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Lennon Miller
Lennon Lee Miller (born 25 August 2006) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Motherwell and the Scotland national team. Club career Miller began his career in the youth system at Motherwell from the age of seven. He made his senior debut as a second-half substitute in a 4–0 home victory over Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the Scottish League Cup six days after his 16th birthday on 31 August 2022, becoming the youngest player in a major competition across the club's 136-year history. He was an unused substitute for the first team for several fixtures during the 2022–23 season, with his first appearance in the Scottish Premiership coming in a 3–0 loss to Rangers on 28 December 2022. He started all of Motherwell's Premiership matches at the start of the 2023–24 season but was sent off for a last-man challenge in the eighth round of fixtures against Livingston. He returned against Aberdeen on 1 November, but came off injured with a f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wishaw
Wishaw (; ; ) is a large town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, on the edge of the River Clyde, Clyde Valley, south-east of Glasgow city centre. The town is part of the Motherwell and Wishaw (UK Parliament constituency), Motherwell and Wishaw constituency. It has the postal code of ML postcode area, ML2 and the dialling code List of dialling codes in the United Kingdom, 01698. The Burgh of Wishaw was formed in 1855 within Lanarkshire. The town developed extensively during the Victorian era, in particular during the Second Industrial Revolution. New industry and factories were established, including those in steel and iron production, as well as manufacturing, textiles and the processing of coal. The towns population increased as a result and new homes were built resulting in a conurbation with neighbouring Motherwell and Newmains. As a result, Wishaw formed a joint large burgh with its neighbour Motherwell from 1920 until its dissolution when Scottish local authorities were res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professional Foul
''Professional Foul'' is a television play written by Czech-born, British playwright Tom Stoppard. It was broadcast on 21 September 1977 in BBC 2's ''Play of the Week'' series. The play is set in Prague and follows the character of Professor Anderson, a Cambridge ethics don, on a weekend visit to a philosophical colloquium. What should be a fairly uneventful trip is complicated by the intervention of the Communist government, leading to an ethical dilemma for the professor of philosophy, a situation explored by Stoppard through the opinions of several characters. The play was written to coincide with Amnesty International's "Prisoners of Conscience Year" and is dedicated to Czech playwright Václav Havel, then periodically imprisoned by the Czech Communist authorities. Stoppard has cited Havel as an influence on his writing. In the year of publication and broadcast the Charter 77 movement in Czechoslovakia presented the government with a formal protest against its violatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England National Under-16 Football Team
England national under-16 football team, also known as England under-16s or England U16(s), represents England in association football at an under-16 age level and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. Competition history Between 1925 and 2014, the England under-16 team competed in the annual Victory Shield tournament against Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ; ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It has been #Descriptions, variously described as a country, province or region. Northern Ireland shares Repub .... Since World War II, England had won the Victory Shield outright thirty-five times and had been joint winners with Scotland eight times, with Wales twice and with both Scotland and Wales twice. However, in April 2015, the Football Association decided to withdraw from the tournament "for the foreseeable future" with the stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hampden Park
Hampden Park ( ; Scottish Gaelic: ''Pàirc Hampden'') is a association football, football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland, which is the national stadium of football in Scotland and home of the Scotland national football team, as well as Queen's Park F.C., Queen’s Park FC, the original owners. Hampden Park is owned by the Scottish Football Association (SFA), and regularly hosts the latter stages of the Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup. The largest stadium by capacity when opened in 1903, an accolade the stadium held until 1950, Hampden Park is the 11th-largest football stadium in the United Kingdom, and the second-largest football stadium in Scotland. The stadium retains all attendance records recorded in European football. A UEFA stadium categories, UEFA category four stadium, Hampden Park has hosted UEFA competitions, six European finals including the 1960 European Cup final between Real Madrid and Eintracht Frankfurt which, with a crowd of 127,62 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024–25 Scottish League Cup
The 2024–25 Scottish League Cup, also known as the Premier Sports Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 79th season of Scotland's second-most prestigious football knockout competition. Rangers were the defending champions, but they lost 4–5 on penalties to Celtic in the final. Schedule Format The competition began with eight groups of five teams. The five clubs initially competing in the UEFA Champions League (Celtic and Rangers), Europa League ( Heart of Midlothian and Kilmarnock) and Conference League ( St Mirren) received a bye to the second round. The group stage consists of 40 teams: all remaining teams that competed across the SPFL in 2023–24, the 2023–24 Highland Football League champions ( Buckie Thistle) and runners-up ( Brechin City), and the 2023–24 Lowland Football League champions ( East Kilbride). The winners of each of the eight groups, as well as the three best runners-up, progressed to the second round (last 16). At this stage, the competition r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain (association Football)
