Look at the skills displayed by….Dundee United? Really?
The Scottish Premier League isn’t exactly known for its ball artists, but United’s flashy Gary Mackay-Steven showed off his bag of tricks this weekend against Kilmarnock. The sweet move didn’t lead to anything in particular, but Dundee United did win, 3-2.
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The last time the Scots won was against Shamrock Rovers in the old European Cup, way back in 1986.
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(Ally McCoist looks on at New Rangers.)
From Scotland comes this gem: Falkirk have suspended their PA announcer after he jokingly referred to Glasgow Rangers as “Sevco Franchise” during the halftime score announcement.
A harmless bit of fun, you’d think, but not to aggrieved Rangers fans who promptly deluged The Bairns with complaints. All this ruckus overshadowed the fact that last weekend the Glasgow giants set a record: Sev— er, I mean Rangers, beat East Stirling 5-1 at Ibrox in front of the biggest crowd ever at a fourth division match, 49,118.
McCoist, for his part, was a bit more sanguine, saying that if the Falkirk PA man “wanted to have a wee dig, he can have a wee dig. I don’t have any problem with it at all.”
We saw some great goals this weekend, but these two stood out Sunday. Which is your favorite: Samir Nasri’s winner for City or Johnny Russell’s strike for Dundee United?
A sensational goal today from Scotland, where Dundee United’s Johnny Russell buried their cross-street (no, really!) rivals Dundee with this slick finish.
This was in the first Tayside derby in over seven years but as it happens, the Arabs beat the Dees by the same scoreline in a pre-season “transfer kitty special.”
For those of you wondering why Dundee United are called the “Arabs,” it is because they once played on a frozen pitch covered in sand. Scots humor, that.
