JOHNNY Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 The new season gets underway tomorrow with the following matches: Saturday 30 July Dundee Utd v Aberdeen Falkirk v Inverness CT Hibernian v Dunfermline Kilmarnock v Hearts Motherwell v Celtic Sunday 31 July Rangers v Livingston A full stadium is expected at the New Firm (a name dating back to the 80's when both clubs regularly challenged the Old Firm) derby between Dundee United and Aberdeen. Most interest will be on Motherwell v Celtic, a repeat of the last game of last season which saw Rangers dramatically snatch the title in the closing minutes of the season. Celtic's shocking performance in Slovakia has increased attention further. Rangers, minus Kyrgiakos of course, will be unfurl the championship flag at Ibrox against Livingston on Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irlandos Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 Well, the ferry boats will be filling up again as N. Ireland fans cross over to support their favourite teams. Btw, the ferry boat companies do NOT mix fans: there are Rangers boats and Celtic boats. Our bookmakers are giving Rangers as 4/5 favourites while Celtic pay back better than evens. Needless to say, nobody bothers with any other club. Let's hope we have a well-played championship and...Give sectarianism the boot! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOHNNY Posted August 1, 2005 Author Share Posted August 1, 2005 Results of the 1st round of matches played over 30th & 31st July: Rangers 3-0 Livingston Dundee Uniter 1-1 Aberdeen Falkirk 0-2 Inverness CT Hibernian 1-1 Dunfermline Kilmarnock 2-4 Hearts Motherwell 4-4 Celtic A high scoring weekend saw the season start the same way as last season ended....Rangers on top, with Celtic throwing away a lead at Motherwell. Gordon Strachan's problems continued losing another 4 goals adding to the 5 lost midweek in Europe. Despite leading 3-1 at half time following a hat trick from Hartson, Motherwell came back to lead 4-3, before a last minute goal from substitute Beattie saved a point for Celtic. Debut goals from Miller and Nicholson saw the points shared at Tannadice in a fairly even match between Dundee United and Aberdeen. The old man Brewster struck 2 goals in a fine away win at newly promoted Falkirk. Highly rated Hibernian surprisingly had to come from a goal down to draw with Dunfermline, with O'Connor on target for Hibs. Rudolph Skacel got off to a good start, scoring Hearts first goal in a 4-2 away victory over Kilmarnock. Peter Lovenkrands scored Rangers third goal in their home victory over Livingston but still looks set to leave Ibrox, as McLeish tries to free up some cash for a new centre back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irlandos Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 Saturday, 06-08-2005 Aberdeen - Kilmarnock 1-2 Celtic - Dundee Utd. 2-0 Inverness CT - Rangers 0-1 Livingston - Falkirk 0-2 Motherwell - Dunfermline 1-0 Sunday, 07-08-2005 Hearts - Hibernian 4 - 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irlandos Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 Saturday, 13 August 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Celtic 3 - 1 (0 - 1) Falkirk J Hartson 49 A Thompson 75 A Thompson 90 ------------------- D Duffy (pen) 39 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dunfermline 0 - 1 (0 - 1) Inverness CT ---------------------------- L Fox 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hibernian 3 - 0 (2 - 0) Livingston D Murphy 40 D Shiels 42 G O'Connor 53 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kilmarnock 4 - 1 (2 - 1) Motherwell A Johnston 12 K Boyd 19 G McDonald 61 K Boyd 73 --------------------------D Clarkson 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday, 14 August 2005 Aberdeen 3 - 2 (2 - 1) Rangers R Anderson 30 S Lovell 37 J Smith 88 ------------------------- D Prso 39 --------------------------- P Lovenkrands 49 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dundee Utd 0 - 3 (0 - 2) Hearts --------------------------- S Pressley 