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Chris Innes
Chris Innes left Gretna after the club went into administration

Livingston have signed former Gretna defender Chris Innes.

The 32-year-old looked set to join Dundee earlier this summer after being released by Gretna in March when the club went into administration.

However, the defender has opted to sign a two-year contract with their Irn-Bru First Division rivals.

Livingston chairman Angelo Massone told the club website: "His experience and professionalism will be a big asset as we seek ... Read more »

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SPL chairman Lex Gold
SPL chairman Gold is pleased with the new initiative

BBC Gaelic will show full match coverage of one SPL game every Saturday night over the next two seasons.

The new deal, in collaboration with MNE Media, will see the selected games shown as-live, about three hours after the final whistle.

The new Gaelic channel will launch on Friday 19 September.

SPL chairman Lex Gold said: "This is an interesting initiative and one that we hope will make the new BBC digital channel attractive to vi ... Read more »
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Nigerian international Danny Shittu
Shittu has been capped 12 times by Nigeria

Watford defender Danny Shittu says he is still keen on a move to Rangers despite blaming the Ibrox club for the collapse of the deal.

The 27-year-old travelled to Glasgow last weekend to finalise the transfer after the clubs agreed a £1.5m fee.

But Rangers pulled out of the deal when personal terms could not be agreed.

"They put a proposal on the table which I accepted but when it came to putting the contract in writing the deal had ch ... Read more »

Category: Transfer News | Views: 1180 | Added by: cfc_mikee_cfc | Date: 15-Jul-2008 | Comments (1)




Georgios Samaras
Samaras scored six goals while on loan at Celtic last se

Greek striker Georgios Samaras has signed a three-year contract with Scottish champions Celtic.

The 23-year-old impressed Bhoys boss Gordon Strachan when he was on loan from Manchester City last season.

City bought Samaras from Dutch side Heerenveen for £6m in January 2006 and have made a substantial loss in offloading the Greek international.

Samaras said the influe ... Read more »

Category: Transfer News | Views: 1126 | Added by: cfc_mikee_cfc | Date: 15-Jul-2008 | Comments (0)