Rapid Vienna for £4 million in August 2010. Jelavic has signed a four and half year contract with Everton. The timing of his departure could hardly have been worse for Rangers manager Ally McCoist. He was grim faced when he left a meeting at Ibrox last...

I am a child of the 1980s and the first final in my memory was 1982 and the two games between Tottenham and Queen's Park Rangers. The Eighties was a decade of glorious, often sweltering May finals. Gordon Smith and Gary Bailey in 1983. Andy Gray and...

He’s just a nice guy. I’m really grateful that he’s playing me now and I’m loving playing under him.” Sergio took time to suss out the young players at his disposal after replacing Jim Jefferies as Hearts manager in August. That left Robinson and...

I know my team for Saturday already and it’s a case of building them up and sticking to our gameplan. “Tommy Sloan won’t be worried about us and I’m not going to be worrying about Auchinleck.” Talbot came close to earning a replay against Hearts, who...

My heart sank. I felt it was onside. I think I timed it, definitely.” And so, Andre Villas-Boas will not be plucking Auchinleck Talbot’s name from the hat in today’s draw for the fifth round of the William Hill Scottish Cup, but boy was it a close thing.

“Step by step we’re going to put them in place. If you saw some of them training you’d see what I mean. Some of them were nervous. I said to them play the way you train every day.” Fraser Mullen had a penalty saved after 20 minutes and Hearts squandered...