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The Championship got underway tonight as well with Dunfermline hosting Dundee at East End Park.

A decent game, and after going 2-0 up, Dundee leveled through two penalties and never enough nicked it with a cracker right at the end.

Kevin Nisbit who scared 30 odd goals in 30 odd games for Raith last season off the mark for the Pars, so 1/1 from the young man.

Roll on tomorrow and the start of the season.

A fantastic win from the Dons last night as well. 5-0!

Celtic going to ruin the SPL again this year,7 nil ffs.

finchman wrote:Celtic going to ruin the SPL again this year,7 nil ffs.

May as well hand the trophy to them now. Celtic 2020 Champions, but out of Europe by Christmas.
Also the 2020 League Cup Final is played in December , before the New Year has begun.

AlcoholBrazil wrote:

finchman wrote:Celtic going to ruin the SPL again this year,7 nil ffs.

May as well hand the trophy to them now. Celtic 2020 Champions, but out of Europe by Christmas.
Also the 2020 League Cup Final is played in December , before the New Year has begun.

Scottish league cup final was always historically before Christmas.

I'm sure it used to be around November time and there was some absolute classic games. Couple of Rangers vs Aberdeen games stick in the mind

http://that1980ssportsblog.blogspot.com ... rdeen.html

Patrick Thistle 4-0 Celtic ,
1971/72 League cup final,played in October 71.
Thistle 4-0 up in half an hour,My owd chap was there but wouldn't take me because my mum said I was too young.
Sensational.

shabbado wrote:[Scottish league cup final was always historically before Christmasl

Seem to recall it always being in March. November 2016 (for the 2017 trophy) Celtic 3-0 Aberdeen. Do I win £5 ?

It was previously before Christmas.
We beat Aberdeen on Dec 8th 1979 to win it then stuffed Dundee on Dec 6th to retain the trophy.

Scumdee also won the League Cup in Dec 1973 beating Celtic in the final.

AlcoholBrazil wrote:

shabbado wrote:[Scottish league cup final was always historically before Christmasl

Seem to recall it always being in March. November 2016 (for the 2017 trophy) Celtic 3-0 Aberdeen. Do I win £5 ?

Seems they changed from a November final to a March final around 2000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_S ... Cup_finals

Obviously not been paying attention to Scottish football for the last 20 years

I was at Gayfield on Saturday. It was scorchio, and gorgeous. Nae hoully nor wind blowing, just 22 and sunshine striking down.

It's going to be a big ask for Arbroath to stay up - them and Alloa the only "part-time" teams in the league - Alloa have stayed up now for 2 seasons, so it can be done, but I think they have a better squad. If Arbroath can get in two loanees from a Premiership side maybe Bruce Anderson from Aberdeen (if McInnes isn't going to use him much and he's only 19) or even Celtic, considering the relationship they have with them (always playing bounce games/friendlies).

They did well though, and you'd probably say Queens had most of the possession and worked Jamieson (the Lichties keeper) more but Arbroath had better/clearer chances - a goal flogged off that looked very suspect. Dick Campbell writing it off as a point gained, but you'd think they'll need to be winning a lot of games to survive, but we'll see. I don't know where the goals are going to come from and Colin Hamilton probably isn't good enough. We'll see, although the pies had run out by 3.20pm and the loos were "over-worked" so a job for Arbroath to even provide a service now they are up a division. QOTS brought about 200 fans or so, met a few and if anyone ever meets one, don't ever say Dumfries is in the Borders haha ; twice I was scolded for that - Dumfries and Galloway isn't the Borders apparently. Anyhoos, a good bunch and great to see a big away support.

I won't be back at Gayfield until the 13th of September for the Friday night game on BBC Scotland against Thistle. More clubs than Tiger Woods and have family/soft spot for the Jags too, so I'm hoping for football to be the winner

Celtic started brilliant. a 7-0 win over St Johnstone, Ryan Christie and Johnston are too fantastic wee players. I really hope MJ goes on to a game, and we somehow get to the Euros next year - there's a wee bit of talent coming through and just to see Scotland get scudded 3 times at a big tournament would be glorious even, we need to get back to a final. Missed the Killie-Gers and Dons-Hertz games today but both sounded brilliant, roll on Sportscene. Good ol' County with a fine win and its about time Accies were relegated, TBH, that plastic pitch and they've clung on for too long, apologies in any Hamilton fans if yer reading, it's 3 minutes tae midnight.

Shankland proving his 4k a week (allegedly) with all four goals as Dundee Utd hammered Caley. 4k is wild money for the Championship/Division 1 in Scotland, but United really need to get up this season. I think they will (apologies Shedders for the Hex I've now put on the Arabs) but I'm looking forward to seeing them in December. And 8 teams all drew in the Championship, so maybe it's an indication of how things are going to go.

And Paul Hartley's Cove (newly promoted from the Highland League) HAMMER title-favourites Edinburgh City 5-0! What a win, and I have a feeling they will be doing two back-to-back promotions. Their squad is decent, a megabucks owner and Hartley - whilst the odd disaster - is a competent coach and gunning to rebuild his reputation after Falkirk and Dundee.

Celtic next up in action on Wed against Cluj, followed by Aberdeen in Croatia and Rangers in Denmark against Midjitland on Thursday, and then on Friday is Thistle v Dundee United. It'll soon be Friday, and the fitba will be back AGAIN!

WOOO

Heh...Gayfield

Football just isn't a Scotch thing.

Bad Blue 2000 wrote:Football just isn't a Scotch thing.

Just pump in fuckloads of money. Football didn't used to be a Man City thing.

Lou Grant wrote:

Bad Blue 2000 wrote:Football just isn't a Scotch thing.

Just pump in fuckloads of money. Football didn't used to be a Man City thing.

'Mon the Progres!

The mighty hoops out of the champions League, oh dear,what a shame,never mind.
They can now concentrate on humpin seven past Killie and Livingston.