News about Leigh Griffiths

For all the expensive foreign strikers who have come and gone over the years, some of the best and most fondly remembered are those who were born in Scotland, scored goals there and seemed to be the perfect fit for its league. Never mind false nines, trequartistas and whatever else is needed to be successful in more sophisticated cultures. Something rather more straightforward earned the likes of John Robertson, Kris Boyd and Leigh Griffiths a place in Scottish football folklore. They all had an unteachable instinct for finding the net. They plundered goals in such quantity, over so many seasons, that they claimed a place in the country's record books, as well as in the hearts and minds of supporters.

SPECIAL PICTURE: We've dug into the archives to bring you these classic photos of Scotland against England at Hampden Park on the 150th anniversary of the oldest rivalry in world football. With 15 games played each, and ten draws at the famous ground, both countries have won 15 games each, with ten wins out of ten. In fact, England hasn't lost at the ground for 38 years, with the Three Lions' last loss at Hampden coming in the 1985 Rous Cup, when Richard Gough scored the only goal to award Scotland the trophy. Leigh Griffiths scored two spectacular free-kicks late on in the last game between the two teams on the ground in 2017, after Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain had given England the lead.

Leigh Griffiths, a former Scotland and Celtic striker, has been fined £1,000 for kicking a smoking flare into a crowd of admiral supporters. During a cup match while playing for Dundee, the player admitted endangering St Johnstone fans by kicking the smoke bomb into the away stand at Dens Park. Griffiths was on loan from Celtic at the time and was receiving his salary paid by them while playing for Dundee, according to Dundee Sheriff Court. By the Parkhead club, he was fined two weeks wages - £15,000.

According to a disciplinary committee, Dr. Juan Ruiz Alconero did not have a license to practice while treating patients at a clinic that was popular among professional footballers. His 'dishonest' activity was found to be 'fundamentally incompatible' with continuing registration, according to a tribunal, and he was barred from practicing the discipline. Dr. Ruiz Alconero's conduct and dishonesty have been found guilty, according to Linda Lee, the panel's chairman, putting patients at risk of harm. Dr. Ruiz Alconero's conduct brought the medical profession into disrepute, and he broke fundamental tenets of the discipline,' the tribunal found.'

Leigh Griffiths, 32, joined Mandurah City this transfer window after being mired by countless scandals during stints at Celtic, Dundee, and Falkirk. The striker has started down under for a new challenge and is hoping that his time with the third-tier team will keep him in the mix for a transfer to an A-League club, with Perth Glory apparently interested.