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Trebles, Trophies and Testimonials
The Full Scottish with Brian P. Dunleavy My how time flies. With the 2017-18 season in Scotland coming to a close, and Celtic securing the domestic treble for the second consecutive campaign, it’s...
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Setting The Odds On Scotland Transfer Rumors
Silly season has started in Europe, what with the close of most domestic competitions on the continent, and will likely continue through the beginning of the World Cup when, presumably, the press will...
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Scotland Friendlies Are ‘Different’
By Brian P. Dunleavy Years ago, a professional ice hockey club (which shall remain nameless) based here in the United States ran with the unfortunately vague—and thus open to interpretation—marketing...
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Rogic: Celtic’s Wonderful Wizard Set to Make Magic in Russia
By Brian. P. Dunleavy Of the four Celts playing in World Cup 2018 in Russia—Belgium’s Dedryck Boyata, Costa Rica’s Christian Gamboa, Sweden’s Mikael Lustig and Australia’s Tom Rogic—it is arguably...
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Why Mika Matters For Sweden..And Celtic
The Full Scottish with Brian P. Dunleavy So, here we are after another wild day at World Cup 2018. Sweden takes the top spot in Group F, and the defending champs, Germany, are going home. If you...
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What World Cup? Celtic’s Season Already Underway
The Full Scottish with Brian P. Dunleavy We know about the little football tournament in Russia. And, though we cringe every time a Fox Sports commentator calls it “the greatest World Cup ever,” we...
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Celtic’s Euro Express Rolls On
The Full Scottish with Brian P. Dunleavy Celtic midfielder and captain Scott Brown signed for the Hoops in 2007. Thus, he remembers a time when the champions of Scotland’s top flight automatically...
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The Full Scottish Predictions..Who Can Catch Celtic?
The Full Scottish with Brian P. Dunleavy The Premiership season kicks off in Scotland this weekend, with mostly familiar faces and clubs vying for supremacy. We don’t expect to see any surprises in...
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What’s Old Is New Again In Scotland
The Full Scottish with Brian P Dunleavy Follow Brian on Twitter Rangers manager Steven Gerrard raised a few eyebrows this week when he told the press “it seems like the world is against us” after...
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Champions League Exit & Lack Of Signings Worry Celtic Fans
The Full Scottish with Brian P. Dunleavy After we filed our column last week—when it comes to deadlines, the gaffer at First Touch is fair, but firm—Celtic’s world seemed to spin off its axis....
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Celtic Favourites ahead of first Old Firm Derby Of The Season
A showdown between Brendan Rodgers and Steven Gerrard will provide added intrigue when Celtic and Rangers lock horns in the Old Firm derby on Sunday. Gerrard was Rodgers’ captain during his time as...
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Scotland: Refereeing Reaches Crisis Point
By Brian P. Dunleavy Another week, another controversy surrounding refereeing and supplementary discipline in Scotland. The Premiership went into the most recent international break following the...
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Grading Brendan Rodger’s 17 Signings At Celtic
The Full Scottish with Brian P. Dunleavy In a two-week period in which his side barely eked out victories against St. Johnstone (in the League Cup) and Aberdeen, lost the plot in Europa League action...
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Scotland’s Scary Club Rankings
The Full Scottish with Brian P. Dunleavy Let’s make one thing clear before we begin: We don’t like lists. “Best ofs,” “all-time greats” and “favorites” are, above all, subjective. And, who are we...
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Willie & The Poor Rangers: Club Claims Bias By Controversial Ref
The Full Scottish with Brian P. Dunleavy Anyone who has watched Scottish football in recent years knows that the idea that referee Willie Collum is biased against Rangers is an absurd one—at best....
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Scotland Plays The Race Card..And Loses
The Full Scottish With Brian P. Dunleavy Football, we have a problem. It’s hard to believe that in 2018 we still need to have this discussion. However, racism remains an issue in our beloved sport....
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Celtic Supporters Have To Maintain Perspective
The Full Scottish with Brian P. Dunleavy We have a strange tradition in our house. Following a Celtic loss in the Glasgow derby—something neither we nor the rest of the world had experienced since...
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Celtic, Rangers Take Different Approaches To Transfers
The Full Scottish with Brian P. Dunleavy Many things separate Celtic and Rangers. We won’t get into most of them here. However, the differences in their respective approaches to the January...
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Celtic Get Their Ya Ya’s Out
The Full Scottish with Brian P. Dunleavy So, last week, we compared and contrasted the—apparently polar opposite—transfer policies of the two Glasgow clubs, as evidenced by Rangers’ signings Jermain...
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Is Scotland’s Latest Refereeing Controversy ‘Fake News’?
The Full Scottish with Brian P. Dunleavy “Fake news.” “Alternative facts.” “Post truths.” Sadly, we’ve come to expect these apparent paradoxical descriptors to see wide use in our politics and...
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