Scottish Football News Season 2009 / 2010

[Il Duce]

Aberdeen 1 - 0 Rangers
Celtic 3 - 1 St. Mirren
Hibernian 2 - 0 Falkirk
Kilmarnock 1 - 2 Hearts
Motherwell 2 - 2 Dundee United
St. Johnstone 1 - 1 Hamilton

Rank Team GP W D L GS GA P
1 Celtic 13 8 3 2 27 14 27
2 Rangers 12 7 4 1 20 8 25
3 Hibernian 13 7 4 2 19 9 25
4 Dundee United 12 6 5 1 18 10 23
5 Motherwell 13 4 8 1 17 14 20
6 Aberdeen 13 4 6 3 11 11 18
7 Heart of Midlothian 13 3 4 6 12 16 13
8 St. Johnstone 13 3 4 6 20 25 13
9 St. Mirren 13 3 4 6 15 20 13
10 Hamilton Academicals 13 2 4 7 11 22 10
11 Kilmarnock 13 2 3 8 9 19 9
12 Falkirk 13 1 5 7 10 21 8

[johntheclaret]

W/E 3rd Jan

Celtic 1 Rangers 1
Hibernian 1 Hearts 1
Dundee Utd 0 Aberdeen 1
St Mirren 1 Kilmarnock 0

Teams P GD PTS
1 Rangers 19 34 44
2 Celtic 18 18 37
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3 Hibernian 18 11 33
4 Dundee Utd 18 -1 28
5 Hearts 19 -2 24
6 Aberdeen 17 -5 21
7 Motherwell 18 -8 20
8 St Johnstone 17 -6 19
9 St Mirren 17 -6 17
10 Hamilton 16 -11 16
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11 Kilmarnock 18 -11 14
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12 Falkirk 17 -13 12

Round Up

Rangers maintained their seven-point lead at the top of the Clydesdale Bank Scottish Premier League as they came from behind to draw 1-1 with Celtic.
Lee McCulloch's late equaliser in the Old Firm derby at Parkhead ensured the Gers kept their advantage in tact.
After the home side had missed numerous chances and had a Marc-Antoine Fortune goal ruled out for his challenge on Ibrox keeper Allan McGregor, Scott McDonald came off the bench to open the scoring with a 79th-minute header.
It looked like the Hoops would get their just rewards for their part in an unusually one-sided game between the sides.
However, two minutes later McCulloch headed a Steven Davis corner past Artur Boruc to give the visitors an undeserved but welcome point.

In Sunday's other game, both sides finished with 10 men as Hibernian and Hearts fought out a pulsating Edinburgh derby draw.
Eighteen-year-old Gordon Smith wrote his name into Tynecastle folklore by handing the visitors the lead on his SPL debut but Anthony Stokes equalised nine minutes after the restart with his 11th goal of the season.
That was almost immediately followed by red cards for Ruben Palazuelos and Darren McCormack after the latter appeared to headbutt the Spaniard.
A furious Palazuelos had to be restrained by manager Csaba Laszlo as he tried to continue the argument with McCormack and Hibs boss John Hughes, the drama on show in stark contrast to November's dour goalless draw.

[Bully]

was celebrating celtics goal thanks to scotty mc then rangers go and get a goal like 2 minutes later....wasnt to happy.

[johntheclaret]

Tuesday, 12 January 2010
St Mirren 1-0 Aberdeen

Teams P GD PTS
1 Rangers 19 34 44
2 Celtic 18 18 37
3 Hibernian 18 11 33
4 Dundee Utd 18 -1 28
5 Hearts 19 -2 24
6 Aberdeen 18 -6 21
7 St Mirren 18 -5 20
8 Motherwell 18 -8 20
9 St Johnstone 17 -6 19
10 Hamilton 16 -11 16
11 Kilmarnock 18 -11 14
12 Falkirk 17 -13 12

Another disappointing result for Aberdeen after some pretty impressive performances, notably against Rangers.

