Category: Posts
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Professionalism is Key
An interesting thought occurred recently, throughout my time as being a coach I often spent time thinking about certain aspects of conduct and so on, one that confused me the most is arguing with the referee. Not something I spend anytime doing as personally I feel that in this case you would lose the respect…
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Cup Final Strike
Below is an example of a wonderful day of football, The sun was shining, Hampden park overlooking a beautiful pitch and an exciting game of football unfolded in front of us, Glasgow City u17s vs Central Girls 17s battled it out in a league cup final classic, with city down 3-0 at half time…
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Youth Football Scotland
Something I have been doing for a while now but now given it a little more attention, youth football scotland are involved in youth football covering scotland… Sorry I had to do that joke, point is not enough is written about the younger players in the beautiful game, we are keen to progress that through…
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The Performance Director
Malky McKay Malky McKay recently has been appointed performance director for the SFA, so the question must be asked where does this selection come from and what exactly does McKay bring to the table in terms of fresh and innovative ideas? First of all we ask the question of what exactly does the job entail,…
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Women’s Football
Today we look at some history, more specifically the history of women’s football. In 1920 a decision made by the Scottish Football Association to place a ban on the possibility of women’s football being played in any official sanctioned game, the result meaning no official grounds by SFA affiliated clubs could be used, the ban lasted much…
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20 years in the making.
The origins of the Leith Athletic FC can be traced back all the way to 1887, where the club consisted in a variety of forms until 1955 where they met their unfortunate demise. Fast forward to 1996 and the name Leith Athletic was revived with more of a focus around boys football, with player development…
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Emotional Attachment
The thought occurred to me after my experience with a couple of youth teams how the care you put into the coaching you add to your team extends futher than simply footballing matters. On one occasion I moved on from my favorite role of looking after an U11’s team of girls, for a variety of reasons most…
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Goodbye to Youth Development
I speak to you as a rangers fan, of this i make no secret and i hope that some of you will harbour a small amount of sympathy for me considering the past goings on. What we will do though is examine the supposed rebuilding process McCoist has put our team through, now there is…
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Celtic Job
Neil Lennon has moved, looking for something new and fresh following a hugely successful four years at the helm of celtic, a club very close to his heart. The impression given by his behaviour was that the board were not willing to match his ambition to progress and add to the current celtic setup, and…
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Van Gaal
With Van Gaal to be appointed the new successor to Ryan Giggs’ short lived dream. What must be next for this hectic club in the downfall. But with this new appointment United fans have something to smile about about and that comes from the potential transfers from German duo, Kroos to Reus and an exciting…