Portsmouth’s home match against Hull became the first npower Championship fixture to fall victim to the weather as it was postponed due to a frozen pitch this morning.

JOSH THOMPSON admits that Celtic’s stunned players have to quickly make amends after the Hoops last chance of silverware vanished in a humiliating 2-0 Scottish Cup semi-final defeat by minnows Ross County.

ROBBIE KEANE’S Celtic debut went spectacularly awry as Tony Mowbray’s reign hit a new low with the club’s first defeat to Kilmarnock in 32 meetings.

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The cold snap continued to bite in the UK this afternoon as a raft of sporting fixtures fell prey to the sub-zero conditions sweeping the country.

Former Scotland manager Craig Brown has called for all four home nations to be represented separately in the 2012 Olympic football tournament.

Former Celtic forward Joe Miller believes the scuffle which followed last week’s Old Firm match was a positive sign for both managers.

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Rangers’ Scottish Cup fourth round tie against East Stirling has fallen victim to the weather.

Dundee United and Kilmarnock were among the clubs affected as six Scottish Cup fourth-round ties were postponed today.

FORMER Scotland football skipper Colin Hendry has revealed his wife is being treated in hospital after a recurrence of the illness that threatened her life five years ago.

Sepp Blatter today added his voice to mounting criticism of John McBeth, the Scot dramatically dumped as Britain’s FIFA vice-president following an extraordinary attack on African and Caribbean nations.

John McBeth, the Scot who will take over Britain’s FIFA vice-presidency, believes he got the job because of hatred for England and has accused African associations of corruption and greed.

GORDON STRACHAN has led Celtic to back-to-back Bank of Scotland Premier League titles at the back end of a season in which they also reached the last 16 of the Champions League for the first time.

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Celtic eased through to the fourth round of the Tennent’s Scottish Cup with a comfortable home win over Third Division Dumbarton.

It may have been short, but Roy Keane’s Celtic career still added to his bulging silverware collection.

Roy Keane today brought down the curtain on his career insisting medical advice meant retirement was his “only option”.

CELTIC manager Gordon Strachan has urged Neil Lennon to drop his ongoing row with Hearts midfielder Rudi Skacel.

Former Celtic striker Frank McGarvey claims nobody could have done any better than Scottish Football Writers’ manager of the year Gordon Strachan this season.

ROY KEANE has been shown a few cards in his career, but nothing like the display which greeted him on his Celtic home debut against Kilmarnock on Saturday.

Stilian Petrov looks set to bolster the Celtic side for the Bank of Scotland Premier League game with Kilmarnock.

PAT CRERAND, the man who began his senior career at Glasgow Celtic before going on to become a legend at Manchester United, believes that people are being hasty in their judgement of Roy Keane's move in the opposite direction.

CELTIC chief executive Peter Lawwell has moved to assure supporters there will be no mass departures from the club.

ROY KEANE has been offered some dates at the end of the season to play the testimonial which was agreed as part of his severance package with Manchester United.

Roy Keane has been offered some dates at the end of the season to play the testimonial which was agreed as part of his severance package with Manchester United.

Clyde manager Graham Roberts knew his team could capitalise on defensive inexperience to claim a stunning Tennent’s Scottish Cup third-round win over Celtic.

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Clyde 2 Celtic 1

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MORE surprising than Charles Kennedy’s confession of a drink problem, and less believable a sight than George Galloway crossing the threshold of the Big Brother house, the politics of football nevertheless contrived to render the imminent debut of Roy Keane, Celtic midfielder, a mere afterthought yesterday.

FOR the next 24 hours Clyde FC and its Cumbernauld hinterland will be the centre of the football world. Literally.

Celtic have refused to comment on a report that two players were captured on an amateur video featuring sectarian chants.

Former Celtic manager Lou Macari believes Roy Keane will have no problems adapting to Scottish football.

Celtic have confirmed midfielder Stilian Petrov will be out of action for three weeks with a hamstring injury.

CELTIC manager Gordon Strachan welcomed the latest recruit from the club’s youth policy — then joked about the addition of another diminutive player to his squad.

The clamour to see Roy Keane’s debut for Celtic has meant the planned ‘first come, first served’ sale of tickets on Monday for the Hoops’ Tennent’s Scottish Cup tie against Clyde on January 8 has been cancelled.

ROY KEANE’S long-cherished dream of ending his career in the famous green and white hoops of Celtic will be realised next month.

The Old Firm have been paired together in the draw for the CIS Insurance Cup quarter-finals.

Former Rangers defender Graham Roberts has been handed a return to Ibrox in the CIS Insurance Cup third round draw.