[mighty_tiger_79]

very disappointing result, a win would have helped close in on a euro spot

[johntheclaret]

Dunfermline booted out of Scottish Cup for breaking rules in 7-1 win over Stenhousemuir

Dunfermline were today sensationally kicked out of the Active Nation Scottish Cup for "a number of breaches" of competition rules in Saturday's fourth-round thrashing of Stenhousemuir.
A six-man Scottish Football Association emergency committee unanimously decided to expel the Pars from this season's tournament following a meeting at Hampden Park

Dunfemline would have played Celtic in the next round. Stenhousemuis must be rubby their hands now although Dunfermline are going to appeal

[johntheclaret]

Wednesday, 13 January 2010

Hamilton 0-1 Dundee Utd.

Teams P GD PTS
1 Rangers 19 34 44
2 Celtic 18 18 37
3 Hibernian 18 11 33
4 Dundee Utd 19 0 31
5 Hearts 19 -2 24
6 Aberdeen 18 -6 21
7 St Mirren 18 -5 20
8 Motherwell 18 -8 20
9 St Johnstone 17 -6 19
10 Hamilton 17 -12 16
11 Kilmarnock 18 -11 14
12 Falkirk 17 -13 12

[johntheclaret]

CALDERWOOD LANDS KILMARNOCK JOB

Former Aberdeen boss Jimmy Calderwood has been unveiled as the new manager of Kilmarnock

[johntheclaret]

Saturday, 16 January 2010

Celtic 1-1 Falkirk
Dundee Utd. 1-0 Hibernian
Hamilton 0-1 Rangers
Hearts 1-0 St Mirren
Kilmarnock 0-3 Motherwell

Round Up

Celtic were left with a nine-point deficit on Clydesdale Bank Premier League leaders Rangers after a much-changed side was held 1-1 at home by bottom club Falkirk while Walter Smith's side beat Hamilton 1-0.
Carl Finnigan gave the visitors a 19th-minute lead after a slip by Darren O'Dea and Celtic struggled before Georgios Samaras levelled with an individual goal five minutes before the break.
The home side failed to impose themselves until the final quarter but, other than an excellent free-kick from debutant Ki Sung Yeung, they could not trouble Falkirk goalkeeper Robert Olejnik.

Earlier, Nacho Novo grabbed a late winner as Rangers defied adversity to take maximum points from Hamilton.
The Ibrox side were without several key players for the second of three consecutive games against Accies and it showed as the home side carved out the best of the chances.
But it was Walter Smith's men who came out on top when Novo's late strike allowed them to take their revenge on a Hamilton side who held them to a 3-3 draw in the Active Nation Scottish Cup last week.

Dundee United leapfrogged Hibernian to go third thanks to a hard-earned 1-0 win over the Edinburgh side at a rainy Tannadice.
Danny Swanson scored the only goal of the game after 39 minutes with a cool finish to round off a well-worked move.
However the talking point of the match came three minutes earlier when the home side were awarded a penalty for a foul on Prince Buaben by Chris Hogg on the edge of the area.
Referee Steve Conroy initially appeared to point for a free kick before deciding it was a penalty but Graham Smith came to Hibernian's rescue by palming away David Goodwillie's weak spot-kick.

Craig Brown won the battle of the new bosses in emphatic fashion as Motherwell romped to a 3-0 victory at Kilmarnock.
All the goals came in the second half, with Jim O'Brien netting a double - ending a drought dating back to April - before Lukas Jutkiewicz added gloss to the scoreline.
The result got Motherwell's season back on track under caretaker manager Brown following five straight defeats and left new Killie boss Jimmy Calderwood in no doubt of the size of the task facing him at Rugby Park.

