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2019–20 Scottish Professional Football League
Statistics of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) in season 2019–20. Scottish Premiership Scottish Championship Scottish League One Scottish League Two Award winners See also *2019–20 in Scottish football The 2019–20 season was the 123rd season of competitive football in Scotland. The domestic season began on 12 July 2019, with the first round of matches in the 2019–20 Scottish League Cup. The 2019–20 Scottish Professional Football Leagu ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:2019-20 Scottish Professional Football League Scottish Professional Football League seasons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Professional Football League
The Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) is the national men's association football league in Scotland. The league was formed in June 2013 following a merger between the Scottish Premier League and the Scottish Football League. As well as operating its league competition, which consists of the top four levels of the Scottish football league system, the SPFL also operates two domestic cup competitions, the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Challenge Cup. While the Scottish Cup includes all the teams within the SPFL, the competition is run and organised by the Scottish Football Association. Background A Scottish football league system was first created in 1890, when the Scottish Football League (SFL) was formed. Traditionally the league had a two divisional structure (Divisions One and Two) between which clubs were promoted and relegated at the end of each season. By the mid-1970s, this organisation was perceived to be stagnant, and it was decided to split into a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfredo Morelos
Alfredo José Morelos Aviléz (born 21 June 1996) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Categoría Primera A club Atlético Nacional on loan from Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Santos. Morelos began his senior career with Independiente Medellín in his homeland before moving to Finland to play for Helsinki side HJK. In June 2017, he moved to Scotland to join Rangers, for a reported fee of £1 million. Morelos currently holds the club record for most goals scored in European competitions with 29 goals. Morelos played youth international football for Colombia at under-17 and under-20 levels. He was a member of the under-20 team that were runners-up in the 2015 South American U-20 Championship. Morelos made his senior international debut for Colombia in 2018 and was part of the squad that finished third at the 2021 Copa América. Early life Born in Cereté, Colombia, Morelos lived with his sisters, his parents and his grandmother, but a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohamed Elyounoussi
Mohamed Amine Elyounoussi (; born 4 August 1994), nicknamed Moi (), is a professional footballer who plays as a forward or Winger for Danish Superliga club Copenhagen. Born in Morocco, he plays for the Norway national team. Early life Elyounoussi was born in Al Hoceima, Morocco and moved to Sarpsborg in Norway at a young age, where he started his professional career. Club career Sarpsborg 08 He made his debut in Tippeligaen when he came on as a sub in Sarpsborg 08's match against Odd Grenland on 8 May 2011. Molde On 15 March 2014, Elyounoussi moved to fellow Tippeligaen side Molde FK. During his first season with Molde FK he played in every league match and was the club's top scorer with 13 goals. With the club, Elyounoussi won both Tippeligaen and the Norwegian Cup in his first season, which meant that Molde won the double for the first time in the club's history. He scored four goals in the 2014 Norwegian Cup, of which one was scored in the final against Odd. Elyounouss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Bollan
Gary Bollan (born 24 March 1973) is a Scottish former professional football player and was most recently the assistant coach at Inverness Caledonian Thistle He played for Dundee United (two spells), Rangers, Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan), St Johnstone, Livingston, Motherwell, Clyde, Brechin City and Carnoustie Panmure. He also played for the Scotland national under-21 football team. He started his managerial career with his former playing club Livingston, and he has since managed Airdrieonians, Forfar Athletic and Cowdenbeath. Playing career Bollan came up through the youth system and into the first team at Dundee United as a teenager in the early 1990s. He sparked interest from Rangers, who signed him in January 1995. Bollan spent three years at Ibrox but made only a handful of appearances due to injury. He was transferred to St Johnstone in 1998 and spent three years there. A move to Heart of Midlothian stalled in March 2001 due to a failed medical before Bollan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McGlynn (Scottish Footballer)
John McGlynn (born 19 December 1961) is a Scottish football coach and former player who manages Scottish Premiership club Falkirk. He has previously managed Scottish clubs Raith Rovers, Heart of Midlothian and Livingston. McGlynn has won PFA Scotland Manager of the Year a record number of times, with three manager of the year awards spanning two clubs. Playing career Musselburgh-born McGlynn enjoyed a brief senior playing career with Berwick Rangers, having been a youth player with Bolton Wanderers. After three years with ''The Borderers'', McGlynn dropped out of the senior game into junior football, firstly with Musselburgh Athletic then Whitehill Welfare. During his time at Ferguson Park, McGlynn started coaching youth sides and gradually coaching rather than playing became his primary function. Coaching and managerial career Early career McGlynn was appointed co-manager at Easthouses Lily before returning to Musselburgh as manager in his own right. Hearts (c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Partick Thistle F
