1.   PARTICK Thistle, those much loved eccentrics of Scottish football, swapped roles with mighty Rangers at Ibrox yesterday.

2.   Scottish football has been sponsored by the DIY chain at whose stores erstwhile football fans now spend their Saturday afternoons.

3.   This column has long argued that Scottish football needs to reduce the quantity of matches played and increase the quality.

4.   Their success attracted a worldwide following as the Lisbon Lions and their successors dominated Scottish football for more than a decade.

5.   Ironically, Leeds failed partly because they adopted a tactic so often attributed to Scottish football, the aimless high ball.

6.   We will be speaking about a whole number of things connected with Scottish football.

7.   For Rangers manager Walter Smith victory was no more than to be expected from a side that have dominated Scottish football for almost a decade.

8.   Former German coach Berti Vogts denied new media reports that he is in talks with the Scottish football federation to take over the national team.

9.   German legend Franz Beckenbauer has given Scottish football a boost by saying that either Celtic or Rangers are capable of winning the European Cup.

10.   Incredibly, with only Pascolo to beat, the deadliest predator in Scottish football hesitated and saw his tame shot comfortably kept out by Pascolo.