Michael Stewart's first half penalty gave Hearts a deserved 1-0 victory over St Mirren.
The home skipper fired his side ahead in the 23rd minute from the spot after Hugh Murray was adjudged by referee Stevie O'Reilly to have handled the ball in his own box when challenging for a high ball.
Christian Nade and David Templeton had chances to increase Hearts' lead but lacklustre St Mirren carried little threat from start to finish

Teams P GD PTS
1 Rangers 20 35 47
2 Celtic 19 18 38
3 Dundee Utd 20 1 34
4 Hibernian 19 10 33
5 Hearts 20 -1 27
6 Motherwell 19 -5 23
7 Aberdeen 18 -6 21
8 St Mirren 19 -6 20
9 St Johnstone 17 -6 19
10 Hamilton 18 -13 16
11 Kilmarnock 19 -14 14
12 Falkirk 18 -13 13

[mighty_tiger_79]

aberdeen 4 - 4 celtic

[Bully]

yes i think rangers have the title now and its only theres to loose

[mighty_tiger_79]

yes i think rangers have the title now and its only theres to loose

i actually text a mate about 2 weeks ago telling him that, - he's a rangers man - it was after celtic played a draw in a game they were expected to win.

[mighty_tiger_79]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/footbal ... 516606.stm

[mighty_tiger_79]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/footbal ... 519190.stm

[Bully]

the old firm is on again this weekend .

[devilsadvocate]

the old firm is on again this weekend .

Up the 'Gers.

But you just know Robbie Keane will score.

[Bully]

devistated after the old firm result just gone.

[devilsadvocate]

devistated after the old firm result just gone.

You know hoops fans go to hell?

[mighty_tiger_79]

i think this result has sealed the title for Rangers now


By Martin Conaghan


Andy Dorman and Steven Thomson bagged double strikes to give St Mirren their first ever win against Celtic in the Scottish Premier League.

Dorman's 38th-minute close-range effort opened the scoring after good work by Billy Mehmet.

Steven Thomson fired in from 18 yards out for the Buddies' second and Dorman added another six minutes from the end.



The three points edge St Mirren further away from the relegation zone.

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The defeat maintains Rangers' 10-point lead at the top of the SPL table with the Ibrox side having two games in hand.

Georgios Samaras and midfielder Ki Sung-Yueng came in for Marc-Antoine Fortune and Marc Crosas, while St Mirren were without Celtic's on-loan defender Graham Carey.

Higdon was dropped to the Buddies' bench as Steven Robb, Dorman and Craig Dargo came in.

It was almost 15 minutes before the first major action of the match when Mehmet put Celtic keeper Lukasz Zaluska to the test from close range, then Samaras fired towards goal at the other end, but Buddies keeper Paul Gallacher was up to the task when the ball came off the woodwork.

Minutes later, Aiden McGeady threaded through to Robbie Keane who fired for goal, but Gallacher was at full-stretch to prevent the Irishman from scoring.

Paul McGowan's shot was blocked shortly after the half-hour mark, prompting Dargo to speed away on the break, but Josh Thompson kept a cool head and managed to break up the attack.

St Mirren opened the scoring iagainst the run of play when Mehmet took advantage of some careless Josh Thompson defending and flicked on for Dorman to blast in a close-range shot.

Samaras' long-range effort on the stroke of half-time was pushed wide by Gallacher as the hosts went in with the interval advantage.

Immediately after the break the St Mirren fans were claiming for a penalty after the big Greek striker appeared to handle the ball from a Dorman corner, but referee Charlie Richmond was in a poor position and waved for play to continue.

Moments later, McGeady sent a defence splitting pass through to Keane, but the striker was a yard off the pace and the chance to equalise was lost.

Celtic were torn apart at the back for St Mirren's second when Dargo and Mehmet worked a fine one-two on the edge of the penalty area and Thomson slotted past a hapless Zaluska to put the Buddies two up on 58 minutes.

Mehmet almost added a third from a corner, but Zaluska managed to parry wide.

Dorman added his second of the night with six minutes remaining with a fine strike from deep inside the Celtic penalty area.

