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Stephen Craigan

Northern Ireland can be proud of performance against Portugal

Let’s be honest, when the fixtures were released for our Brazil 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign the enormity of our task looked massive as we faced Russia and Portugal away from home in two of our first three games.

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Rangers' Lee McCulloch leaves the pitch,  after the 1-0 defeat by Stirling Albion during the Irn Bru Scottish Third Division at the Forthbank Stadium, Stirling

Stephen Craigan: Rangers flops need to show guts for battle

Thursday, 11 October 2012

Alarm bells must be ringing after The Rangers couldn’t beat Stirling Albion, who prior to Saturday's game where officially the worst side in Scottish senior football sitting 42nd out of 42 teams.
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Stephen Craigan: Fraser Forster keeping Celtic on Roy Hodgson’s radar

Thursday, 11 October 2012

Fraser Forster could become only the second Celtic player ever to win an England cap after he was called into Roy Hodgson's squad for the upcoming games against San Marino and Poland.
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Stephen Craigan: Youngsters can show us the way forward

Thursday, 11 October 2012

This week I’m involved with Northern Ireland under-19s as we embark on our European qualifying campaign against Czech Republic, Moldova and Greece here in the province.
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Rangers manager Ally McCoist

Stephen Craigan: Loyal to Rangers cause, but Ally’s caught in a storm

Thursday, 27 September 2012

The fact that there were more fans at Ibrox to see The Rangers play Montrose in a Scottish Third Division game on Sunday than there were at Anfield for Liverpool against Manchester United in the English Premier League, tells you all you need to know about how important the Scottish giants are to so many people.
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Stephen Craigan: Back to basics for Scots

Thursday, 27 September 2012

Crucial talks are taking place today between the three bodies in charge of Scottish football, the SFA, SPL and SFL, with restructuring, play-offs and a single body to rule the game on the agenda.
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Stephen Craigan: Celtic face fresh worry

Thursday, 27 September 2012

I THINK a concern for Celtic would be the attendance on Saturday for their home SPL game against Dundee.
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Stephen Craigan: Neil Lennon the Marmite man eating at top table now

Thursday, 20 September 2012

Neil Lennon is like Marmite, you either love him or hate him but few can argue with his achievement of guiding Celtic to the group stages of the Champions League for the first time in four years.
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Stephen Craigan: Let's keep the faith

Thursday, 20 September 2012

Again, we are now in a society where every bad result in football is met with a cry of dissatisfaction.
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Stephen Craigan: Only way is up for Rangers

Thursday, 20 September 2012

As Celtic prepare to return to the Champions League in front of 59,000 fans tonight against Benfica their cross city rivals Rangers continue their struggle to return to past glories in the Scottish Third Division. A third successive away draw in the league, this time at Annan, has left many questioning the players’ mentality — and few can argue.
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