SPL Midweek Highlights

Clydesdale The SPL Midweek Highlights

Well all the scottish teams played on wednesday and we have the highlights for each game here for you to watch, you will need windows media player to watch these. With Rangers still 4 points ahead of Celtic the title race may come down to the “Old Firm” games that are left unless one of the two drop points. Also the hunt for 3rd place is still ongoing between Motherwell, Dundee United & Hibs. While at the bottom of the table Gretna still look favourites to go down with Kilmarnock trailing them by 6 points.

Dundee United Vs Falkirk Highlights : SPL Highlights

Under Craig Levein Dundee United have looked like a brand new team, and they currently reside 3rd in hte league and they will be hoping to be there at the end of the season and earn a much deserved UEFA Cup spot, But with top scorer Barry Robson now at Celtic they will have to rely on Hunt for the goals. Falkirk are surprisingly in the top half of the table and Mark Hughes has expressed his desire for Falkirk to enter the Intertoto Cup and hopefully gain some European experience for his squad.

Falkirk Vs Celtic : SPL Highlights

Celtic struggled to a 1-0 win over falkirk, this leaves celtic 4 points behing league leader’s Rangers, the only goal of the game from a cross which Scott McDonald put in the back of the net. click read more to view the celtic vs Falkirk highlights.
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Falkirk Stadium

Falkirk
Name: Falkirk Stadium
Nickname: -
When Built: 2003
Capacity: 6,935
Record Attendance: -

Address: Westfield, Falkirk, FK2 9DX

Description: The stadium is not finished yet and there are still a lot of things to be done at this new arena. It’s current capacity is 6,935 all-seated but after all things will be finished the stadium’s capacity should be around 12,000.

Brief History: Falkirk moved to it’s new stadium in 2004, after their old stadium didn’t meet Scottish premier league requirements. The finished stands are the Main Stand and the Kier Homes Stand. In the east stand is a temporary seating area but from January 2008 the club announced it’s intention to start the construction of the South Stand. When all construction will be finished the club should have a great stadium with about 12,800 seats.

Falkirk Stadium

SPL Round Up - Results

Rangers remain 4 points clear at the top of the SPL after there 4-0 win over St Mirren whittaker got 2 goals with Boyd and Bruke taking the others. Second place Celtic struggled to a 1-0 win over Falkirk with Scott Mcdonald scoring just before the first half break. Dundee United move into 3rd place after they beat Kilmarnock 2-1 with Robson grabbing another goal (i would be surprised to see him still at Dundee United after the transfer window). However Motherwell (4th) have 3 games in hand.

Results:

Aberdeen (0) Vs (1) Hearts
Nade (55th Minute)

Kilmarnock (1) Vs (2) Dundee United
Robson (Dundee United, 30th Minute)
Conway (Dundee United, 66th Minute)
Wales (Kilmarnock, 83rd Minute)

Rangers (4) Vs (0) Saint Mirren
Burke 27
Boyd 33
Whittaker 37
Whittaker 81

Celtic (1) Vs (0) Falkirk
Mc Donald 45th

John Hughes

Name: John Hughes
Age: 43
Nationality: Scottish
Current Club: Falkirk

Brief Playing History: He used to play as a defender. He began his professional career in 1988 at Berwick Rangers and next year he joined Swansea City but only when he came at Falkirk he made himself a name and a decent reputation after playing 5 years for the club. In 1995 he made the big step to Celtic but he hasn’t done too well there and he came back to play for smaller clubs in the next years like Hibernian or Ayr United. He decided to end his career in the place where he played really well, and after 3 more years at Falkirk, he retired in 2005.

Brief Management history: He started managing Falkirk in 2003 from 31th January and from 219 games, he managed to win 97, loose 77 and make 45 draw games. That’s a pretty good balance for a small team like Falkirk but he is a young coach and his coaching career has just started.

Previous Clubs Played For:
1988-1989 – Berwick Rangers
1989-1990 – Swansea City
1990-1995 – Falkirk
1995-1996 – Celtic
1996-2000 – Hibernian
2000-2002 – Ayr United
2002-2005 - Falkirk

Previous Clubs Managed:
2003-present – Falkirk (in his first two years he was also playing for the team)

Falkirk FC

Nicknames: The Bairns
Founded: 1876
Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Capacity: 8,000 (Soon to be 12,800)
Chairman: Gavin Maxwell
Manager: John Hughes

Falkirk FC currently play on the top flight of the scottish football (the SPL). They won promotion to the SPL in the 2004/05 Season and in their first season managed to finish well above the relegation spot. They currently play at Falkirk stadium in central scotland, they used to play at Brockville Park but sold the stadium to supermarket firm “Morrisons” and then moved into their new stadium “Falkirk Stadium”. In recent seasons Falkirk under the guidance of John Hughes have been playing “attractive football” by keep the ball on the ground and playing instead of opting for long balls this style of play has served them well beating both Celtic & Rangers at Falkirk Stadium in the 2006-07 Season.