The Scottish Football Adventure

Background It’s been a wee while. I was hoping to get out and about a bit more often at the start of the season but as it turns out, the first term of the first year of primary school teaching is a tiring gig. My weekends since mid-August have mostly been spent planning for the…

Background I’m enjoying the feeling of getting back into a regular football routine. Whether its season ticket duty, travels on the road or watching some daft game on the telly, it feels good to have the fitba’ back full-time. I love covering and experiencing lower league games. I feel it is important to take in…

Background Scottish football is back. The Viaplay Cup group stage has already concluded, the SPFL begins this weekend and most importantly in my opinion, the Scottish lower leagues are well and truly underway. For me, tiers 5 and below are some of the most exciting and competitive leagues in the country. Local clubs with local…

Background Scottish football is a unique and mesmerising world. In many ways, our game has provided many elements to what is now the modern version of the sport. Early playing rules were developed in Scotland, the idea of passing the ball instead of charging forward in a formation was started in Scotland and the instalment…

Background Towards the end of May I was starting to get a bit burnt out with football. Its easy to forget how large the footballing calendar is in a regular season, never mind with a World Cup chucked into the middle of it. However, it has now been a whole 6 weeks since Ross County’s…

Background We’re in the last couple weeks of May. It’s a season defining period for a lot of clubs up and down Scotland where titles are won or lost, promotion is achieved or squandered, and relegation is confirmed or avoided. Its an incredibly exciting period and the part of the football calendar I look forward…

Background Its about time I explored somewhere other than the Central Belt. Its almost May, which means a long weekend and thus, a chance to travel somewhere other than Glasgow, Edinburgh and its surrounding areas. I’d already been up to Inverness this season and taken in a Highland League game which leaves Aberdeen, the Borders…

Background It’s been a while since my last adventure. A dense mixture of university placements and work commitments have left little time to continue my venture into the kaleidoscope of lower league Scottish football. As a postgraduate teaching student, I am fairly buzzing for the time when the workload dies down and I can continue…

Background This weekend’s football quest takes me back to West Lothian, a county plonked right in the middle of Scotland’s two biggest cities. It is a hard-working and industrious part of the nation, filled with humble towns and villages who look after their own. I always enjoy visiting the smaller places Scotland’s football leagues has…

Background In the modern world, quite rightly, football is a game for all. Gone are the days of male exclusivity, bans on female participation and discriminatory laws. In Scotland, no matter your background, sexuality, age, race or ableness, there are opportunites to play and spectate the beautiful game. However, just as in most countries around…