Damarcus Beasley Car Fire Was Deliberate, Say Police
by No Author Listed (Profile/Interview | Scotsman.com - February 3)
AN OLD Firm footballer's car was deliberately set ablaze in a city street, police said last night. more details | go to article

International Board Likely To Promote Extra Assistant Referee Idea
by Martyn Ziegler (Article | Scotsman.com - February 28)
Football's rulemakers are expected to today reject a proposal for sin-bins for yellow card offenders but give the green light for fresh trials for an extra assistant referee behind each goal. more details | go to article

Warner Turns His Ire On England
by Trevor Huggins (Preview | Scotsman.com - August 10)
Jack Warner, the outspoken vice-president of FIFA, believes England is so unpopular as a footballing nation that any bid to host the 2018 World Cup finals is doomed. more details | go to article

Police Release Photo Of Injured Footballer
by Tom Wilkinson (Profile/Interview | Scotsman.com - March 23)
Police today released a photo of the injuries a professional footballer received in an unprovoked attack during a night out. Sunderland AFC’s American teenager Stuart Holden suffered fractures to his left eye socket in three places when he was beaten up in a Newcastle taxi queue. more details | go to article

Rinus Michels: Master, Servant And Inventor Of 'Total Football'
by Mike Aitken (Profile/Interview | Scotsman.com - March 4)
F THE Scots thought in the Jim Baxter era that they patented the worldwide rights on playing handsome football without reward, a Dutch side emerged in the Seventies which set new standards of excellence for gallant losers. Under the tuteleage of coach Rinus Michels, who died yesterday aged 77, Holland produced the most exquisite football seen in Europe for a generation yet by a cruel twist of fate ended up second best to Germany in the 1974 World Cup final. more details | go to article

Fans Relief As Glazer's Bid Set To Fail
by Hugo Duncan (Article | Scotsman.com - October 14)
Manchester United fans tonight said they were relieved as Malcolm Glazer’s bid for the club looked doomed to fail. It is believed that major shareholders John Magnier and JP McManus told the American that there was no basis for a deal. more details | go to article

United Fans Wary Amid Takeover Talk
by Hugo Duncan (Article | Scotsman.com - October 4)
Manchester United fans reacted with caution to a possible takeover bid today after the club announced it had received a “preliminary approach”. Although the identity of the potential bidder remained a secret, many fans of the Old Trafford club suspected it to be US-based millionaire Malcolm Glazer. more details | go to article

Land Of The Braveheart
by Dan Brennan (Profile/Interview | Scotsman.com - August 29)
WHEN John Spencer went west in 2001, he thought it was for good. He was ready to get himself a green card and build a new life in the States. But, now into his fourth season with MLS club Colorado Rapids, he says that the "gloss has worn thin". Come the end of the year, he’ll be heading home in search of a new challenge. more details | go to article

Beckham Founds Anglo-American Soccer Academies For Young Hopefuls
by Sherna Noah (Article | Scotsman.com - August 17)
David Beckham is set to found a trans-Atlantic soccer academy for youngsters. Plans are in place for David Beckham Youth Soccer Academies to open across the globe if two initial sites, in London and Los Angeles, are a success. more details | go to article

Ritchie Does U-Turn
by Brian McLauchlin (Profile/Interview | Scotsman.com - July 2)
After agreeing to join the MetroStars from the Major League Soccer in America, it now appears that the 28-year-old defender will attempt to gain a move either to a Scottish SPL club or venture into Europe with Spanish Second Division club Tenerife and Belgium club Genk believed to be interested. more details | go to article

Ritchie Agrees Move To US
by Brian McLauchlin (Profile/Interview | Scotsman.com - July 1)
FORMER Hearts and Rangers defender Paul Ritchie has decided to pursue his football career in the US with the Major League Soccer side MetroStars, after failing to find a suitable club in Britain. The 28-year-old Scottish internationalist finished last season with relegated Walsall and feels it is now time for a new challenge. more details | go to article