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Hearts to stay in SPL but face 15-point deduction
HEARTS will begin next season in the Scottish Premier League – but with a 15-point deduction if majority shareholder UBIG is declared insolvent.
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Scottish Cup final 1972: Unlucky Hibs beaten 6-1
The goalie in the second-greatest Hibernian team never to win the Scottish Cup is not keeping too well and the other day had to go into hospital.
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Leigh Griffiths: Future up to Hibs and Wolves now
On-loan Hibernian striker Leigh Griffiths has told parent club Wolves he does not want to return to Molineux.
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Stewart Regan: Reconstruction doubts hinder game
SCOTTISH Football Association chief executive Stewart Regan celebrated an extended sponsorship deal with bookmakers
William Hill tonight, but said that continued doubt over league reconstruction was hindering more cash from coming into the game.
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Jon Daly relishes Rangers climb back to top flight
JON Daly’s near seven-year spell with Dundee United came to an end yesterday amid the cheers of fans of the Tannadice club and the jeers of supporters of Celtic ahead of the player’s imminent move to Rangers.
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Hibernian v Celtic: Tom Taiwo’s cup final tale
Speaking at the start of the countdown to this Sunday’s Scottish Cup final between Hibernian and Celtic, words such as “retribution” spilled from Tom Taiwo’s lips yesterday.
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Chairman confirms Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid exit
Jose Mourinho will leave Real Madrid at the end of the season after three years at the Spanish club, paving the way for his expected return to Chelsea.
Dundee United 0-4 Celtic: Celtic sign off with win
Celtic eased to victory at Tannadice in a season-ending stroll that barely counted as a work-out ahead of this weekend’s Scottish Cup final clash with Hibernian.
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Hibs secure seventh place ahead of cup final
More eagerly awaited than even the final whistle in this rather drab affair was the health bulletin that was delivered post-match by Pat Fenlon, who was able to report afterwards that there were no fresh injury worries for his side.
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St Johnstone in Europe ‘like winning league’
Steve Lomas says taking St Johnstone into Europe for a second year in a row feels like winning the league. Saints’ 2-0 win over Motherwell, combined with Inverness’ 1-0 defeat at Ross County yesterday, secured third spot in the Clydesdale Bank Premier League and the final Europa League berth.
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West Brom 5-5 Man Utd: Fergie bows out with thriller
Sir Alex Ferguson was denied a winning send-off into retirement as West Brom roared back from three goals down to snatch a draw in a quite staggering ten-goal thriller at The Hawthorns.
David Moyes gets warm welcome on Carrington visit
Michael Carrick insists Manchester United’s players are ready to embrace the challenge of playing for David Moyes.
US group eye Dundee deal
DUNDEE could be on the verge of new ownership – after being denied an SPL lifeline, writes Euan McArthur.
2 commentsMotherwell make Paul Lawson first summer signing
Motherwell have completed their first summer signing after securing Ross County midfielder Paul Lawson on a two-year deal. The 28-year-old will officially join on 1 June when his contract with the Dingwall club expires.
New deal for Mannus gives Saints a boost
St JOHNSTONE goalkeeper Alan Mannus has given the Perth club a further boost after they clinched Scotland’s final Europa League slot by signing a new contract with Steve Lomas’s side.
Hibernian v Celtic: Seville highlight for Lennon
WITH the season’s league duties done and Sunday’s Scottish Cup final against Hibernian looming, Neil Lennon has been looking back ten years to a milestone in his playing career: the Uefa Cup final against Porto in Seville.
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Scottish league reconstruction: Reform closer
THE Scottish Premier League took another step towards agreement on league reconstruction yesterday – but at the same time warned clubs in the other three divisions that they would make no more compromises on financial redistribution.
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St Johnstone 2-0 Motherwell: Saints in Europe
IN AS close to a frenzied atmosphere as the good people of Perth can produce at McDiarmid Park, St Johnstone secured Europa League football for a second successive season with victory over their fellow continental qualifiers Motherwell.
7 commentsNewbattle and Linlithgow lift Lothians Cups
FOOTBALL: Newbattle High School captain Ross Currie could hardly be more delighted. With the medal round his neck and the Lothian Schools’ Under-16 Cup in his hands he said: “This is the first major trophy for the school at under-16 level. It’s great.”
John Robertson confident Hearts will stay in SPL
HEARTS’ all-time top goalscorer John Robertson is confident the club will not be relegated from the SPL this season but has accepted it is inevitable they will begin next term with a points deduction.
252 commentsSt Johnstone dash Butcher and Inverness Euro hopes
STEVE LOMAS savoured a second successive Europa League qualification as St Johnstone manager and expressed the hope his team will now be afforded due recognition for another fine campaign.
Alan Pattullo: Higdon evokes memories of the ‘Cobra’
IT was a real pleasure to meet with Keith Wright last week on a pre-Scottish Cup final promotional tour. After the main business of the day had been concluded, there was time for some self-indulgence, as I tapped Keith for stories about his partnership with Tommy Coyne at Dundee, when the Cobra and the Mongoose, as they were then termed, combined to terrorise Premier Division defences for an-all-too brief period in the late Eighties.
1 commentPaolo Di Canio rages over Phil Bardsley
Paolo Di Canio launched an angry attack on the discipline of his squad after Scotland international Phil Bardsley was pictured laying on the floor of a casino covered in £50 notes.
Ross County 1-0 Inverness: Caley miss out on third
ONLY a couple of weeks ago, 19 May, 2013, had looked like being a quite historic date for Caley Thistle. Until recently, European football had seemed their destiny.
