football

Best Team in Madrid? from Ballis 13 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 15 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 32 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 44 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 55 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 88 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 158 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 ...

In Sickness and in Health from Ballis 181 days old

Burnley are on their way to Wembley after comfortably disposing of Reading in the Championship play-offs. Nothing against Sheffield United but I’d like ...

Bright Future at Easter Road? from Ballis 194 days old

There might be a Champions League semi final on tonight but I’ll be more interested in hearing the result of the SFA Youth Cup Final. Having clinched ...

Here We Go Again... from Ballis 200 days old

It’s part of summer as sure as the days get longer. When the season is over and Scottish sports columns need to be filled up with football stories, we ...