purpose of our national sport should only be
about the grassroots level football is just unpatriotic.
3.
In fact grassroots can be helped by Scottish football doing
well at elite level. The better Scotland does at a sport the more likely that
that sport will be taken by Scottish youngsters and attract interest from
communities.
4.
If we destroy the elite level then it could destroy grassroots
football. In the same way that countries with a strong rugby union sides tend
to grow or remain strong at grassroots level because people are interest in
sports that their nation do well at.
5.
What is the point in a country being obsessed about football
if we end up being rubbish because we do not allow b teams in our lower divisions,
and players rot away in non-competitive football?
6.
Elite football is
what kids grow up wanting to be in. Why destroy that by having deliberately
weak sides?
7.
It is not an insult to grassroots level football to have b
teams in the lower leagues. Only a warped pedant thinks it is an insult. We had
b teams in the lower divisions after WW2. The Spanish. Germans, Dutch,
Belgians, Portuguese, Croats, and French have all had big clubs playing b teams
in the lower divisions of their own nations.
8.
Some people seem to want Scottish people to support
non-Scottish sides. They do not care about the quality of the Scottish national
side or club sides. I want all Scottish clubs to do well, including Celtic and
Rangers.
9.
The authorities in football should do everything they can to
have strong international sides and club sides in European football.
10. It is humiliating
to deliberately do rubbish at international level just because some warped
pedants think playing b teams in the lower leagues is an insult to smaller
clubs.
11. I want to
have strong clubs in the Scottish Lowland League, Scottish Highland League and
lower divisions. But that does not mean that I put a part time team finishing 3
places higher in the non-league system is more important than Scotland
developing great players.
12. Let me re-iterate
I want t a strong grassroots level. But I want strong club sides and
international sides from Scotland. That is part of football being Scotland’s national
sport. It is integral to a national sport that a nation does well at it elite
level.
13. I want the
entire population to have fun and be healthy. But do not use that as an excuse
to deliberately do rubbish at elite sports as if they are mutually exclusive
outcomes.
14. I want b
teams in the Scottish Challenge Cup and lower divisions, because I want a
strong Scottish elite status.
Ukraine 0 Scotland 0 - UEFA Nations League.
Scotland have finished top of their UEFA Nations League Group.
The result means Scotland are promoted to tier one of the UEFA Nations League.
The result also means Scotland are guaranteed a place in the play-offs for the next European Championships.
It was a great result for a Scotland. Congratulations to the Scottish.
Scotland Defeat Republic Of Ireland 2-1 At Hampden, Glasgow.
On Saturday. the footballing nation of Scotland had an impressive 2-1 win at home against the impressive football nation of the Republic of Ireland in the UEFA Nations League.
The Irish Republic scored first via Egan.
Then Hendry equalised for Scotland, before Ryan Christie scored a penalty to win the game for Scotland.
It is a glorious result for Scotland. Scotland have done well against the other nations in their group.
I hope Scotland finish top of their group.
Good Weekend For Scottish Sides In Cross Border Games In Scottish Challenge Cup.
It was a good weekend for the Scottish sides in the cross-border matches in the Scottish Challenge Cup.
On Friday night, Dundee defeated The New Saints by 3-0 away from home.
On Saturday, Clyde defeated Welsh side Caernarfon Town 1-0 in Scotland.
On the same day Highland League, Buckie Thistle lost at home 2-1 to Linfield. Which is a creditable result for a Scottish Highland League side against Linfield.
While on the Sunday, Queen's Park had an impressive 3-2 away win against Cliftonville.
It was very impressive for Scottish clubs to win 3 of the four cross border matches in the round.
I support the Scottish sides in cross border games.
Scotland had an amazing 3-0 win at home against Ukraine in the UEFA Nations League.
John McGinn scored one. While Lyndon Dykes scored two goals.
It was an amazing performance from Scotland that takes the team to the top of the group.
Scotland worked well against a strong Ukraine team, in Hampden Stadium, Glasgow.
It was a memorable night for the Scottish soccer fans. -
Rangers Women 2 Benfica Women 3 - Women's Champions League QUALIFYING - 1ST LEG.
The Glasgow Rangers Ladies side have lost the 1st leg to Portuguese side Benfica 3-2 at home.
McCoy scored twice for Rangers.
The Benfica goals were scored by an own goal and two goals by Kliemaschewsk de Araújo.
I support all Scottish sides in Europe, so I hope Rangers get through.
Aberdeen Lose To Hibernian 3-1 In SPFL.
It was a sad result for Aberdeen, on Saturday, as they lost 3-1 away from home to Hibernian FC.
