By Stephen Craigan The day was always going to come when Michael O'Neill would be prised away from Northern Ireland by a club side that needed his divine intervention and that time is now.
By Stephen Craigan Scottish football never fails to disappoint and what a night on Thursday in the Europa League for both halves of the Old Firm. The rest of European football firmly knows now that Celtic and...
By Stephen Craigan A cup semi-final weekend is always special and there's no doubt this will be exactly that as Celtic face Hibernian and Rangers play managerless Hearts in the last-four of the Scottish League Cup at...
By Stephen Craigan I think that the proposed new All-Ireland League sounds like an exciting prospect in theory.
By Stephen Craigan As we know, in Glasgow football fans seldom even agree to disagree when it comes to their team and their opinion.
By Stephen Craigan With international football set aside for the next few weeks, the excitement of the Europa League returns on Thursday night as both Celtic and Rangers take on arguably the most difficult opponents...
By Stephen Craigan The disappointment of losing late on in Rotterdam was blown away inside 45 minutes as Northern Ireland produced a scintillating first-half performance to lead 3-0 in Prague.
By Stephen Craigan It’s been a hectic start to the season in particular for Celtic and Rangers and now its time for both managers to take a deep breath and evaluate how they’ve fared so far domestically and in Europe.
By Stephen Craigan When Jurgen Klopp said in an interview last week he would recommend to the Liverpool board that they bring Steven Gerrard down from Glasgow to replace him, he didn't actually mean in...
By Stephen Craigan As an ex-Motherwell player it is heartening when I have a look at the Scottish Premiership table and see my former club sitting in third position.
By Stephen Craigan After Rangers' comprehensive 4-0 victory over St Johnstone last Sunday, manager Steven Gerrard hailed the performance of Northern Ireland captain Steven Davis.
By Stephen Craigan In football, people say you should never go back - but in the case of Neil Lennon, I think he's proving more than a few people wrong and dispersing that myth.
By Stephen Craigan Celtic or Rangers for the title then? The Scottish Premiership may still be in its infancy with only five league games played so far, but already there is a sense among fans that the race between the...
By Stephen Craigan As the tension and excitement heightens in Glasgow at the prospect of a league title battle between Celtic and Rangers, along the road in Edinburgh it's a different story.
By Stephen Craigan So, the domestic Scottish football season came to an end on Sunday with Celtic winning the Scottish Cup to land them a double, which was widely expected prior to the final.
By Stephen Craigan With this being my last column of the season, now is the time to name my highlight - it was the return of the mercurial James McFadden to the SPL.
By Stephen Craigan Jon Daly has become the first Irish Catholic to sign for Rangers.
By Stephen Craigan It's a bit unusual having the Scottish Cup final on a Sunday, but that's what's happening this weekend.
By Stephen Craigan Steve Lomas can count himself a little unfortunate that he wasn't considered for the Manager of the Year in Scotland considering the job he has done this season at St Johnstone.
By Stephen Craigan There's little doubt Kilmarnock's season tailed off a bit after they failed to secure a coveted top six place in the SPL.
By Stephen Craigan The victory for Hibs in the Edinburgh derby on Sunday was only their second SPL win of the calendar year.
By Stephen Craigan Reading the tributes and listening to people tell their tales of Sir Alex Ferguson over the past week has been inspiring to say the least.
By Stephen Craigan It was no great surprise to me when Neil Lennon distanced himself from the Everton manager's job.
By Stephen Craigan Picking a Manager of the Year this season has been very difficult as so many have had outstanding campaigns.
By Stephen Craigan You always get unwanted reminders that football is only a game and Scottish football got one on Sunday after the death of Kilmarnock fan Jim Haswell.
By Stephen Craigan Ally McCoist finally got his hands on some silverware as Rangers manager at the weekend as his team were presented with the Scottish Third Division championship trophy.
By Stephen Craigan Only in Scottish football would the chief executive of the Players Football Association (SPFA) have to explain the Players Player of the Year voting protocol because there wasn't a Celtic player among the four nominees.
By Stephen Craigan Lenny v Kenny sounds more like a boxing match than two SPL managers squabbling in the Scottish media about who should be the Player and Manager of the Year.
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