http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/footballScottish Premier League News | Herald ScotlandenCopyright 2012 Herald & Times Group all rights reservedSat, 26 May 2012 15:35:03 PDTCopyright 2012 Herald & Times Group all rights reservednoScottish Premier League News | Herald Scotlandhttp://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/mccoist-top-six-finish-a-dream-if-best-players-leave-because-of-signing-ban.17701975http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/mccoist-top-six-finish-a-dream-if-best-players-leave-because-of-signing-ban.17701975Ally McCoist last night backed the club's decision to challenge the Scottish Football Association in court.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/mckie-reveals-exit-strategy.17702488http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/mckie-reveals-exit-strategy.17702488Gordon McKie spent a week poring over the books at Ibrox when the Blue Knights and Brian Kennedy believed their bid for the club might be successful.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/lennon-to-run-rule-over-rhodes.17701946http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/lennon-to-run-rule-over-rhodes.17701946Neil Lennon will watch the Scotland striker Jordan Rhodes at Wembley today.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/lasley-deal-could-persuade-more-fir-park-players-to-sign.17702178http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/lasley-deal-could-persuade-more-fir-park-players-to-sign.17702178Motherwell midfielder Keith Lasley has signed a new two-year contract.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/darlington-drop-down-four-divisions.17702468http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/darlington-drop-down-four-divisions.17702468Darlington will be relegated four divisions below the Blue Square Bet Premier to play in the Northern League from next season, the Football Association have confirmed.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/martinez-has-liverpool-offer-claims-wigan-chairman.17702195http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/martinez-has-liverpool-offer-claims-wigan-chairman.17702195Dave Whelan, the Wigan Athletic chairman, has claimed that Liverpool have made an offer to Roberto Martinez, but says his manager will not make a decision until he has met the club's owners for a second time.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/francomb-signs-norwich-deal-as-sproule-set-to-stay-at-hibs.17702200http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/francomb-signs-norwich-deal-as-sproule-set-to-stay-at-hibs.17702200GEORGE FRANCOMB has signed a new one-year contract with Norwich City, reducing the chances of a return to Hibernian, the club he joined on loan last season.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/england-update.17702331http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/england-update.17702331Roy Hodgson, the England coach, has indicated he may be prepared to make an exception to his plan not to take injured players to Euro 2012 in order to squeeze Danny Welbeck into his squad.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/captains-rest.17702439http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/captains-rest.17702439It is rare for any footballer to be in a rush to relinquish a captain's armband, least of all once they have been chosen to lead their national team.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/rhodes-can-become-a-colossus-of-the-game.17702351http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/rhodes-can-become-a-colossus-of-the-game.17702351TODAY will be the first time Jordan Rhodes' has appeared at Wembley.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/goalkeeper-poised-to-set-new-scotland-caps-record.17702423http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/goalkeeper-poised-to-set-new-scotland-caps-record.17702423Gemma Fay, the Celtic goalkeeper, is expected to become Scotland's most-capped footballer of all time today when the national side take on Sweden at Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/hearts-push-for-voting-change.17702495http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/hearts-push-for-voting-change.17702495Sergejus Fedotovas, the Hearts director closest to the owner, Vladimir Romanov, has called for the Scottish Premier League to have the courage to abandon the voting structure that gives the Old Firm the balance of power.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/tables-have-turned-since-nevin-goal-put-americans-to-sword.17702507http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/tables-have-turned-since-nevin-goal-put-americans-to-sword.17702507PAT NEVIN was the last Scot to conquer America.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/forster-can-make-england-squad-at-celtic-says-bonner.17698980http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/forster-can-make-england-squad-at-celtic-says-bonner.17698980IN a country where goalkeeping talent seems to be in something of short supply, Fraser Forster must be wondering what he has to do to force his way into the England set-up, writes Graeme Macpherson.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/a-shott-at-glory.17702521http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/a-shott-at-glory.17702521FRED TRUEMAN, the England and Yorkshire fast bowler, was once asked if anybody would ever overhaul his tally of Test victims.