FLYING starts of one sort or another were almost second nature to Kevin Gallacher. As an individual he had a turn of speed which would leave most opponents standing; at clu
HOWARD Wilkinson, the League Managers' Association chairman, insisted yesterday he could have foreseen the events which have prompted widespread rancour on Tyneside over
A FAMILY in Kirkcaldy will warmly gather round a television this afternoon, cheering on their team in the hope of a fruitful start to an eagerly-anticipated World Cup qualifyi
LAST year's appointment of Gordon Smith as chief executive of the Scottish Football Association was a radical innovation, perhaps even a revolutionary act. Or so at least
IF A WEEK is a long time in politics, it must be a whole geological era in the English Premier League. If this were a television drama, jaded critics would be queuing up to po
THE departures of Newcastle United manager Kevin Keegan and West Ham United's Alan Curbishley just three games into the Premier League season had nothing to do with their
FABIO Capello has urged Wayne Rooney to regain his goalscoring touch as the England head coach defended his decision to leave out Michael Owen for the World Cup qualifiers wi
NIGEL Worthington is placing his faith in the appliance of science as Northern Ireland prepare to face Slovakia in their first World Cup qualifier today.
HIBERNIAN manager Mixu Paatelainen could be forced to watch next month's Edinburgh derby and the away date with Celtic from the stand after launching an appeal against his
EVEN at the age of 26, with 14 caps, the captaincy of Scotland and the endorsement of manager George Burley as an automatic pick, Stephen McManus will enter the torrid heat o
CLYDE v ROSS COUNTYTOMORROW'S quarter-final between these sides will be a repeat of the Challenge Cup Final of two years ago, when the Dingwall men came out on top after
WHEN Yugoslavia took on the Netherlands in a friendly at Ajax's old Stadion de Meer on 25 March 1992 it was seen as a clash between two of the favourites for the European
MELROSE are beaten in Ayr, West of Scotland demolish Glasgow Hawks and Selkirk fight back to overcome recent champions Currie, and any doubts that the Scottish Hydro Electric
SCOTLAND stand-off Dan Parks was able to keep his feet when all around were losing theirs in wet and slippery conditions as Glasgow grabbed a superbly gritty win to open their
