PART ONE – AUGUST TO DECEMBER 1985 Accies won the First Division Championship in 1985-86 , this is a look back at an amazing season. (For context the league was made up of 14 teams playing each other 3 times meaning a total of 39 games and two points for a win) August 1985 Accies …
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WORLD CUP 2026
PLAYOFFS MARCH 2026 The Playoffs took place recently to decide the final 6 teams to qualify for World Cup 2026 with 2 Inter Continental pathways and 4 European pathways. The semi finals took place on 26th March with the finals on 31st March 2026. Intercontinental Pathway 1 These playoffs took place in Guadalajara , Mexico …
WORLD CUP 2026 – Part 3
Scotland Opponents Qualification – Part Three BRAZIL CONMEBOL Qualifying saw all 10 Countries compete through a home and away round robin of 18 matches with the top 6 automatic qualifiers, and 1 country 7th place progressing to the Inter Continental Playoffs in March 2026. Matchday 1 & 2 – September 2023 Brazil opened with an …
WORLD CUP 2026 – Part 2
Scotland Opponents Qualification – Part Two MOROCCO CAF Qualifying saw the 54 countries divided into 9 groups of 6 countries with the 9 Group Winners qualifying for World Cup 2026. The four best runners up would play two semi finals and final to determine the one country to move forward to the Inter Continental Playoffs. …
WORLD CUP 2026 – Part 1
Scotland Opponents Qualification – Part One HAITI Concacaf Qualifying saw 32 Countries compete through qualifying with 3 automatic qualifiers being the 3 Third Round group winners as well as the 3 Host Nations , Canada , Mexico and USA , meaning 6 qualifiers in total. In addition 2 countries progressed to the Inter Continental Playoffs …
Jackie McInally & Paul Hegarty
Hamilton Accies 1974/75 My first season as an Accies fan , I witnessed two strikers at the opposite ends of their career spectrums. JACKIE MCINALLY Jackie played for Crosshill Thistle and won the Scottish Amateur Cup in 1959 before signing for Kilmarnock. He was an integral part of the Killie team under manager Willie Waddell …
WINTER OLYMPICS
From 1976 to 2026 My first memory of the Winter Olympics was 50 years ago in 1976, this is a look back at the past 50 years as the Winter Olympics has expanded along with Team GB success. Innsbruck 1976 GB won Men’s Singles Figure Skating Gold, won by John Curry, but my main memory …
WORLD CUP – SPAIN 82 – Part Three
PART THREE – 19TH JUNE TO 25TH JUNE 1982 The Second Group Stage was played as Four Groups of Three teams with the Winners progressing to the semi finals , this was the only World Cup which used this format. The 1974 & 1978 with 16 teams versions saw Two groups of Four teams with …
WORLD CUP – SPAIN 82 – Part Two
PART TWO – 19TH JUNE TO 25TH JUNE 1982 Saturday 19th June Group 1 – POLAND 0 CAMEROON 0 – La Coruna Once again there was a draw in Group 1 , so that each team had drawn their opening two games. Group 3 – BELGIUM 1 EL SALVADOR 0 – Elche El Salvador proved …
WORLD CUP – SPAIN 82 – Part One
The 1982 World Cup was a fantastic festival of football but began against the backdrop of the Falklands War. PART ONE – 13TH JUNE TO 18TH JUNE 1982 Sunday 13th June Group 3 – ARGENTINA 0 BELGIUM 1 – Barcelona The opening game took place in the fabulously refurbished Nou Camp stadium in Barcelona. UK …
Football is Academical 