The Lowland League; Full of Highs or Full of Lows?

Another Scottish football season has drawn to a close, and as you would expect, the best league for an upcoming journalist to write about is the Geosonic Lowland League. Clearly! For those amongst you who may have followed my work, last season I wrote a piece focused on Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale (LTHV) and what’s

A Wee Update

So, a little disclaimer, this update is not part of the overall narrative. So, if you are only interested in the story, you may want to skip to the links at the end. This post is just a wee update on a topic I wanted to bring up, but, I thought it might add unnecessary

The Trials & Tribulations of Non League

The Scottish Football calendar has drawn to a close, and whilst many outlets will be focused on the blue half of Glasgow’s return to the mountain top, this piece will focus on a team still trudging up towards basecamp. Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale, are the team I will be focussing on today and their season

Breaking News

09:00 Breaking news out of the City of Genoa today (31/05/2022): We understand that Sampdoria manager Alessio Burdese has today resigned with immediate effect. More information to follow… 13:00 Alessio has released a statement which I will translate into English:  “Today I made one of the most difficult choices I’ll ever have to make and

Season 4: A Review

Pre-Season Transfers Following last seasons second place and Europa League victory, many thought the majority of Sampdorias transfer business would be completed with the permanent signing of Ajer and Mayoral. Both of whom had agreed contracts prior to the start of the summer transfer window. The main point of worry for La Sampa’s fans was

The Diamond: Napoli

Melting like a Neapolitan ice-cream left in the sun? As the 2019/20 season curtain drew the faithful inside a packed San Paolo roared in defiance to those who said they wouldn’t that they couldn’t. The Neapolitans were in a three-way fight for their first Scudetto since 1990 and their team were leading Lazio 2-0 with

Season 3: A Review

Sampdoria came into the 2020/21 season as defending Serie A champions, with Alessio Burdese stating to media that he wanted more flexibility in his team the Italian public waited to see if this was going to prove costly for the highly touted manager. Outlined below is how the Blucerchiati fared in that season. January Window

The Diamond: Three stars of Serie A

Serie A has reached its midpoint and with the season firmly underway, I thought I would write about some of this season’s high achievers. I have picked out a summer signing, a summer loanee and an existing Serie A star to examine further. Unfortunately, there is no mention of any players currently playing in Florence

Season 3: Pre Season

Alessio Burdese and his coaching team set out their plans for the coming season, the meetings now more productive having settled from their earlier celebrations. As Alessio had outlined previously he felt the need for more tactical fluidity. He and his newly appointed assistant manager Sergiy Rebrov had planned three tactics with the aim of

Season 2: Second Half Review

The previous review took in the first half of the 2020/21 season and left Sampdoria second in Serie A, a single point behind Juventus, out of the Coppa Italia and with a first-round knockout game in the Champions League vs Manchester City. Would La Sampa push for the Scudetto? Would they continue a fairy-tale story