6 --------------------------- R Bednar 12 --------------------------- R Skacel 90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irlandos Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 The first Old Firm derby went Rangers way as 'Gers defeated Bhoys 3-1 at Ibrox. Alan Thompson of Celtic was sent off in the 23rd minute. Prso, Buffel and Novo (pen) were the goal scorers for Rangers while Shaun Maloney pulled one back for Celtic (pen). Summary: Falkirk 0 - 2 (0 - 1) Hibernian -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hearts 2 - 0 (1 - 0) Aberdeen -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inverness CT 2 - 2 (1 - 0) Kilmarnock (two goals by Craig Brewster!) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Livingston 1 - 1 (0 - 1) Dunfermline -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Motherwell 4 - 5 (2 - 1) Dundee Utd (Motherwell were ahead 2-0, 3-1 and 4-2 but still managed to lose) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rangers 3 - 1 (1 - 0) Celtic D Prso 34 T Buffel 51 N Novo (pen) 88 ----------------------- S Maloney (pen) 86 Bookings: J Rodriguez 14 I Murray 37 R Malcolm 79 ------------------------- Bookings: ------------------------- J Hartson 6 ------------------------- N Lennon 71 ------------------------ Sent off: ----------------------- A Thompson 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOHNNY Posted August 30, 2005 Author Share Posted August 30, 2005 Results of the 5th round of matches played over 27th & 28th August: Aberdeen 3-0 Falkirk Dundee United 1- Inverness CT Dunfermline 0-4 Celtic Kilmarnock 3-0 Livingston Hearts 2-1 Motherwell Rangers 0-3 Hibernian Hearts moved 5 points clear after their home 2-1 win over Motherwell. Rudi Scacel scored the opening goal to maintain his record of scoring in every match. Hibernian substitute Ivan Sproule came on to score 3 late goals as Rangers dropped 3 vital points to fall to 5th in the table. Celtic had an easy 4-0 win at Dunfermline on Sunday, with Polish striker Zurawski scoring twice. A late goal from player-manager Brewster, gave Inverness a point away to Dundee United. Updated League Table: Pos Team PL W D L F A Pts 1 Hearts 5 5 0 0 15 3 15 2 Celtic 5 3 1 1 14 8 10 3 Kilmarnock 5 3 1 1 13 8 10 4 Hibernian 5 3 1 1 9 5 10 5 Rangers 5 3 0 2 9 7 9 6 Inverness CT 5 2 2 1 6 4 8 7 Aberdeen 5 2 1 2 8 7 7 8 Dundee United 5 1 2 2 7 11 5 9 Motherwell 5 1 1 3 11 15 4 10 Falkirk 5 1 0 4 3 10 3 11 Dunfermline 5 0 2 3 2 8 2 12 Livingston 5 0 1 4 1 12 1 SPL Top Scorers: 1 John Hartson Celtic 6 2 Craig Brewster Inverness CT 5 :tup: :tup: 38 years old and still going strong!! 3 Rudi Skacel Hearts 5 4 Lee Miller Dundee Utd 4 5 Colin Nish Kilmarnock 4 6 Kris Boyd Kilmarnock 3 7 Jim Hamilton Motherwell 3 8 Dado Prso Rangers 3 9 Jamie Smith Aberdeen 3 10 Ivan Sproule Hibernian 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOHNNY Posted September 12, 2005 Author Share Posted September 12, 2005 Results of the 6th round of matches played over 10th & 11th September: Celtic 2-0 Aberdeen Dunfermline 1-2 Motherwell Falkirk 1-1 Rangers Hibernian 2-1 Dundee United Kilmarnock 3-2 Dunfermline Livingston 1-4 Hearts Updated League Table: Pos Team PL W D L F A Pts 1 Hearts 6 6 0 0 19 4 18 2 Celtic 6 4 1 1 16 8 13 3 Kilmarnock 6 4 1 1 16 10 13 4 Hibernian 6 4 1 1 11 6 13 5 Rangers 6 3 1 2 10 8 10 6 Inverness CT 6 2 2 2 7 6 8 7 Aberdeen 6 2 1 3 8 9 7 8 Motherwell 6 2 1 3 8 9 7 9 Dundee United 6 1 2 3 8 13 5 10 Falkirk 6 1 1 4 4 11 4 11 Dunfermline 6 0 2 4 4 11 2 12 Livingston 6 0 1 5 2 16 1 Hearts made it 6 victories in a row with an easy 4-1 victory away to Livingston. Rudi Skacel kept up his impressive scoring record of a goal in every match, heading the opener. In their best start to a season in 91 years(!!!!!!), the Edinburgh side move 8 points clear of champions Rangers, who dropped 2 points away to newly promoted Falkirk. Celtic remain Hearts nearest challenger, 5 points behind, after beating Aberdeen 2-0 at Parkhead. SPL Top Scorers: 1 Craig Brewster Inverness CT 6 2 John Hartson Celtic 6 3 Rudi Skacel Hearts 