Shooting practice is clearly a vital component of a weekly or even daily training cycle and can be one of the more enjoyable topics to coach and participate in. Finishing exercises can vary drastically, from simple, individual-oriented shooting drills to more intricate ones incorporating combination play. Individual or small group...
Aberdeen faced Rangers in the 10th fixture of the 2024/25 Scottish Premiership season and won 2-1. This match enabled Aberdeen to join Celtic at the top of the standings with 28 points each. Holding the top spot alongside Celtic with just the goal difference favouring The Bhoys represents a very...
This tactical analysis will provide an analysis of recently scored goals originating in the wide areas. The focus of the analysis will be goals that occur as a consequence of a winger cutting inside to either cross or shoot — or from a player making a “corner run”. This weekend's...
The Scottish Premiership is always viewed as a two-horse race. The two Glasgow giants, Rangers and Celtic, battle it out to see who will be crowned champions of Scotland. Since Rangers last won the title in 2021, Celtic’s dominance under Ange Postecogolou and, subsequently, returning manager Brendan Rodgers has seen...
No game is more decisive in British football than the Old Firm. The Glasgow Derby sees Scotland’s two biggest clubs, Celtic and Rangers, go head-to-head in their constant tug-of-war for domestic domination. Celtic have clearly been more successful over the past decade. Since 2012, Rangers have only managed to win...
This Sunday, Celtic Park will play host to the first Old Firm Derby of the 2024/25 campaign. Reigning Scottish champions Celtic will face off at home against bitter rivals Rangers four games into the Premiership season. Thus far, Brendan Rodgers’ side have got a flawless record in the league with...
Scottish Premiership Football has just kicked off for another season. Eyes from across the world will be firmly locked on the two giant Glaswegian clubs, Celtic and Rangers. However, many people are quick to judge the level of talent in Scotland, with there being a multitude of talent across the...
Dexter Lembikisa Scout Report Jamaica’s Dexter Lembikisa, a shining product of Wolves' academy, marked his senior debut during the 2022/23 season in an EFL Cup tie — a standout moment in his career. This single senior appearance that term stands as a testament to his potential and the positive impact...
Unbeknown to football fans at the time, 1980 was the year that saw the start of one of the longest managerial careers in football. Neil Warnock was appointed as manager of Gainsborough Trinity in the Northern Premier League in 1980. He has since racked up more than 1000 games in...
During his lengthy tenure in charge of Aberdeen, Derek McInnes oversaw a period of relative consistency, with The Dons never finishing below fourth in any of his eight full seasons as manager. The club has failed to maintain that level following McInnes’ departure at the end of the 2020/21 season,...
Dundee sit in seventh place in the Scottish Premiership with 21 points from 16 matches, scoring 20 goals which puts them in fifth place in that department while conceding 23 goals — meaning they also have the fifth-best defence, knowing that they played only 16 matches at the time of...
In the early stages of this 2023/24 season, Rangers find themselves amidst another rebuilding project. It is something that the Glasgow outfit has become accustomed to since their exile to Scotland's fourth tier in 2012 following financial circumstances off the pitch. Rangers did claw themselves back to the top of...
The first Old Firm Derby of the 2023/24 campaign will take place tomorrow, with Rangers playing hosts to Celtic at Ibrox. The stage is set for an enticing encounter for Brendan Rodgers’ first major test since returning to Parkhead back in June, though his second Hoops tenure has been far...
Brendan Rodgers has officially been appointed as Celtic manager after parting ways with Leicester City back in April. Following a successful three years with the Scottish giants, Rodgers reunites with them, having won seven trophies and back-to-back domestic trebles. Replacing Ange Postecoglou will be no easy task, he leaves Celtic...
A few days ago, Aberdeen fans celebrated the 40th anniversary of beating Real Madrid in the European Cup Winners Cup under Sir Alex Ferguson — The UEFA Champions League record champions have not lost another European Cup since that day. Aberdeen, which holds four Scottish Premiership titles, recently had a...
Ange Postecoglou’s Celtic are on the cusp of another domestic treble having sown up their 11th Scottish Premiership title in 12 years at Tynecastle yesterday. With the League Cup already won, only Championship side Inverness Caledonian Thistle stand in the way of Celtic’s 41st Scottish Cup and another season of complete...
Rangers, the historical club in the Scottish Premiership, are on their way back after Michael Beale's return to Ibrox but this time as manager after Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s departure. The 42-year-old manager was a part of Steven Gerrard’s staff who won the Scottish title in 2020/21, the first in a...
Celtic are enjoying what looks like will be yet another successful title defence in the Scottish Premiership. They lead the title race with 11 games to go in the season, after earlier disappointment in the UEFA Champions League after coming bottom of a group containing heavy favourites Real Madrid and...
On this episode of the TFA Scouted podcast, host Adam Scully and co-host Bryant Marques discuss Celtic’s wantaway centre-forward Giorgos Giakoumakis. In this verbal scout report, the duo analyse Giakoumakis’ strengths and weaknesses, look at clubs that could potentially sign the Greek goalscorer, and debate whether Giakoumakis is good enough...
In the 2020/21 campaign, Celtic were on the hunt to secure the club’s tenth consecutive Scottish Premiership title. However, that plan blew up in smoke, and the season ended in turmoil for the Bhoys. Neil Lennon’s men ended up finishing 25 points behind eventual winners and bitter rivals Rangers, and a massive rebuild...