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/howard-praises-rangers-pairs-professionalism.17702544http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/howard-praises-rangers-pairs-professionalism.17702544Tim Howard, the Everton goalkeeper, has sympathised with his USA team-mate and captain, Carlos Bocanegra, who he says signed on at Rangers for winners' medals and Champions League football, but ended his first season empty handed and with the club in disarray.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/sloan-big-scottish-cup-run-stole-our-hearts.17702081http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/sloan-big-scottish-cup-run-stole-our-hearts.17702081Tommy Sloan, the Auchinleck Talbot manager, admits the weight of expectation is his greatest opponent as he prepares his squad for tomorrow's final.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/former-chief-executive-criticises-sfa-over-signing-ban-on-rangers.17702341http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/former-chief-executive-criticises-sfa-over-signing-ban-on-rangers.17702341THE former SFA chief executive Gordon Smith has said the governing body acted too harshly in banning Rangers from signing players for 12 months.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/exclusive-rangers-consider-challenging-transfer-ban-in-court-of-session-as-duff-phelps-strike-back.17694700http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/exclusive-rangers-consider-challenging-transfer-ban-in-court-of-session-as-duff-phelps-strike-back.17694700RANGERS are considering whether to seek a Judicial Review of the SFA's decision to impose a year-long transfer embargo on the club.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/mackail-smith-tells-team-gb-thanks-very-much-but-this-is-more-important.17692544http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/mackail-smith-tells-team-gb-thanks-very-much-but-this-is-more-important.17692544CRAIG MACKAIL-SMITH has confirmed that he has turned down the chance to play for Team GB at this summer's Olympic Games.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/duff-phelps-sunk-by-public-opinion.17692647http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/duff-phelps-sunk-by-public-opinion.17692647A leading insolvency expert believes that Duff & Phelps should not have accepted the role of administrators at Rangers, even if no direct conflict of interest existed.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/caught-on-camera-contract-issues-at-heart-of-tax-case.17694754http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/caught-on-camera-contract-issues-at-heart-of-tax-case.17694754While the full extent of Rangers' use of Employee Benefit Trusts was laid bare by BBC Scotland's investigation, The Men Who Sold The Jerseys, the club must still wait to discover the consequences of the tax scheme that ran for a decade.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/exclusive-lisbon-lion-jim-craig-reflects-on-that-special-day-45-years-ago-when-jock-steins-men-ruled-europe.17671http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/exclusive-lisbon-lion-jim-craig-reflects-on-that-special-day-45-years-ago-when-jock-steins-men-ruled-europe.17671It is easy to do, we all do it occasionally and when we do, the end product is often entirely wrong.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/guardiola-bids-to-bow-out-with-14th-trophy-of-four-year-reign-at-barcelona.17692265http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/guardiola-bids-to-bow-out-with-14th-trophy-of-four-year-reign-at-barcelona.17692265Barcelona have the chance to end the Pep Guardiola era as it began today, with a Copa del Rey final win over Athletic Bilbao.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/mcglynn-takes-dual-role-at-raith.17692363http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/mcglynn-takes-dual-role-at-raith.17692363John McGlynn, the Raith Rovers manager, has been appointed head of youth development at the club on a permanent basis.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/russell-stewart-relives-rangers-finest-hour-40-years-ago.17692425http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/russell-stewart-relives-rangers-finest-hour-40-years-ago.17692425After the darkest day, the finest hour.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/lambert-warns-of-basle-repeat.17692448http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/lambert-warns-of-basle-repeat.17692448Paul Lambert, the Norwich City manager, believes his former Celtic team-mate Neil Lennon deserves the chance to manage in the Champions League next season as reward for the job he has done at the Parkhead club.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/getting-down-to-business.17692553http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/getting-down-to-business.17692553THE news that two Scotland internationalists have been reluctant to take up with Team GB may have sent a collective sigh of relief sweeping through Hampden, but Craig Levein was not inclined to even part his lips.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/made-men.17680722http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/made-men.17680722IT has not been a good time to be a Scot managing in England.http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/hearts-make-keeping-sergio-priority-no1-as-possibility-of-skacel-staying-is-raised-at-agm.17692034http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/hearts-make-keeping-sergio-priority-no1-as-possibility-of-skacel-staying-is-raised-at-agm.17692034HEARTS have made securing their manager, Paulo Sergio, on an extended contract their top priority, according to Sergejus Fedotovas, the Tynecastle club's director.nonadult