6 4 Kris Boyd Kilmarnock 4 5 Lee Miller Dundee Utd 4 6 Colin Nish Kilmarnock 4 7 Ivan Sproule Hibernian 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOHNNY Posted September 19, 2005 Author Share Posted September 19, 2005 Results of the 7th round of matches played over 17th & 18th September: Dundee United 2-0 Livingston Dunfermline 0-2 Aberdeen Inverness CT 0-1 Hearts Motherwell 5-0 Falkirk Rangers 3-0 Kilmarnock Hibernian 0-1 Celtic Updated League Table: Pos Team PL W D L F A Pts 1 Hearts 7 7 0 0 20 4 21 2 Celtic 7 5 1 1 17 8 16 3 Rangers 7 4 1 2 13 8 13 4 Hibernian 7 4 1 2 11 7 13 5 Kilmarnock 7 4 1 2 16 13 13 6 Motherwell 7 3 1 3 18 16 10 7 Aberdeen 7 3 1 3 10 9 10 8 Inverness CT 7 2 2 3 7 7 8 9 Dundee United 7 2 2 3 10 13 8 10 Falkirk 7 1 1 5 4 16 4 11 Dunfermline 7 0 2 5 4 13 2 12 Livingston 7 0 1 6 2 18 1 How much longer can this continue! Hearts claim another 3 points with Rudi Skacel scoring for the seventh consecutive match. With Celtic and Rangers both winning, Hearts remain 5 points clear of Celtic, and 8 ahead of Rangers. Next week sees Rangers travel to Edinburgh, which will be Hearts biggest test so far. Who will come out on top between Fyssas and Kyrgiakos? SPL Top Scorers: 1 Rudi Skacel Hearts 7 2 Craig Brewster Inverness CT 6 3 John Hartson Celtic 6 4 Kris Boyd Kilmarnock 4 5 Jim Hamilton Motherwell 4 6 Paul Hartley Hearts 4 7 Scott McDonald Motherwell 4 8 Lee Miller Dundee Utd 4 9 Colin Nish Kilmarnock 4 10 Dado Prso Rangers 4 11 Ivan Sproule Hibernian 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irlandos Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 How much longer can this continue? Are we both thinking the unthinkable??? :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOHNNY Posted September 19, 2005 Author Share Posted September 19, 2005 I am certainly hoping for what I'm thinking you are thinking is unthinkable!! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irlandos Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Ah! But will you still be thinking it after this weekend? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOHNNY Posted September 20, 2005 Author Share Posted September 20, 2005 My feet are telling me to pay Mr Ladbroke a visit. I'll check out the odds with interest. Celtic fans are hoping for a Hearts victory. It's surprising to see them settle for second place so early in the season!! :LOL: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irlandos Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 Celtic fans are hoping for a Hearts victory. Didn't know in Scotland there were good Prods and bad ones! :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filipposmollas Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 My feet are telling me to pay Mr Ladbroke a visit. I'll check out the odds with interest. Celtic fans are hoping for a Hearts victory. It's surprising to see them settle for second place so early in the season!! :LOL: ti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filipposmollas Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 My feet are telling me to pay?? test Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panathinaikos_Trifilli Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 For the betting people of the forum who cant live if they dont blow there mortgages on the gamble: http://bookiesindex.bestbetting.com/Defaul...1170926&type=-2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irlandos Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 PAO Trifili and others, first and foremost rule of gambling: don't ever risk what you will miss! