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Scottish Cup Quarter Final Preview

Date: 11th March 2010 at 2:44 pm | Filed under: Celtic, Dundee United, Football Blogs, Hibernian, Kilmarnock, Rangers, Scottish League, Scottish Premier League | Author: Dan Birch | image © Action Images

It is Scottish Cup time this weekend, and there are plenty of interesting ties to look forward to. Despite being a disappointing season in Scottish Football, the Cup can also provide some romance and it is clear from the ties that are plenty of good opportunities for underdogs teams like Raith Rovers and Kilmarnock.

Raith Rovers Vs Dundee:

Who would have thought that supposedly little Raith would make it this far in the …

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Top XI Foreigners to grace the SPL

Date: 11th March 2010 at 2:40 pm | Filed under: Celtic, Football Blogs, Rangers, Scottish Premier League | Author: Tom Jinks | Tags: , , , , | image © Action Images

The standard of Scottish football may not be great now, but back in the 1990’s and the early 2000’s, the could attract some top class players. Some players came to Scotland in their twilight of their careers, having achieved greatness with other clubs, whereas some went on to bigger and better things after leaving Scotland. It’s actually hard …

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Robbie Keane’s move providing more questions than answers

After ’s anonymous performance against on Sunday, find themselves 10 points behind their city rivals, and still with a game in hand. The talk before the game was all of Robbie Keane’s first

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Top 10 Free-Kick goals from my lifetime!

Date: 1st March 2010 at 4:23 pm | Filed under: Brazil, Celtic, England, Football Blogs, Manchester United, Premiership | Author: Sefa Atay | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | image © Action Images

There have been many players over the years that have mastered the art of taking free-kicks. Beckham, Juninho, Gascoigne, Ronaldo and Roberto Carlos are just a number of players who have mastered the skill and who have scored many a glorious set-piece in their time.

Here are the top 10 free-kicks from my lifetime; however please feel free to add links in the comments to others that I may have missed…

Roberto Carlos v France

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Has SPL title race got a sense of Groundhog Day for Celtic?

Date: 18th February 2010 at 3:02 pm | Filed under: Celtic, Football Blogs, Scottish Premier League | Author: Ewan Nisbet | Tags: , , , , , | image © Action Images

As a Celtic fan this season I am starting to feel more and more like Bill Murray! Bare with me here. The star of the classic film ‘Groundhog Day’ had to relive the same day over and over again, with no escape. Time and time again this season Celtic have shown signs of promise yet ultimately they concede sloppy late goals to throw away points. Now it’s not quite …

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Whatever happened to Eyal Berkovic?

Date: 16th February 2010 at 2:22 pm | Filed under: Celtic, Football Blogs, Manchester City, Portsmouth, Premiership, Scottish Premier League, West Ham | Author: Tom Jinks | Tags: , , , | image © Action Images

Israeli football has hardly set the world alight on the international stage, but there was one player who lit up the Premiership in his time at various clubs, with spells at , Southampton, Celtic, Manchester City and Portsmouth. A player …

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‘Where are they now’ – Celtic’s ‘Lisbon Lions’ 1967

Date: 10th February 2010 at 3:02 pm | Filed under: Celtic, European, Football Blogs, Premiership, Scottish Premier League | Author: Ewan Nisbet | Tags: , , | image © Action Images

These 11 men will forever be known as the ‘’. They achieved the highest feat for a club footballer and were the trailblazers for future British success in Europe. But what happened to them after they won the European Cup. A loss to Feyenoord in 1970 deprived many of the squad of a second winner’s medal …

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January window could be the turning point for Mowbray and Celtic

Tony Mowbray has had a difficult first season at Celtic, with the squad struggling to keep tabs on their rivals. How much blame can Mowbray take however when he inherits a seemingly weak squad with little money initially to rebuild.

The January transfer window may well emerge as a turning point …

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Caption Competition: Keane swaps Tottenham for Celtic

Date: 5th February 2010 at 4:01 pm | Filed under: Caption Competition, Celtic, Football Blogs, Premiership, Scottish Premier League, Tottenham | Author: Tom Jones | Tags: , , , , | image © Action Images

Arguably the biggest deadline day deal this year saw Tottenham’s Robbie Keane leave the Premier League to join SPL club  on loan until the end of the season. Spurs manager Harry Redknapp could afford to let the Irish forward leave given the plethora of strikers he has as White Hart Lane and Bhoys gaffer Tony Mowbray will be …

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Top 5 January Window Signings [Video]

Date: 2nd February 2010 at 7:40 pm | Filed under: Birmingham City, Celtic, Football Blogs, Liverpool, Premiership, Scottish Premier League, West Ham | Author: Sefa Atay | Tags: , , , , , , , | image © Action Images

Here is a list of the top 5 January signings – sit back and watch your new signing in action and see what he’ll bring to your respective clubs.

5 – ,

4 – Benni McCarthy, West Ham

3 – Michel, Birmingham City

2– Ilan, West Ham

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