The Scottish Football thread

[Adam]

36 minutes ago, METALMAN said:

Champions!

But that was tense. Arbroath winning 1-0 up until about 75 mins and they had the goal difference advantage too.

 

[The Kraig]

Premiership: Celtic have regained their title as champions. Dundee go down. Kilmarnock will come up. Most interestingly, Motherwell have secured a place in the Europa Conference.

Championship: Arbroath continue to fight for promotion despite being part-timers as they drew 0-0 with Caley Thistle in the play-offs. Now they have to beat Caley at home tomorrow, then face St Johnstone (who face relegation if they lose). I think it will be a miracle if they do it, but I love underdog stories like these. Especially when it's the Campbell brothers in charge.

League One: I'm off to support the legendary Queen's Park, after they knocked out Dunfermline (who are now relegated from the Championship) and face Airdrie in the play-off final. Airdrie beat Montrose after extra time, 6-5 on aggregate to make it this far.

I may have mentioned this in a previous post, but Cove Rangers who were previously locked in the Highland League before the new pyramid system won their first League One title to secure three promotions in four years. Legendary jobbers East Fife and Dumbarton are relegated.

League Two: Kelty Hearts, formerly trapped in the East Junior (non-league) before transferring to the East of Scotland league are on a similar upwards trajectory, securing their fourth transfer/promotion in five years.

Another team who have benefited from the newly implemented pyramid system are Edinburgh City, who have qualified for the play-offs for several years in a row. They have already ensured Dumbarton's relegation from League One and have a lead going into the second leg against Annan. After coming up through the Lowland League/Highland League play-off system, Edinburgh City should be experts at the whole play-off thing by now.

Highland/Lowland Leagues: Bonnyrigg Rose and Fraserburgh won their respective leagues, with Bonnyrigg (Lowland) beating Fraserburgh (Highland) for the right to contest promotion to League Two. They went on to beat Cowdenbeath 3-0 in the first leg, making it almost a certain promotion. Cowdenbeath, who escaped relegation in 2018 via the play-off (against Cove Rangers no less) may be relegated below the fourth tier for the first time in their history.

Fort William, somewhat famously managed by Mongolia's assistant manager Shadab Iftikhar, were automatically relegated before facing their play-off opponents due to player ineligibility. Banks o' Dee will now be promoted to the Highland League for the first time.

In the Lowland League, Vale of Leithen were relegated. A round robin between the East, West and South of Scotland League Champions will take place to determine their replacement, the fixtures yet to be set in stone.

And that concludes today's report, back to you @Lineker in the studio.

[Hobo]

Lower League Scottish teams sure have some amazing names

[Malenko]

1 minute ago, Hobo said:

Lower League Scottish teams sure have some amazing names

Half of them look made up though.

[Adam]

Pretty gutted for Fort William like, they have been legendary bad for years on end but they must have only just introduced relegation from the Highland League?

[gunnar hendershow]

54 minutes ago, Hobo said:

Lower League Scottish teams sure have some amazing names

Scottish football clubs or locations in Middle-Earth?

[The Kraig]

4 hours ago, damhausen said:

Scottish football clubs or locations in Middle-Earth?

Stranraer vs Parth Galen.

Clachnacuddin vs Cirith Ungol.

Gala Fairydean vs Druadan Forest.

Bo'ness vs Khazar-Dum.

Deveronvale vs Rivendell.

Helsmdale vs Helm's Deep.

Banks o' Dee vs Crack o' Doom.

And of course, Civil Service Strollers vs Paths of the Dead.

 

Annoyingly, Queen's Park dominated, only scored once, then this happened.

 

1-1, but Queen's will likely see themselves as favourites after the display today.

[The Kraig]

Well, after some incredible drama, Arbroath have been beaten by 9-man Inverness after penalties.

Caley Thistle will now face St Johnstone for St Johnstone's place in the Premiership. So sad for Arbroath.

Elsewhere, Edinburgh City did things the hard way, by losing their away tie to Annan, but this lovely goal puts them in League One for the first time ever. The Edinburgh goalkeeper was kept busy for the remainder of the game, but they finished winners 3-2 over two legs.

The big decider tomorrow? Bonnyrigg vs Cowdenbeath, can Cowdenbeath make a miraculous comeback in the second leg to prevent relegation to unknown territory? I don't reckon so.

Back to you in the studio, @Kaney.

[Adam]

Is it not Cowdenbeath that are about to drop out of the league at the hands of Bonnyrigg Rose, rather than Dumbarton?

[The Kraig]

20 hours ago, Adam said:

Is it not Cowdenbeath that are about to drop out of the league at the hands of Bonnyrigg Rose, rather than Dumbarton?

Aye. Fixed.

Cowdenbeath are GONE. Bonnyrigg are up!

[Lineker]

Bye-bye blue Brazil.

[The Kraig]

Airdrie are hosting the second leg with Queen's Park today. It's painfully went to 2-2 on aggregate and reaching the final few minutes of the 90.

If you fancy some football play-off drama, it's on BBC Alba at the moment.

 

Bahaha, and the ref calls full time in the middle of a Queen's Park attack, what a wanker.

[The Kraig]

IT'S DONE! A penalty in extra time has us end 3-2 on aggregate, Queen's Park are off to the Scottish Championship! Back to back promotions!  

[The Kraig]

After dumping out fairytale Arbroath, Caley Thistle have lost to St Johnstone 6-4 after two legs so both teams remain where they were.

Ugh, I so wish Arbroath had won that shootout with Inverness. Would have been surreal seeing Arbroath against the big clubs week in and week out.

[Lineker]

Andy Goram has died.

[Lineker]

Rangers have sacked van Bronckhorst.

[The Lusophone]

Gerrard's available 

[Captain Kirk]

On 21/11/2022 at 11:01, Lineker said:

Rangers have sacked van Bronckhorst.

Should have been gone months before, some of the worst football I’ve ever seen. 
 

Looks like the board going with the easy choice Beale. Expecting he will be sacked within 12 months.

[Lineker]

McCupset.

[Kaney]

24 minutes ago, Lineker said:

McCupset.

Literally the worst