A precarious first leg lead in the qualification rounds of the Champions League, as well as a comfortable domestic victory, means Celtic look like they have picked up from where they left off from last season. CRAIG CAIRNS assesses their side going into the new campaign. Last Season It’s difficult to describe Celtic’s season in […]
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After some exciting European matches, Aberdeen have made a solid start to the league season with a 1-0 victory at Tannadice. In the first of our season previews, Craig Cairns assess the merits of Derek McInnes’s side going into the new campaign. Last Season Even when their team sheet was released at 2pm on a […]
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Last Season Under Alan Archibald Partick Thistle were a refreshing addition to the Scottish Premiership. They overcame the more functional Greenock Morton in the promotion race, taking their open and expansive football into their first season in the top flight since 2003-2004. They started like they played their football, positively, with a draw at home […]
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Last Season Quite literally, it was the best season in the club’s history. St Johnstone hadn’t even made a Scottish Cup final before they defeated Dundee United 2-0 at Celtic Park, claiming the first major piece of silverware in the process. In the league it wasn’t bad either, finishing sixth to earn a third successive […]
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Last Season After the highs of 2012-2013 when the Staggies stormed to a top-six finish following promotion, challenging for the European positions, they were brought back down to terra firma with a bump. A number of key players left, such as Iain Vigurs, Paul Lawson, Evangelos Oikonomou, while Derek Adams channelled the spirit of Jimmy […]
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Last Season A tale of two managers. Inverness were absolutely flying under the guidance of Terry Butcher (wow that’s a weird sentence to write now). Expected to struggle after the departure of Andrew Shinnie in the summer, instead they became even stronger with Butcher fitting in another players that bought into his high tempo brand […]
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Last Season Two years ago St Mirren’s season petered out after the famous League Cup win over Heart of Midlothian. It was hoped that last season would be the one where they kicked on and broke their duck, finally reaching the top six. However, a dreadful start which returned two points from the first seven […]
Read MoreLast Season Things turned sour long before a ball was kicked in anger. The surprise sacking of Kenny Shiels was met with almost unanimous derision from the home support, though a minority were appeased when Allan Johnston was named as the replacement. After all, he’d been a well liked Kilmarnock player during the latter part […]
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Last Season Motherwell left it late to steal second place from Aberdeen. Very, very, very late. Craig Reid bundled in a winner after 93 minutes of insipid football. It turned what was a decent season into a good season. Once again the Steelmen faltered in the cup competitions, leaving their best work for the league […]
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Last Season During a first day win at Raith Rovers the travelling Accies fans sang “we’re going to win the league”. Impressive though they were that day, it was a chant attempting humour rather than conveying any genuine expectation that Hamilton would challenge for a title. They had been poor the previous campaign and fans […]
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