The Aberdeen goal was done by de Barros Lopes.
Two Hibs goals were scored by Campbell. and one by Boyle.
Other results in the SPFL Premiership over the Weekend included;
St Mirren 2 Glasgow Celtic 0.
Motherwell 0 Hearts 3.
Livingston 1 Kilmarnock 0.
Glasgow Rangers 2 Dundee United 1.
St Johnstone 0 Ross County 0.
Mixed Week For Scottish Teams In Europe.
On Thursday, Heart of Midlothian defeated Latvian side Rigas Futbola Skola in the Europa Conference League. The score was an impressive 2-0 away win.
While in the Champions League.
On Wednesday Glasgow Celtic drew 1-1 with Shakhtar Donetsk in Poland.
While Glasgow Rangers lost 3-0 at home to Italian giants Napoli.
I support all Scottish sides in Europe.
Scottish Premiership And Welsh Sides In English FA Trophy.
I think that the English FA Trophy. The trophy for English non-league sides should be expanded to include all Scottish Premiership sides that have not qualified, for Europe. Plus all Scottish Championship sides. Plus all Welsh Cymru Premier sides.
I think that the Scottish sides would add to the trophy. The
English National League is of such a high standard financially and quality wise,
that I think they would be a great challenge for Scottish Premiership sides.
I would love to see my fave sides playing decent English
sides.
Plus the Scottish sides would get the chance to reach a Wembley
final.
The Welsh sides would benefit massively from playing sides in the FA Trophy.
They would be helped financially and development wise.
It could be transformational for Welsh sides to play against
leading Scottish and English sides.
The Scottish have been allowed Northern Irish and Welsh
sides in the Sottish Challenge Cup.
I support keeping our own leagues, and European football. But also having cross
border cups on top.
For instance I would also love all Scottish Premiership
sides not in Europe and selected Welsh Cymru Premier sides in the Football
League Trophy also.
I think a British league would be a logistical nightmare for
some Scottish clubs. But keeping it to half a dozen trips over the border each
season would be easily handled.
Imagine games like Wrexham v Dundee United, The New Saints v
Aberdeen, Dorking Wanderers v St Mirren, Hibernian v York City.
I do not think half a dozen trips to Scotland or vice versa
would be too much for this level of side. 20 times a season would be a tough.
But 5 or 6 trips a season would take little effort. It would be like European
football.
I would love Scottish football to have more cross border trophies on top of domestic and European football.
Cross border extra trophies are a good idea. Like the way they have had Northern Irish and Welsh sides invited into the Scottish Challenge Cup.
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Scotland Draw Austria in World Cup Qualifying,
The Scotland women's side are to play Austria in World Cup Qualifying. I hope Scotland win.
Scotland has a good football history.
The game is part of the play-off to qualify for the World Cup. Scotland have to play another side after that if the win.
Poem - From The Light Further And Further.
I look at a candle lit up.
All that I see is my shadow and the moth.
I take a step back.
Now I see my house lit up by lightbulbs,
And in that house is my family.
I take a step back.
Now I see my street.
And in that street are a hundred houses all lit up by lightbulbs and street lights with hundreds of people.
Now I take another step back.
Now I see my city lit up by millions of lights.
And in that city is a million people living busy lives. or resting
Now I take another step back,
I see form the sky my country lit by up countless lights, candles and street lights
Now I take a step back and see my continent lit by countless lights,
Now I take another step back
And I see the Planet Earth, lit up by an infinity of lights.
Now I take a step back and see The Solar System, lit by the Sun, shining on huge planets.
Now I take a step back.
I see my Galaxy.
Countless stars light up like diamonds in the darkness.
Now I take a step back.
And see an ocean of galaxies, lit by the Universe's quill.
Or if you are religious by God's quill.
The light from my candle seems the most powerful of all.
We love football more than any other sport.
We beg for our teams to win, for our country to produce great players and international sides.
We have had some success qualifying in the past for World Cups, and European Championships.
We have hosted European finals.
Aberdeen, Glasgow Celtic and Glasgow Rangers have all won European trophies.
We have punched above our weight at times.
Our club sides have defeated great club sides like Real Madrid, Barcelona, AC Milan, Bayern Munich, B Dortmund, Inter Milan, Juventus, Lazio, Roma, Lyon, Sevilla, Celta Vigo, Ajax, PSV, Copenhagen, Hamburg, Porto, Sporting Lisbon, Benfica and many others.
Yet we should have richer teams, and TV deals.
We should have qualified for the later stages of the World Cup.
