⚽ The Saturday Kick-Off #30 - A Look Back In Time
How was your team doing 15, 25 or 30 years ago?
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“The business end of the season”, “The run-in”, “Players are already on the beach”, “Playing for contracts”, “Just want the season to end” - are there any cliches to throw in the mix at this time of the season?
When I am pulling The Scottish Football Kick-Off, I on occasion find myself falling down a rabbit hole, especially when digging out new Scottish football facts.
Allow me to take you down one of the rabbit holes I have been on.
While there is an element of truth that, for some clubs, it is now about preparing for next season, there is so much still to be decided in Scottish football. Last year, I put together the Scottish Football Almanac. I will be doing the same again this year.
I don’t know if you are like me, but I find it fascinating looking at the journeys of clubs that I have no affiliation with.
So, last weekend I found myself looking at league tables from yesteryear. Some clubs, Elgin City, I am looking at you, haven’t moved in the last 25 years. Some have seen every division in the SFL/SPFL, Hamilton Accies, I am looking at you.
Join me for a trip down memory lane.
15 Years Ago - 2010/11 Season
SPL
The tail-end of the SPL era. Rangers won their third title in a row in Walter Smith’s last season as Rangers manager.
Only three of the current Premiership teams, Falkirk, Dundee, and Livingston, didn’t feature.
First Division
Five of the current Championship 10 were playing in the same tier 15 years ago.
Cowdenbeath have dropped three tiers over the past 15 years. This was the last time Stirling Albion have featured in the second tier.
