Mince and Tatties 15 // Weekend Round-up (minus Dunfermline v St Mirren)
Aaaaah. That’s better. Football. And none of your EPL fancy-dans with their high wages and their their temperemental wayward forwards. No. Proper football. Sendings off. High winds. Goalkeeping errors. The lot. Brilliant. Now, I don’t know ...
Quick Release: An SPL Released Players XI
Inside Left takes a look through the transfer list and has a go at putting together a team made up of players released from their clubs at the end (or during the course) of last season. GK – Mark Howard (Aberdeen, now: unattached) Pretty obvious ...
And we’re off!
Well, almost. Yes, time to put away the bucket and spades, the After Sun, sombrero and sangria. Send mother up the stairs with the stepladder to fetch to scarves, rosettes and rattles down from yon attic. Polish the kids, straighten the flat caps and s...
.. an Aberdeen FC season preview
A quick season preview I did for Scotzine.com from an Aberdeen FC point of view. It’s been a while since I’ve written anything for insideleft.net, or even about football in general so it took a wee while to get back … Continue reading...
Mince and Tatties 13 // the #facepalm update
Unlucky 13, as the case may be. The morning (or, more accurately, the late afternoon) after the day before finds Inside Left with a footballing hangover that both shames and irritates in equal measures. Humble pie is on the menu. Humble pie with an ext...
Mince and Tatties 11 // Imagine if you will, Scotland in Group C…
GOD, I wish this bleedin’ World Cup would just end. Now that England are out (killing the “Anyone But England” campaign in one fell swoop, unless they come up with a “ahve telt ye” T-shirt instead) there’s really not...
Mince and Tatties 10 // A load of (Jimmy) Bullard
IT IS POOR, I know. Sorry. It’s a headline designed to get you to click on this link where the only bit of useful info you’ll get is the possibility of Hull striker Jimmy Bullard joining up with Celtic on a loan deal, and thus becoming quit...
Mince and Tatties 09 // Congratulations & Commiserations
RIGHT, that’s your season well and truly over thenoo!
First off, congratulations go out to Forfar and Cowdenbeath, both of whom won their play-off games on Sunday. Forfar edged out local rivals Arbroath 2-0 with goals from Martyn Fotheringham and...
Mince and Tatties 08: Job Center’s yon wey pal!
JINGS, you’d have thought that a new government would have brought about a dramatic change in our fortunes, but no.
I remember vividly belting out D.Ream’s “Things Can Only Get Better” back in May 1997 when Tony ambled up Downing Street with Big Bird by his side (things got even better when Aberdeen beat Raith Rovers...
Mince and Tatties 07: Oh no, it’s Angelo!
THE season may well be over, but the topsy-turvey world of Scottish football doesn’t stop turning just because everyone’s away on the big Wallace Arnold coach to the Costa Blanca.
For one, there’s our old friend Angelo Massone. Or should we say “oh no, it’s Angelo!”. Yes, the man who single handedly achieved his stated aims...
Mince and Tatties 06: My wet dream, Kilmarnock and yet another league re-format?
In what has been a season of disappointments, I want to tell you about my recurring dream, the one I usually have right before my beloved Aberdeen play a game.
In this dream, the Dons win the SPL by a single point on the final day of the season in front of a packed-to-the-rafters Ibrox, with...
Mince and Tatties 05
I should probably wait with this update until later today, once United and Hibs have their game out of the way, but I’ve got a spare hour in my otherwise hectic schedule, so let’s go for it.
It’s great when someone far more knowledgeable than you does you a favour and writes a cracking article about...
