Football

NOTE: The tables in this article were updated on the 15th May 2022 to include the results of the 2021/22 season. Yet again, the fight for the title in Scotland is non-existent, as Celtic coast to another championship without any real challenge in the absence of Rangers.  Even when Rangers were in contention, there hasn’t been any serious third-party contender since Aberdeen in the 80s. However, beneath the Old Firm duo in the table, there is always a much more exciting battle being fought for — Read more →

Ask almost any football fan which competition is the biggest in football, and they will answer without hesitation the World Cup.  It is the pinnacle of the game, to many – a quadrennial exhibition of the best players and best teams in the game.  But after the World Cup, the most revered competition in the game is probably the Champions League, an annual club competition.  International football no longer has the draw it once did.   Even as a Scotland fan, I think that international football — Read more →

Much was made of the decision, back in 2007, to elect former French midfielder Michel Platini to the office of president of UEFA, European football’s governing body.  The post is arguably the second most powerful in football, after FIFA’s own president, and the man Platini defeated in the election, Lennart Johansson, had held the position for 16 years previously.  Johansson ushered in the era of the Champions League, which has become the second largest football tournament in the world in fans’ regard, behind only the — Read more →