Inside Sport podcast: Scottish football analysis and the Ryder Cup

Dean Shiels scored for Rangers in their League Cup win. Picture: SNS

By NICK MITCHELL
Published on 28/09/2012 09:27

In this episode: A look back at the midweek League Cup action, and Martin Dempster offers his take on the Ryder Cup ahead of the showdown between Europe and the USA in Medinah.

There were no major upsets this week in the Scottish Communities League Cup - unless of course you consider Third Division Rangers’ convincing win over table-topping Motherwell at Ibrox a turn-up for the books.

Stuart Bathgate and Moira Gordon assess the midweek action which also saw Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee United, Hearts, Inverness, St Mirren and St Johnstone progress to the quarter-finals. They also nail their colours to the mast with some predictions for this weekend’s SPL fixtures.

Golf fans are in for a treat this weekend when all the talk ends and Europe and America’s elite golfers go head-to-head in the Ryder Cup at Medinah, Illinois. Martin Dempster joins us on the phone from Chicago with his insight on the pre-tournament mind games and how he sees Jose Maria Olazabal and Davis Love III coping with the pressure.

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