The elimination of Rangers, Celtic and Hearts from the Europa League means that Scotland will have no clubs playing in Europe this season. Writes Chick Young,”Scottish football has a new address — right at the bottom of Skid Row. If you can’t find it, it’s just beside the end of the world.” Translation: Scottish soccer […]
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Edu scores and then gets sent off
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Maurice Edu, who is rumored to be headed to France, scored in Scottish champion Rangers’ 2-0 win overInverness — just its second victory in five games — but was soon thereafter sent off for picking up his second yellow card of the game. Like TimothyChandler, Edu was a late scratch for USA-Mexico — […]
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Edu's Rangers fall in Champions League qualifying
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Maurice Edu‘s cross set up a goal to give Glasgow Rangers a 1-0 lead in the second-leg game, butRangers had two players sent off and eventually gave up a tying goal to Malmo in the 80th minute that resulted in the Scottish champion being knocked out of the UEFA Champions League 2-1 on […]
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Edu's Rangers suffers potentially costly loss
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Maurice Edu‘s Rangers continues to struggle under new manager AllyMcCoist. After failing to beat Hearts at home in its Scottish Premier League opener, Rangers has dug itself a big hole in Europe, dropping a 1-0 decision to Malmo of Sweden in the first leg oftheir third qualifying round series in the Champions League. […]
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Bedoya tentatively set to join Rangers
[AMERICANS ABROAD] U.S. national team midfielder Alejandro Bedoya reached an agreement to join Scottish champion Rangersin January when his contract with Swedish club Orebro expires. The agreement, however, is conditional on receiving a British work permit. A deal between Rangers and Orebro to bring Bedoyato Glasgow during the summer transfer market never materialized. In two-plus […]
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Edu wins third straight Scottish league title
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Maurice Edu won his third Scottish Premier League title in three years as Rangers won at Kilmarnock,5-1, to clinch the title on the final day of the season. The bid of Sacha Kljestan‘s Anderlecht to repeat as Belgian league champion ended when itwas knocked out of contention with a 2-1 loss at Standard […]
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Scotland's night of shame
The race for the 2011 Scottish Premier League turned ugly when a fan came out of the stands and attacked Celtic manager Neil Lennon during his club’s 3-0 winat Hearts. Celtic is involved in a tight race for the Scottish title — it trails Rangers by one point with one game to play — and […]
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Lennon makes poor attempt at humor
Celtic came away from its Old Firm match against Rangers at Ibrox with the upper hand, despite the final score of 0-0 and Georgios Samaras‘ missed penalty.The result left Rangers with a one point, but Celtic still has a game in hand as the teams conclude the Scottish Premier League’s extended season. Celtic manager Neil […]
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An extra 1,000 extra police to work Saturday's Old Firm
An extra 1,000 extra police have been placed on duty this weekend in Glasgow, where the Old Firm derby between Rangers and Celtic should decide the Scottish Premier League title race. The movecomes as detectives hunt for those who sent parcel bombs to Celtic manager Neil Lennon and two other men. Lennon said the threats […]
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More letter bombs in Scottish postal system
British police officers say two more letter bombs were in the Scottish postal system after Celtic manager Neil Lennon, lawyer and Celtic supporter Paul McBride and politician Trish Godman were sent letter bombs.