In some ways we have done well, while at the World Cups we have underperformed,
But it would be churlish to say we have been given nothing by football,
We have beaten great sides, won club trophies, produced some some great players like Kenny Dalglish and Denis Law,
Glasgow Celtic Defeat Rangers 4-0 In Old Firm Derby.
Last Saturday Celtic defeated Rangers 4-0 with an impressive victory, in the Scottish Premiership.
Abada scored twice. Neves Filipe and Turnbull scored once each.
The game keeps Celtic top of the table.
On the same day Aberdeen drew 1-1 with Ross County.
Livingston defeated Hearts 1-0.
Hibs defeated Kilmarnock 1-0.
Motherwell drew 0-0 with Dundee United.
St Johnstone defeated St Mirren 3-0.
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Aberdeen 5 Livingston 0 Scottish Premiership.
Aberdeen have won 5-0 today in the Scottish Premiership, against Livingston.
Miovski scored twice, plus McCrorie, Besuijen and Duncan scored goals.
The other Scottish Premiership scores were;
Kilmarnock 2 Motherwell 1.
Glasgow Rangers 4 Ross County 0.
St Mirren 1 Hibernian 0.
Some of the other notable scores today included;
Queen's Park 2 Cove Rangers 1 in the Scottish Championship.
Falkirk 3 Queen of the South 1 in the Scottish League One.
Bonnyrigg Rose 1 Stirling Albion 0. in the Scottish League Two.
Banks O'Dee 2 Clachnacuddin 1 in the Scottish Highland League.
Celtic B 5 Dalbeattie Star 0 in the Scottish Lowland League.
University of Stirling 1 Rangers B 2 in the Scottish Lowland League.=
Rangers Qualify For Champions League Group Stages.
Glasgow Rangers have qualified for the UEFA Champions League Group stages thanks to a 1-0 victory against PSV Eindhoven, giving them a 3-2 aggregate win
The result means that two Scottish sides are in the Champions League Group stages,
Both Celtic and Rangers have qualified.
PAOK 0 Rangers 4 - Women's Champions League.
Glasgow Rangers women's side have won 4-0 away from home in the Women's Champions League.
The goals were from Docherty, Davison, Arnot and an own goal.
Rangers now move into the next round.
It is a tremendous result for Glasgow Rangers Women.
I support all Scottish clubs in Europe including Celtic and Rangers.
Glasgow Celtic 2 Heart of Midlothian 0 - Scottish Premiership
Glasgow Celtic have defeated Hearts 2-0 in Glasgow to go top of the league table
Furuhashi and Giakoumakis scored for Glasgow Celtic.
Cochrane and Sibbick were sent-off for Hearts.
Oleksandr Usyk defeats Anthony Joshua Again.
Last night, Usyk has regained his heavy weight boxing title after defeating the British former World Champion in a split decision victory in Saudi Arabia.
Usyk v Fury would be a big match to happen, now.
St Johnstone 0 Aberdeen 1- Scottish Premiership.
It is a tremendous day for Aberdeen FC, as Aberdeen have defeated the Perth side St Johnstone by one goal to zero.
The only goal of the game was a great strike by on loan player Clarkson.
The result lifts the Dons up the table.
On the same day; in the Scottish Premiership;
Glasgow Rangers drew 2-2 with Hibernian.
Motherwell defeated Livingston 1-0.
St Mirren defeated Dundee United 3-0.
Ross County defeated Kilmarnock 1-0.
Some of the other notable results today included;
Arbroath 1 Queen's Park 2 in the Scottish Championship.
Kelty Hearts 0 Dunfermline Athletic 0 in the Scottish League One.
Elgin City 2 Stranraer 2 in the Scottish League Two.
Banks O'Dee 8 Keith 0 in the Scottish Highland League.
Dalbeattie Star 2 Rangers B 5 in the Scottish Lowland League.
Interesting results, -
Laura Muir Retains European 1500 Metre Title.
The Scottish athlete Laura Muir has won the gold medal for Great Britain in the 2022 European Championships.
Keely Hodgkinson has also claimed the 800 metre gold for GB.
Laura Muir has had a great year at the Commonwealth Games for Scotland, and the European Championships for Great Britain.
Mixed Week For Scottish Teams In Europe.
In the male game;
Glasgow Rangers drew their Champions league qualifying 1st leg match 2-2 with PSV Eindhoven.
While Heart of Midlothian lost 2-1 to Zurich in the Europa League 1st leg game they played.
In the female game;
Glasgow Rangers beat Ferencvárosi 3-1.
Glasgow City lost 3-1 to Italian side Roma.
I support all Scottish sides in Europe.
Aberdeen Lose 3-2 To Motherwell - Scottish Premiership.