Partick (, Scottish Gaelic: ''Partaig'') is an area of Glasgow on the north bank of the River Clyde, just across from Govan. To the west lies Whiteinch, to the east Yorkhill and Kelvingrove Park (across the River Kelvin), and to the north Broomhill, Hyndland, Dowanhill, Hillhead, areas which form part of the West End of Glasgow. Partick was a Police burgh from 1852 until 1912 when it was incorporated into the city.Second City of The Empire: 1830s to 1914 from theglasgowstory.com. Retrieved 22 December 2011. Partick is the area of the city most connected with the Highlands, and several Gaelic agencies, such as the Gaelic Books Council ( |
Ian McCall (footballer)
Ian Holland McCall (born 30 September 1964) is a Scottish former football player and coach, who most recently managed Scottish League Two club Clyde. During his playing days McCall played for Queen's Park, Dunfermline Athletic, Rangers, Bradford City, Dundee, Falkirk, Hamilton Academical, Happy Valley, Partick Thistle and Clydebank. He is probably best known for his two spells as manager of Partick Thistle from 2007 until 2011 and again from 2019 until 2023. He began an extensive managerial career, mostly in the lower leagues of Scotland starting with Clydebank, Greenock Morton, Airdrieonians, Falkirk, Dundee United, Queen of the South, Partick Thistle, Ayr United and Clyde. Playing career Ian McCall was born in Dumfries, Scotland. In his boyhood, he was a regular on the Palmerston terraces watching Queen of the South. His hopes of playing for his home town club were dashed, though, by then chairman Willie Harkness. "I played a trial game for the club, and thought I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Gerrard
Steven George Gerrard MBE (born 30 May 1980) is an English professional football manager and a former player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time and one of Liverpool's greatest ever players,"Steven Gerrard has been England's best player of the last decade, says Graeme Souness" . ''The Independent''; retrieved 7 January 2015. Gerrard spent the majority of his playing career as a for |
Cowdenbeath F
Cowdenbeath () is a town and burgh in west Fife, Scotland. It is north-east of Dunfermline and north of the capital, Edinburgh. The town grew up around the extensive coalfields of the area and became a police burgh in 1890. According to a 2008 estimate, the town has a population of 14,081. The wider civil parish of Beath has a population of 17,351 (in 2011).Census of Scotland 2011, Table KS101SC – Usually Resident Population, publ. by National Records of Scotland. Web site http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/ retrieved March 2016. See “Standard Outputs”, Table KS101SC, Area type: Civil Parish 1930 Toponymy The first element of the town's name comes from the surname ''Colden'' or ''Cowden'', often indicated in early forms as a possessor by the addition of , for example ''Cowdennyes Baith''. ''Beath'', the name of the wider parish, is from the Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic , meaning birch. History The earliest indication of human activity in the immediate vicinity of the current ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Barr
Craig Barr (born 29 March 1987) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a defender for Tranent. Barr has previously played for Gretna, Queen of the South, Livingston, Airdrieonians, Raith Rovers and Dumbarton, as well as Swedish club Östersunds FK. Career Early years Born in Edinburgh, Barr moved south as a 16-year-old to join Blackburn Rovers and spent three years with the Lancashire club winning the FA Premier Academy League in 2004–05. Gretna Barr played in the early part of his career with Gretna signing for the club when they were bankrolled by Brooks Mileson. He was part of the squad who won the Scottish Football League First Division in the 2006–07 season which earned them promotion into the SPL. In 47 league appearances for Gretna, Barr scored five goals. Mileson pulled the plug on the club's cashflow when his health deteriorated. The club thus became financially stricken and went into administration. Administrators for Gretna laid off their last 40 staff in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raith Rovers F
Raith may refer to: People * Robert Ferguson of Raith (1769–1840), Scottish politician * John Melville of Raith (died 1548), Scottish laird executed for treason * Julius Raith (1819–1862), German-American military officer * Sissy Raith (born 1960), German female association footballer * Thomas Raith, fictional vampire in the contemporary fantasy series ''The Dresden Files'' by Jim Butcher Other uses * Ráith, an Irish word for ringfort * Raith, Fife, one-time area of Fife * Raith, Ontario, a dispersed rural community and unincorporated area * Raith Rovers F.C., a Scottish association football club based in the town of Kirkcaldy, Fife * Ràth, a Scottish Gaelic term for a fort or fortified residence, particularly one surrounded by an earthen rampart, featuring in many placenames, including a major road interchange ( M74 / A725) in South Lanarkshire South Lanarkshire (; ) is one of 32 unitary authorities of Scotland. It borders the south-east of the Glasgow Cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Anderson
Steven James Stuart Anderson (born 19 December 1985) is a Scottish footballer who plays for Broxburn Athletic. Anderson plays in central defence. Club career Early career Anderson's senior career in football began when he stepped up from Dalkeith Boys Club to sign for Dundee United in January 2001. Anderson progressed for three years at The Tangerines, where he impressed the Dundee United's academy and eventually became captain at one point. However, Anderson failed to make a first team breakthrough at the Tangerines that led him to be released by the club in the summer of 2004. Anderson joined Rangers on trial, but the club decided against signing him. He then went on trial with St Johnstone and played in a reserve game against Forfar Athletic and in a First Division match against St Mirren on 21 August 2004. His performance convinced the Saints' manager John Conolly to sign Anderson on a contract until the end of the season. Along the way, he learned from Jim Weir an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
