"In defence of Scottish football..."

By Someone
August 30 2005

Right, I know many people consider Scottish football to be 'boring' and 'predictable'. Now, let's see, (in comparison to English football) how 'boring' and'predictable' Scottish football really is...

Firstly, I'd like to state that England probably has around 12 or 13 times more people than in Scotland.

The Scottish Premier League has had 2 teams who have won the league in the last 10 years. The English Premiership has had 4; Blackburn, Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal. What are the chances that any team other than Manchester United, Chelsea or Arsenal win the Premier League this year of for the next 5 years? Small chance.

The only decisive thing that happened on the last day of the Premiership season was the relegation places. In the Scottish Premier league last year: the winners were decided on the last day of the season; relegation decided on the last day of the season; and the European places decided on the last day of the season! They were decided within seconds.

Predictable? Hardly!