football

Shock in Sarajevo? from Ballis 3 days old

Tipping can tarnish your reputation and leave you with egg all over your face. But what the hell, I'm going to go for it on this occasion and am tipping ...

Not Scot the Answer? from Ballis 4 days old

So with Burley gone, the attention turns to who the next Scotland manager might be. Some of you will have already seen the long lists of mostly Scottish ...

Why Burley Must Go Now from Ballis 7 days old

As Scotland were being put to the sword in the first half in Cardiff, the Sky Sports commentator said that he’d covered a lot of Wales games and this ...

Best Team in Madrid? from Ballis 24 days old

[ ... ] of Spanish football. Guti and Van Nistelroy came on in the second half in an effort to limit the damage but to no avail. Plenty of work still to ...

The Towering Inferno from Ballis 27 days old

The coach of Atlético Madrid must start every new season as favourite to get the chop. Since they last achieved major success in 1995-96, no less than ...

Eat My Shorts! from Ballis 43 days old

Remember the name - if you can. Having already scored in the Europa League, Iker Miniain, whose nickname is apparently Bart Simpson, became the youngest ...

The Magic of the Scottish Cup from Ballis 55 days old

[ ... ] Golspie Sutherland, Coldstream, Banks O'Dee Want to know how they all got on? http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/8276924.stm

Burley Must Strike Gold from Ballis 67 days old

[ ... ] 180 minutes of football later (some of it good and most of it acceptable), he has turned it around – for now. In reality it’s not that much to go ...

Norway 4 Scotland 0 (Welcome Back!) from Ballis 100 days old

I wasn’t surprised to see Scotland lose in Norway although the margin of the defeat was shocking. Surely between them, the SFA and the SPL could have ...

Spanish Round Up from Ballis 169 days old

[ ... ] one of Spanish football’s giants. The Chilean has had Villarreal playing great football for years and he deserves the chance to see what he can do ...