Anyone could be forgiven for thinking that Scottish football starts and stops with Glasgow giants Celtic and Rangers. The Old Firm certainly dominate the hearts and minds of the beautiful game’s fraternity north of the border, and for all it can be intriguing from time to time, sometimes it’s downright tedious .
Former Welsh international footballer John Hartson made a scheduled appearance at the Edinburgh Book festival recently...
If it wasn't so tragic, you could almost laugh at the awkward absurdity that has enveloped the football world in the past couple of days. Sepp Blatter, the embarrassing elder statesman of the sport- and still the most powerful man in it, has struck again. FIFA may like to claim that they are the victims of a witch-hunt by a resentful British press, but with friends like Blatter, they have all the enemies they could need.
There are still only four points between the top five sides in the Eredivisie as this season looks all set to be one of the closest yet. AZ Alkmaar replaced Twente at the top, whilst PSV silenced their critics with a crushing 7-1 win to keep them in the top four.
It was goals galore, as always, during the latest round of games in the Eredivisie as the Netherlands finest hit the back of the net no less than 35 times! Including five from the league leaders FC Twente and an evenly split four goal game between two Dutch giants.