Football

With the season more-or-less at an end, it’s time that clubs will be thinking towards next season – and more specifically how they will spend their prize money on bolstering their squads to have a better campaign next time around. With the merger of the SPL (Premier League) and SFL (Football League) to form the SPFL (Professional Football League), there was a shift in the distribution of prize money throughout the leagues which was largely welcomed.  Rather than having a massive gulf between the top — Read more →

Sackings in football are almost a matter of routine, with even the top clubs not being afraid to ditch their managers for an alternative to meet their insatiable need for success.  Man United weren’t really known for being a club with an itchy trigger finger, with Sir Alex Ferguson riding out some rough spells on the way to creating a footballing dynasty like no other, but they’ve proven their new mettle by sacking David Moyes after a season that has seen not just a fall — Read more →

The biggest derby in Scottish football next season is not going to be between the Old Firm, Celtic and Rangers are still a league apart.  It’s probably not going to be the Edinburgh derby either, with Hearts’ relegation to the Championship and the unlikely prospect of Hibs joining them.  Unless Dundee are promoted to the Premiership, or Ross County fall foul of the relegation play-off, it will be the Highland Derby between County and Inverness Caledonian Thistle.  This rivalry has come a long way from — Read more →