On the pitch, it’s been a successful week for the Scottish FA. A victory over Georgia at Ibrox followed by a convincing draw away in Warsaw meant that if it wasn’t for the Germans suffering a World Cup hangover, then we might be sitting pretty. Gordon Strachan has organised a good, solid squad and moulded […]
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Scotland have begun their European Championship qualifying campaign with a solid start after Tuesday night’s 2-2 draw in Warsaw with Poland, leaving them with four points after three games. Despite the inclination to be disappointed with the other results in the group, both Poland and Republic Of Ireland have picked up results against Germany, Gordon […]
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“That was a magnificent performance. That was the best hour, 65 minutes, we’ve had as a football team since I’ve been here”, said Scotland manager Gordon Strachan of his side’s 1-0 victory over Georgia at Ibrox. Now, I can understand Strachan wanting to heap praise on and encourage his players after picking up a vital […]
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It might not have seemed like it on the streets of Glasgow that evening, but Saturday was a pretty sobering day for Scotland. Despite being armed with the usual outward caution to cushion any blow, it would be safe to argue the majority of Scotland supporters were foreseeing a comfortable, possibly even heavy win over […]
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Scotland picked up their first three points of the Euro 2016 qualifying campaign with a confident performance against Georgia. Gordon Strachan hailed it as a the best win since taking the job and, considering the standard of their play for the first 70 minutes, they should have triumphed with more comfortable scoreline. Slow start Scotland […]
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Despite morning-to-morning alarm calls of 4.20am and 4.00am respectively, I had a wail of a time watching Scotland take on Germany in the Westfalenstadion on Sunday evening. On and off the field, what lessons can be drawn from our first away visit on the road to France 2016? Firstly, build stadiums that fans can enjoy […]
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Two minutes to go in Dortmund, and the world champions are taking it to the corner. They’re desperate for the final whistle against us – little old us – such is the pressure that Scotland have exerted in the second half. But, in the end, Germany get their three points, and Scotland get none. Now […]
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Earlier today the Scotland under-19s took on Switzerland in an international friendly at Almondvale. All of the national newspapers will be able to tell you then ebb and flow of the match tomorrow. Basically… we won. 4-2! With Gary Oliver, Fraser Aird, Adam King and Cammy Smith getting the goals. This is to satisfy the […]
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1 Jun 1958 Poland 1-2 Scotland The first ever meeting between the nations was a World Cup warm-up match for the visitors who competed in the finals in Sweden later that month. Former Celtic and Everton midfielder Bobby Collins scored twice to put the visitors 2-0 up and they held on for what is, to […]
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Tonight is the seventh time that Scotland and USA have faced each other in a senior international football game. Such fixtures used to be an almost nonexistent rarity, but in recent years it seems both nations have made an effort to face off against each other in international friendlies. So how have things gone? We […]
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