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOHNNY Posted September 27, 2005 Author Share Posted September 27, 2005 Results of the 8th round of matches played on 24th September: Aberdeen 0-0 Livingston Celtic 2-1 Inverness CT Dunfermline 2-1 Dundee Utd Hearts 1-0 Rangers Kilmarnock 1-1 Falkirk Motherwell 1-3 Hibernian Hearts continued their 100% league record by defeating champions Rangers 1-0 at Tynecastle. Czech striker Roman Bednar gave the Edinburgh side an early lead, and held on to win, surviving a strong penalty claim in the closing minutes. Hearts are now 11 points clear of Rangers, but suffered injuries to Bednar and Fyssas. The result equals their record of eight straight league wins set way back in 1914-15. Next week, Hearts travel to bottom club Falkirk, followed by an away trip to Parkhead to face closest challengers Celtic. Celtic kept the pressure on Hearts with a 2-1 victory over Inverness, despite going behind in the second have. 2 goals from Craig Beattie punished Inverness, after Brewster missed a chance to put the Highland side 2 goals up. Updated League Table: Pos Team PL W D L F A Pts 1 Hearts 8 8 0 0 21 4 24 2 Celtic 8 6 1 1 19 9 19 3 Hibernian 8 5 1 2 14 8 16 4 Kilmarnock 8 4 2 2 17 14 14 5 Rangers 8 4 1 3 13 9 13 6 Aberdeen 8 3 2 3 10 9 11 7 Motherwell 8 3 1 4 19 19 10 8 Inverness CT 8 2 2 4 8 9 8 9 Dundee United 8 2 2 4 11 15 8 10 Dunfermline 8 1 2 5 6 14 5 11 Falkirk 8 1 2 5 5 17 5 12 Livingston 8 0 2 6 2 18 2 SPL Top Scorers: 1 Rudi Skacel Hearts 7 2 Craig Brewster Inverness CT 6 3 John Hartson Celtic 6 4 Kris Boyd Kilmarnock 5 5 Craig Beattie Celtic 4 6 Richie Foran Motherwell 4 7 Jim Hamilton Motherwell 4 8 Paul Hartley Hearts 4 9 Scott McDonald Motherwell 4 10 Lee Miller Dundee Utd 4 11 Colin Nish Kilmarnock 4 12 Dado Prso Rangers 4 13 Ivan Sproule Hibernian 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOHNNY Posted October 3, 2005 Author Share Posted October 3, 2005 Results of the 9th round of matches played on 1st & 2nd October: Aberdeen 2-2 Motherwell Dundee Utd 0-0 Kilmarnock Livingston 0-5 Celtic Rangers 5-1 Dunfermline Falkirk 2-2 Hearts Hibernian 1-2 Inverness CT Celtic gained ground on leaders Hearts after the Edinburgh side dropped 2 points to newly promoted Falkirk. Hearts had their goalkeeper sent off in the first half, and went two goals down before captain Pressley scored two late goals to snatch a point. Celtic and rangers both recorded easy victories, each scoring 5 times - with 10 different players on the scoresheet! Following their exit from the UEFA Cup last week, Hibernian lost at home to Inverness, who had player manager Brewster sent off for 2 yellow cards. Brewster could be in trouble after criticising the referee saying, "I thought he was trying to send me off. The referee thought he was going to do something to Mr Brewster - it was soft." Updated League Table: Pos Team PL W D L F A Pts 1 Hearts 9 8 1 0 23 6 25 2 Celtic 9 7 1 1 24 9 22 3 Rangers 9 5 1 3 18 10 16 4 Hibernian 9 5 1 3 15 10 16 5 Kilmarnock 9 4 3 2 17 14 15 6 Aberdeen 9 3 3 3 12 11 12 7 Motherwell 9 3 2 4 21 21 11 8 Inverness CT 9 3 2 4 10 10 11 9 Dundee United 9 2 3 4 11 15 9 10 Falkirk 9 1 3 5 7 19 6 11 Dunfermline 9 1 2 6 7 19 5 12 Livingston 9 0 2 7 2 23 2 SPL Top Scorers: 1 Rudi Skacel Hearts 7 2 Craig Brewster Inverness CT 6 3 John Hartson Celtic 6 4 Craig Beattie Celtic 5 5 Kris Boyd Kilmarnock 5 6 Dado Prso Rangers 5 7 Richie Foran Motherwell 4 8 Jim Hamilton Motherwell 4 9 Paul Hartley Hearts 4 10 Scott McDonald Motherwell 4 11 Lee Miller Dundee Utd 4 12 Colin Nish Kilmarnock 4 13 Ivan Sproule Hibernian 4 14 Maciej Zurawski Celtic 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panathinaikos_Trifilli Posted October 3, 2005 Share Posted October 3, 2005 damn, beat rangers and fell to falkirk? krima. in a fortnight will be a massive test for hearts, playing celtic right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOHNNY Posted October 4, 2005 Author Share Posted October 4, 2005 playing celtic right? Yes, the biggest game of the season so far - including the old firm game! :LOL: Tickets for the match sold out in 1 hour yesterday, so we are looking at a crowd in the region of 67,000. Hearts will unfortunately be missing young Scotland keeper Craig Gordon who has been in fantastic form this season. Celtic seem to be hitting form at the right time. Saw the highlights of their win at Livingston, and some of the play was a reminder of the attacking style Celtic are famous for. The more cautious approach of Martin O'neill was efficient