Yesterday, Aberdeen had a disappointing 3-2 home defeat to Motherwell.
Miovski and Hayes scored for Aberdeen.
Spittal, Slattery and van Veen scored for Motherwell.
On the same day Glasgow Rangers beat St Johnstone 4-0.
Livingston beat Hibernian 2-1.
St Mirren beat Ross County 1-0.
Today, Kilmarnock lost 5-0 to Glasgow Celtic. While also today, Heart of Midlothian beat Dundee United 4-1.
There were lots of other results in Scottish football over the Weekend.
Such as Brora Rangers 3 Banks O'Dee 0 in the Highland League.
In the Scottish Championship Inverness Caledonian Thistle defeated Cove Rangers 4 -1.
Also in the Scottish Championship Queen's Park 3 Partick Thistle 2 was a Glasgow derby result.
In the Lowland League one of the many interesting results was;
Bo'ness United 4 Heart of Midlothian B 1.
Real Madrid 2 Eintracht Frankfurt 0 - European Super Cup 2022.
Real Madrid have won 2-0 in the European Super Cup with goals from Alaba and Benzema.
The game was played between the winners of the European Champions League and the Europa
League.
The 2022 European Super Cup was played in Helsinki, Finland.
It is the fifth time that Real Madrid have won the European Super Cup.
Glasgow Rangers 3 Union Saint-Gilloise 0 - European Champions League Qualifying.
Yesterday Glasgow Rangers won the second leg of their European Champions League Qualifying match.
The result saw Rangers score 3 goals via Tavernier, Colak and Tillman.
The result means Rangers defeated the Belgian side 3-2 on aggregate to qualify for the next round. It was an impressive result.
There were other 2nd leg results in the same trophy on the same night such as;
PSV Eindhoven 3 Monaco 2. So PSV won 4-3 on aggregate.
SK Sturm Graz 1 Dynamo Kyiv 2. So Dynamo win 3-1 on aggregate.
FC Midtjylland 1 Benfica 3. So Benfica win 7-2 on aggregate.
Viktoria Plzen 2 Sheriff Tiraspol 1. So Viktoria win 4-2 on aggregate.
Apollon Limassol 2 Maccabi Haifa 0. So Maccabi win 4-2 on aggregate.
The Aberdeen B side have lost to Scottish Highland League side Brora Rangers by two goals to zero.
The result happened yesterday.
Also on the same night in the same trophy some of the other results included;
Albion Rovers lost 3-2 to the Celtic B side.
Elgin City beat the Dundee United B side 1-0.
The St Johnstone B side defeated Fraserburgh 2-0.
The Kilmarnock B side beat Cowdenbeath 3-0.
Aberdeen 4 St Mirren 1 - Scottish Premiership.
Today Aberdeen have had a very impressive 4-1 win against St Mirren.
Aberdeen scored twice from Miovski, and there was one goal each scored by Clarkson and de Barros Lopes.
Ayunga scored for St Mirren.
In other Scottish Premiership games today,
Glasgow Rangers beat Kilmarnock 2-0.
Ross County lost 3-1 to Glasgow Celtic.
Motherwell lost 2-1 to St Johnstone.
In some of the other SPFL games today,
Arbroath drew 0-0 with Inverness CT in the Scottish Championship.
Dundee beat Raith Rovers 1-0 in the Scottish Championship
FC Edinburgh lost 3-0 to Dunfermline Athletic in the Scottish League One.
Stirling Albion drew 2-2 with Elgin City in the Scottish League Two.
Meanwhile one of the notable results in the Scottish Highland League was;
Banks O'Dee 5 Huntly 2.
In the Scottish Lowland League another notable result was;
Glasgow Rangers B 3 Cowdenbeath 2.
Dundee United 1 AZ Alkmaar 0 - 1st Leg Europa Conference League Qualifying.
Dundee United have won the first leg of their Europa Conference League Qualifying tie with Dutch giants AZ Alkmaar.
Middleton scored the winning match goal for Dundee United in Dundee.
This is a good result for Dundee United. I hope Dundee United can get through. But they need a good result in the Netherlands.
AZ Alkmaar reached the UEFA Cup Final in 1981. They have also won the Dutch title twice, and the Dutch Cup four times.
Heart of Midlothian B 1 Cowdenbeath 1 - Scottish Lowland League.
In the Scottish Lowland League, yesterday, the B team of Hearts drew at home with Fife side Cowdenbeath.
Some of the other results yesterday included;
Bo'ness United 2 University of Stirling 2.
Dalbeattie Star 2 Caledonian Braves 3.
East Stirlingshire 2 Cumbernauld Colts 3.
