Dean Shiels Cup Final, which Kilmarnock won after beating Celtic 1–0. Shiels was shortlisted for the SPFA Players' Player of the Year award, along with Jon Daly, Steven Davis and Charlie Mulgrew. Shiels rejected the offer of a new contract with Kilmarnock and left the club at the end of the season. Shiels signed for Rangers on 31 July 2012. Kilmarnock's chairman Michael Johnson believes Rangers had underestimate Kilmarnock to get Shiels. Shiels vowed to make the club win a trophy this season and revealed he turned down clubs around Europe, which he could even play in the Champions League; instead, preferring
George Sweet (football manager) George Sweet (football manager) George Millar Sweet (1897–1969) was Scottish football manager who managed Scottish League club Cowdenbeath and junior club Solway Star. He also served Cowdenbeath as treasurer, secretary and was a member of the club's board. Sweet managed Scottish League Second Division club Cowdenbeath between 9 August 1948 and 21 April 1951. His highest placing was fifth in the 1949–50 season and he left the role with a record of 45 wins, 18 draws and 53 defeats in all competitions. In September 1916, in the middle of the First World War, Sweet was working as a bank clerk