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Scotland back on the map with Celtic and Rangers flying

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This season has seen the return of both Glasgow's big two, Celtic and Rangers, assert their dominance not just in Scotland but in Europe for the first time in years. Although they distance themselves from the rest of the pack, these two teams edging closer to full potential can only be a good thing. It has been a while since the country had two competitive teams in Europe and neck and neck in the Premiership. The sides are separated by a solitary goal going into the international break proving that we finally have a title race back. Scottish football has been at the feet of Celtic as they have stormed to eight successive titles, as well as a 'treble treble', and although they are confident of making it nine in a row, Rangers are finally back challenging and attempting to a lay a finger on the Champions. With Liverpool already eight clear down South, neutral's eyes turn Northward for the excitement. If the title race itself wasn't intriguing enough, there are...

SPFL Match-Day 8 - Winners & Losers

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It's been an action packed weekend of football in Scotland with so many outcomes for different sets of fans. Many entered work this morning on cloud nine with all the bragging rights, however, for every one of those fans, there was the fan hiding behind their desk. This blog looks at some of match-day eight's winner and losers. Winners - Alloa Athletic Let's start at the beginning of the weekend with the Championship's Friday night affair between Alloa and Dundee United - top versus bottom. With the visitors currently cruising their way to six goal victories and their main-man, Shankland, hitting goal scoring numbers that saw him earn a Scotland call-up, nobody was expecting anything other than a routine away win. Peter Grant and his resilient Wasps had other ideas though as they gave the Arabs a footballing lesson in a 1-0 win. Kevin O'Hara's goal after great team play gave Alloa their first home league win of the season and saw them shoot up the lea...