Football Archive

THE bittersweet relationship between Scottish clubs and European football is not dissimilar to a guy who spends month after month trying to get a girl's phone number, only to get dumped after the very first date.

ST MIRREN would far rather have saved themselves, but such details were irrelevant in the Paisley area last night.

THE sight of a fan receiving emergency treatment at the side of the park is always traumatic but it has an added grim resonance for Kilmarnock football club.

Celtic continued their pursuit of Aleksandar Tonev at the weekend by sending a scout to watch him play for Lech Poznan.

IF David Moyes has found it hard to look forward to matches at Anfield during his time as manager of Everton, then goodness knows what he thinks of the place now.

Allan Johnston has been named PFA Scotland Manager of the Year, with Motherwell's Michael Higdon the player of the year, and Leith Griffiths of Hibs taking the young player crown.

Dundee 1 Aberdeen 1

Celtic assistant manager Johann Mjallby bemoaned the offside decision which cost his side victory over Ross County.

Celtic manager Neil Lennon made seven changes for today's Clydesdale Bank Premier League clash at Ross County.

FOR another 24 hours at least, St Mirren remain resolutely in the path of that iceberg.

IAN Black and Lee Wallace travel from Midlothian to Rangers' training ground together each day and lately a main topic of conversation has been the car crash unfolding at their former club Hearts.

MICHAEL Fraser believes Celtic are not the only club who could kick up a fuss at being overlooked in the PFA awards.

The joy, and the glory, was in the aftermath of this game.

Forfar Athletic squeezed into the promotion play-off berths with a 2-1 home win over Ayr United.