News, views and opinions from a Gàidheal
Last Tuesday, taking in what was Ross County’s final game in the Premiership, the sun was just about to set behind Ben Wyvis as Simon Murray put Dundee ahead in a game that would end up being a draw. I thought at the time it was a fitting metaphor for our Premiership days being numbered, and here five days on it’s sadly proved to be so. Ross County’s six-year stint in the Premiership is over, and it’s a perfect time to take stock of why — Read more →
It’s fair to say that 2017-18 was a mixed season for Ross County. Coming on the back of our 2nd top six finish and the amazing achievement of lifting the League Cup, from the start there wasn’t much chance that we’d manage to top last season. But while there were lots of reasons to be concerned through the season, in the end we finished strongly and took 7th place – which I’d certainly have taken at the start of the season. It all started so — Read more →
The new season gets underway today and it could prove to be the most exciting in many years, with the addition of Rangers meaning that there’ll be new blood at the top of the table. This means that teams will be moving around the league more often than they were in previous seasons though, so the excitement will flow into the top six races and relegations fights too. It may be tough to predict what’ll happen over the course of a 38 game season, but — Read more →
Once again we’ve reached the end of the football season, and even though the pain of Scotland’s failure to reach Euro 2016 will echo through much of the upcoming months it’s been softened greatly by the fact that Ross County have had one of their best seasons ever. Ross County have cemented themselves as a top flight club and done so in some style by storming to their second top-six finish in their four year stint in the Premiership and of course winning their first — Read more →
At this stage in the season, it’s a bit strange being a positive County fan. Every year we’ve been in the Premiership, and that’s us in our fourth season, we’ve gone into the New Year with trepidation after a few tough months that have seen us flirt with the relegation spots. This season’s completely different. We’re sitting in the top six at the start of 2016 and have every confidence that we can stay there until after the split. We’ve made it to the semi-finals — Read more →
