Tuesday, February 18, 2014 @ Falkirk Stadium Unlike south of the border, there’s not a huge amount of midweek football in Scotland during the winter months. Given half a chance I’d probably plump for junior games if there was – unfortunately most clubs at that level lack floodlights and those that have them are actively … Continue reading
Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ Braidwood Motor Company Stadium, Livingston I know, I know. Results in pre-season don’t really matter. Nevertheless I thoroughly enjoyed this one, as my team put together a great team performance to earn a good result against SPL side Hibernian. Kenny Deuchar got the evening off to the best possible start … Continue reading
Matchday 8 Wednesday, July 22, 2009 – St Mark’s Park, Edinburgh In the early 1990s, when I covered East of Scotland League games for the Pink News, Craigroyston used to groundshare at City Park with Spartans, a situation which didn’t help a pitch which was poor at the best of times. Craigie managed to secure a let … Continue reading
(Hibernian win 8-7 on penalties) May 20, 2009 – Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh Hibs’ youth team made it a trophy treble by beating bitter rivals Hearts on penalties in the East of Scotland Shield match at Tynecastle, adding one of Scottish football’s oldest prizes to their SPL championship and Scottish Youth Cup double. A very competitive and entertaining … Continue reading
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