Football Expeditions: Linlithgow Rose v Jeanfield Swifts

Following my adventures in Italy with my fellow Football Blether writers, it was back to the Scottish Juniors with an intriguing East of Scotland Conference League Match between Linlithgow Rose and Jeanfield Swifts at Prestonfield. The novelty of an 8pm kickoff on a Saturday night added to the mystique. Despite being a Hibs fan and...

Second Tier But Not Second Class

A return to Berlin for a long weekend to participate in one of the marathon majors presented an excellent opportunity to take in some 2. Bundasliga action between Union Berlin and MSV Duisburg. In the last couple of years I have enjoyed attending junior and lower league games in Scotland so I was keen to...

The Day 33% of the World Watched Scotland

With the opening game of the World Cup in Russia, which features the hosts take on Saudi Arabia, less than a few hours away, it will also mark an unwanted anniversary for Scotland fans; it will have been twenty years since Scotland last qualified for a major tournament. It seems like a long time ago...

1% Riordan, 99% Perspiration

A popular theory as to why the Scotland national team has been in decline for the last twenty years plus or so is that Scotland are no longer producing top quality players. As a Hibs fan, I disagree with that as in the early 2000s there was a conveyor belt of good young Scottish players...