As the minutes ticked out, Higdon latched on to a free-kick and found Thomson unmarked on the right, and the former Brighton man blasted in to banish the nightmare of Sunday's Co-Operative Insurance Cup defeat at Ibrox.



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Wednesday, 24 March 2010

Scottish Premier

Home Team Score Away Team Time
St Mirren 4-0 Celtic FT
(HT 1-0)
Dorman 38
Thomson 58
Dorman 84
Thomson 87

[Il Duce]

Celtic part company with manager Tony Mowbray

Mowbray's Celtic reign comes to an end

Celtic have sacked under-fire manager Tony Mowbray following Wednesday's 4-0 defeat at St Mirren.

Mowbray won 17 of the 30 league games played since he arrived from West Brom last June and struggled in Europe.

And the Glasgow club trail Scottish Premier League leaders Rangers by 10 points, having played two more matches than their Old Firm rivals.

Coach Neil Lennon will oversee first team matters on an interim basis, with Kilmarnock visiting on Saturday.

Lennon played for Celtic between 2000 and 2007, captaining the club in his last two seasons. He returned as a coach in April 2008 and had been in charge of the Under-19 team during Mowbray's time in Glasgow.

The move to promote Lennon comes after assistant manager Mark Venus and first team coach Peter Grant departed along with Mowbray.

"I am very proud to have not only managed but also played for a club with such great tradition and that has tremendous roots in football history.

"I would like to offer my sincere thanks to all of the players and also to my staff who supported me so well. Finally, I would like to wish the club every success in the future."

A former defender at the club between 1991 and 1995, Mowbray succeeded Gordon Strachan to become the 16th manager of Celtic, with West Brom receiving £2m in compensation.

The affable figure had been one of three managers targeted, along with Burnley's Owen Coyle, now at Bolton, and Swansea's Roberto Martinez, now at Wigan.

On his arrival, he said he lived by a code of "honesty, integrity, humility and respect" and he hoped to bring those qualities to the Celtic team.

However, his reign was not a happy one, beginning with elimination from the Champions League, albeit against a slick Arsenal side, who have progressed with ease to the last eight of the tournament.

Dropping into the Europa League, Celtic were expected to qualify from a group that included Hamburg, Rapid Vienna and Hapoel Tel-Aviv, but they could only muster six points from six games, with just one win.

The domestic season started brightly and Celtic were four points ahead of Rangers going into the first Old Firm derby of the season on 4 October, but they lost 2-1 at Ibrox.

"This is a very sad day for everyone at Celtic," said chief executive Peter Lawwell.

"Tony is a very fine man and someone who I know is passionate about the club he served so well as a player.

"Clearly, we have had a difficult season and results have not been as we would have hoped.

"Tony is equally disappointed at some of our results this season but working so closely with him I know that throughout his period as manager he has always given the club his total and absolute commitment."

Strachan had won three titles in four seasons at Celtic Park but Mowbray quickly set about dismantling the squad he inherited, bringing in a raft of new faces.

The big money loan arrival of Spurs striker Robbie Keane in January briefly lifted spirits among supporters but Celtic could not make inroads into Rangers' lead.

Mowbray had a long career at Middlesbrough before his switch to Celtic and later moved on to Ipswich, where he started his coaching career.

Mowbray led the Edinburgh club to two top-four finishes in 2005 and 2006, after which he left for West Brom.

He led the Baggies to the Championship play-offs, losing to Derby, but the following season they won the title and promotion to the Premier League.

However, they only lasted a season in England's top tier and were relegated, despite receiving plaudits for their attacking style of football.

His summer switch to Celtic Park was greeted with widespread enthusiasm among the Celtic faithful but few of those will lament his departure.

"Tony is held in great affection by Celtic fans and it is obviously with great disappointment that we make today's statement," said chairman John Reid. "During his period here, Tony has always acted with great dignity as he has done today."

"We are all disappointed at the way things have gone this season. However, as supporters, we will collectively build again to re-establish the club to its pre-eminent position within Scottish football."

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