1 commentMcGinn hoping McGowan doesn’t join St Mirren exodus
St Mirren midfielder John McGinn would prefer Paul McGowan to stay in Paisley rather than make a bid for his position. But the 18-year-old thinks his big brother, Stephen, would be just the man to replace the talented playmaker if McGowan does move on.
Timely recall for Hibs magician Russell Latapy
Attention pricked while surfing channels by the sight of Dwight Yorke picking his “fantasy XI”, I decided to watch on last Friday night, as the former Aston Villa, Manchester United and Sunderland striker scribbled distinguished name after distinguished name on a white-board with a black marker pen.
2 commentsEast of Scotland: Whitehill show no let-up after title
Whitehill Welfare emphasised their superiority in this season’s Central Taxis Premier Division when, having already been crowned champions, they travelled to face the current title holders – Stirling University – and won 2-0.
Beagrie sets Cove on their way to Highland triumph
COVE Rangers chairman Keith Moorhouse told how an intensive round of North Sea negotiations helped land Highland League glory.
Hearts round off ‘difficult season’
CONSIDERING they were running the risk of adding to their penalty should the SPL, at their meeting at Hampden today, decide that Hearts will continue to play at the highest level but kick off next season with a points deduction, it was to the players’ credit that they battled manfully and may indeed have sneaked a win but for the unfortunate own goal by Jamie Hamill which gave the home side a deserved point.
4 commentsDavid Muir salvages East Fife’s status
EAST Fife retained their Second Division status thanks to David Muir’s goal early in the second half, but they withstood a siege from Peterhead and rode their luck at times in a game the hosts had the better of.
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Dunfermline Athletic 1-0 Alloa Athletic
Alloa are celebrating successive promotions as they returned to the First Division after seeing off Dunfermline 3-1 on aggregate in the play-off final.
6 commentsPremier League final day roundup
Michael Owen called time on his career, but there was to be no fairytale ending, as Stoke were held to a draw at Southampton.
Chelsea 2-1 Everton: Torres seals third place
Fernando Torres scored his first Barclays Premier League goal of 2013 as Chelsea sealed third place with a victory which saw David Moyes’ 11-year reign as Everton manager end in defeat.
Brentford 1-2 Yeovil: Yeovil grab historic win
A STUNNING goal by Paddy Madden, the npower League One’s top scorer, helped Yeovil to an historic 2-1 play-off final victory over Brentford which secured Championship football next season.
Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Sunderland: Spurs miss out
TOTTENHAM suffered yet more Champions League heartache as they missed out on a top-four berth to Arsenal, despite yet another wonder goal by Gareth Bale.
Ancelotti eyes Madrid post as Beckham says farewell
PARIS St Germain president Nasser Al Khelaifi insists coach Carlo Ancelotti will not be allowed to leave for Real Madrid.
Newcastle United 0-1 Arsenal: Arsenal pip Spurs
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger hailed his current squad as one of the best he has ever assembled after they sealed Champions League football with a 1-0 victory at Newcastle on the final day of the Barclays Premier League season.
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Niall McGinn extends Aberdeen stay
ABERDEEN striker Niall McGinn has signed a two-year contract extension that ties him to Pittodrie until summer 2016.
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Atletico Madrid end 14-year jinx to win cup
Atletico Madrid beat city rivals Real Madrid for the first time in 14 years last night to win the Copa del Rey at the Bernabeu.
Chris Waddle: Beckham ‘not in top 1,000 players’
DAVID Beckham would not rank among the top 1,000 players of the last 40 years, former England winger Chris Waddle said yesterday in comments at odds with glowing tributes to the retiring midfielder.
4 commentsButcher tells Inverness to focus on derby win
Inverness Caledonian Thistle manager Terry Butcher believes their season will be classed as a major success even if they do not qualify for the Europa League.
Arsenal and Spurs in last-day fight for Europe
On THE final day of last season, Arsenal narrowly held off fierce rivals Tottenham to claim third place in the Premier League – which proved more important than either team knew at the time.
Highland League showdown can inspire Blue Toon
Peterhead’s players will prepare for their “winner takes all” Second Division play-off meeting with East Fife at Balmoor tomorrow by watching the “winner takes all” Highland League title decider between Formartine and Cove Rangers at North Lodge Park.
Shiels ‘confident’ of finalising Peter Murphy deal
Kilmarnock manager Kenny Shiels is confident of signing freed Carlisle defender Peter Murphy. The 32-year-old is leaving Brunton Park after 12 years and Shiels is close to a deal.
Dundee aiming to sign off with win
Dundee manager John Brown maintains there is no chance his side will down tools in today’s Clydesdale Bank Premier League match away to Hibernian.
Stuart Armstrong aims to use award as springboard
TALENTED Dundee United youngster Stuart Armstrong was stunned to be named Scottish Football Writers’ Young Player of the Year – but has vowed to become an even bigger success next season.
Neil Lennon sees another Euro final ahead for Celtic
AS HE watched Chelsea defeat Benfica in the Europa League final from the comfort of his living room on Wednesday night, Neil Lennon had cause to reflect on what might have been and also to ponder on what could yet be for Celtic in continental competition.
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From the archive: Dundee United clinch first league title
DUNDEE United manager Jim McLean argued at the weekend that his club’s “miracle” success in winning their first-ever League championship in 79 years was good for the game in Scotland because “it should spur other clubs to be more ambitious”.
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Sir Alex recalls starting at East Stirlingshire
AS SIR Alex Ferguson prepared to end his magnificent managerial career he cast his mind back 39 years to the start – at East Stirlingshire, with eight players and no goalkeeper.
1 commentDunfermline v Alloa: Pars plot great escape
First team coach Neil McCann insists Dunfermline’s bid to turn the play-off final around has been bolstered by suggestions that they have already been relegated.
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