The captain of a association football, football/soccer team, sometimes known as the skipper, is a team member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team; they are often one of the older or more experienced members of the squad, or a player that can heavily influence a game or has good leadership qualities. The team captain is usually identified by the wearing of an armband. In the 2024/25 edition of the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, it was made mandatory for each team to have a captain and for each captain to be identified by the previously traditional but non-mandatory captain's armband. Responsibilities The only official responsibility of a captain specified by the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game is to participate in the Coin flipping, coin toss prior to Kick-off (association football), kick-off (for choice of ends or to have kick-off) and prior to a penalty shoot-out (association football), penalty shoot-out. Captain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen O'Donnell (footballer, Born 1992)
Stephen Gerard O'Donnell (born 11 May 1992) is a Scottish professional Association football, footballer who plays as a right-back for club Motherwell F.C., Motherwell and the Scotland national football team, Scotland national team. He has previously played for Partick Thistle F.C., Partick Thistle, Luton Town F.C., Luton Town and Kilmarnock F.C., Kilmarnock, and was Cap (sport), capped once by the Scotland national under-21 football team, Scotland under-21 team in 2013 before being selected 26 times at full level from 2018, including at the UEFA Euro 2020 tournament. Club career Early career A pupil at St Aidan's High School in Wishaw, O'Donnell began his career as a youth player with Wishaw Wycombe Wanderers and Captain (association football), captained the Aberdeen F.C., Aberdeen under-17 team. He then joined Celtic F.C., Celtic, where he was part of the team that won the Scottish Youth Cup and under-19 league title in 2010–11. Partick Thistle O'Donnell was released by Cel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul McGinn
Paul McGinn (born 22 October 1990) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a right-back for club Motherwell, whom he captains, and for the Scotland national team. Starting his career at Queen's Park in the youth team, McGinn has spent the majority of his career playing in Scotland. After leaving Queen's Park in 2012, he played for St Mirren, Dumbarton, Dundee, Partick Thistle and Hibernian, as well as a stint at English club Chesterfield, before joining Motherwell in 2022. He made his Scotland debut in 2021. Career Queen's Park Raised in Clydebank, McGinn started his career as a youth player at Queen's Park. He made his debut on 2 May 2009, in Queen's Park's 1–0 defeat to Raith Rovers. Having come on as a substitute, he was sent off in the 90th minute. St Mirren On 18 September 2012, McGinn signed for Scottish Premier League side St Mirren until the end of the season, despite interest from Aberdeen and Dundee United. On 24 November 2012, he went out on loan to former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilmarnock F
Kilmarnock ( ; ; , ), meaning "the church of Mernóc", is a town and former burgh in East Ayrshire situated in southwest Scotland. The town has served as the administrative centre of East Ayrshire Council since 1996 and is the region's main commercial and industrial centre. The town has a total of List of listed buildings in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, 284 listed buildings and structures as designed by Historic Environment Scotland, including the Dick Institute, Dean Castle, List of listed buildings in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Loanhead School and the original 1898 building of Kilmarnock Academy, with post–war developments of the controversial 1970s regeneration such as The Foregate and Clydesdale Bank building being considered for listed building status. The first passenger conveying railway in Scotland originated in Kilmarnock in 1812 as a horse-drawn plateway and became known as the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway. The first printed collection of works by Scottish poet Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Watson (footballer, Born 2005)
David Shankland Watson (born 12 February 2005) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for club Kilmarnock. Club career Raised in Prestwick, South Ayrshire, where he attended Queen Margaret Academy, Watson trained with Kilmarnock from the age of seven and officially joined the club's youth system aged ten.Kilmarnock teenager David Watson wants to follow in footsteps of boss Derek McInnes Colin Paterson, Daily Record, 13 December 2022 He signed a two-year professional contract on 3 September 2021 and made his senior debut the following day as a late substitute in a |
PFA Scotland Young Player Of The Year
The PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year, formerly known as the Scottish PFA Young Player of the Year, is named at the end of every Scottish football season. The members of the Professional Footballers' Association Scotland vote on which of its young members played the best football in the previous year. The award was first given in 1978, to Graeme Payne. The Bulgarian international Stiliyan Petrov was the first non-Scottish player to win the award, when he did so in List of winners As of 2025, the award has been presented 47 times and won by 42 different players. Kieran Tierney (3), Craig Levein (2), Eoin Jess (2) and Phil O'Donnell (2) are the players who have won the award more than once. Breakdown of winners Winners by club Winners by country See also * PFA Scotland Players' Player of the Year * PFA Scotland Team of the Year The Professional Footballers' Association Scotland Team of the Year (often called the PFA Scotland Team of the Year, or simply the Tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SFWA Young Player Of The Year
The Scottish Football Writers' Association Young Player of the Year (often called the SFWA Young Player of the Year, or simply the Scottish Young Player of the Year) award is given to the footballer in the Scottish football league system, who is seen to have been the best young (under 23) player of the previous season. The shortlist is compiled by the members of the Scottish Football Writers' Association (the SFWA), who also vote for the winner. List of winners As of 2025, the award has been made 24 times and has been won by 21 different players. Kieran Tierney (3) and Steven Fletcher (footballer), Steven Fletcher (2) are the only players to have won the award more than once. The award was first made in 2001–02 in Scottish football, 2002, and was won by Motherwell F.C., Motherwell forward James McFadden. As of 2019, the award had been restricted to players who are eligible for selection by the Scotland national under-21 football team. Breakdown of winners Winners by club Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