and fairly successful, but not very attractive and left the fans often dissatisfied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOHNNY Posted October 18, 2005 Author Share Posted October 18, 2005 Results of the 10th round of matches played on 15th & 16th October: Celtic 1-1 Hearts Dunfermline 0-1 Falkirk Hibernian 4-2 Kilmarnock Inverness CT 1-1 Aberdeen Motherwell 1-0 Livingston Dundee United 0-0 Rangers Updated League Table: Pos Team PL W D L F A Pts 1 Hearts 10 8 2 0 24 7 26 2 Celtic 10 7 2 1 25 10 23 3 Hibernian 10 6 1 3 19 12 19 4 Rangers 10 5 2 3 18 10 17 5 Kilmarnock 10 4 3 3 19 18 15 6 Motherwell 10 4 2 4 22 21 14 7 Aberdeen 10 3 4 3 13 12 13 8 Inverness CT 10 3 3 4 11 11 12 9 Dundee United 10 2 4 4 11 15 10 10 Falkirk 10 2 3 5 8 19 9 11 Dunfermline 10 1 2 7 7 20 5 12 Livingston 10 0 2 8 2 24 2 SPL Top Scorers: 1 Rudi Skacel Hearts 8 2 Craig Beattie Celtic 6 3 Craig Brewster Inverness CT 6 4 John Hartson Celtic 6 5 Kris Boyd Kilmarnock 5 6 Richie Foran Motherwell 5 7 Dado Prso Rangers 5 8 Darryl Duffy Falkirk 4 9 Jim Hamilton Motherwell 4 10 Paul Hartley Hearts 4 11 Scott McDonald Motherwell 4 12 Lee Miller Dundee Utd 4 13 Colin Nish Kilmarnock 4 14 Jamie Smith Aberdeen 4 15 Ivan Sproule Hibernian 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOHNNY Posted October 23, 2005 Author Share Posted October 23, 2005 Results of the 11th round of matches played on 22nd & 23rd October: Aberdeen 0-1 Hibernian Falkirk 3-1 Dundee United Hearts 2-0 Dunfermline Livingston 1-1 Inverness CT Rangers 2-0 Motherwell Kilmarnock 0-1 Celtic No change at the top after victories for the top 4 teams at the end of the first quarter of the season. The Glasgow and Edinburgh sides are now pulling further away from the pack, with a 7 point gap between 4th placed Rangers and Kilmarnock. Celtic today held out to win 1-0 away to a spirited Kilmarnock and remain 3 points behind leaders Hearts who won 2-0 at home to struggling Dunfermline despite losing manager George Burley 2 hours before kick-off. Rangers scored their first goals for several games in a 2-0 home win over Motherwell. A midweek programme should also see no real threat to the top 4 sides: Aberdeen v Dundee United Celtic v Motherwell Dunfermline v Hibernian Hearts v Kilmarnock Inverness CT v Falkirk Livingston v Rangers Updated League Table: Pos Team PL W D L F A Pts 1 Hearts 11 9 2 0 26 7 29 2 Celtic 11 8 2 1 26 10 26 3 Hibernian 11 7 1 3 20 12 22 4 Rangers 11 6 2 3 20 10 20 5 Kilmarnock 11 4 3 4 19 19 15 6 Motherwell 11 4 2 5 22 23 14 7 Aberdeen 11 3 4 4 13 13 13 8 Inverness CT 11 3 4 4 12 12 13 9 Dundee United 11 3 4 4 14 16 13 10 Falkirk 11 2 3 6 9 22 9 11 Dunfermline 11 1 2 8 7 22 5 12 Livingston 11 0 3 8 3 25 3 SPL Top Scorers: 1 Rudi Skacel Hearts 9 2 Craig Beattie Celtic 6 3 Craig Brewster Inverness CT 6 4 John Hartson Celtic 6 5 Kris Boyd Kilmarnock 5 6 Darryl Duffy Falkirk 5 7 Richie Foran Motherwell 5 8 Dado Prso Rangers 5 9 Jim Hamilton Motherwell 4 10 Paul Hartley Hearts 4 11 Peter Lovenkrands Rangers 4 12 Scott McDonald Motherwell 4 13 Lee Miller Dundee Utd 4 14 Colin Nish Kilmarnock 4 15 Derek Riordan Hibernian 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOHNNY Posted October 26, 2005 Author Share Posted October 26, 2005 Results of the 12th round of matches played on 25th & 26th October: Aberdeen 2-0 Dundee United Celtic 5-0 Motherwell Dunfermline 1-2 Hibernian Hearts 1-0 Kilmarnock Inverness CT 0-3 Falkirk Livingston 2-2 Rangers The final whistles have just gone in the midweek matches tonight, and the shock result is Rangers 2-2 draw away to bottom club Livingston. Once again speculation will mount over the future of manager Alex McLeish, as Rangers throw away a 2 goal lead to give Livingston only their 4th point of the season. A Edgaras Jankauskas goal gave managerless Hearts a 1-0 win at home to Kilmarnock to remain 3 points clear of Celtic at the top. A Stilian Petrov hat-trick helped on-form Celtic to an easy 5-0 home win over Motherwell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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