Articles tagged with "scotland"
Photo of the Day: Invasion of the Tartan Army
By Laurie | January 14th, 2008I was in Paris last year for the France-Scotland game, and for close to a week the entire city was overrun by men in ...
Mr. Simpson for Hibs? Mr. Burns for Scotland?
By Ian Rose | January 8th, 2008The title of this blog is as far as I'll go into the coincidence of the two subjects' names being two of my favorite cartoon ...
Hutton to Spurs? Nope.
By Ian Rose | January 3rd, 2008UPDATE: Hutton has turned down the offer from Spurs. No word yet on whether he's looking elsewhere or happy to stay at Ibrox. Ever since ...
Celtic's Caldwell calls for supplement investigation
By Ian Rose | January 1st, 2008As Scotland and the footballing world continue to deal with the death of Phil O'Donnell, one prominent Scottish player is coming out in favor of ...
Come on Rangers, You're Better than This!
By Laurie | December 4th, 2007Ever play Candyland with a three-year-old? Ever stack the cards when she's not looking so she can win, just because it's tough being little? ...
Bad News Comes in Threes for Scotland Fans
By Daryl | November 28th, 2007It wasn't so long ago that the Tartan Army were on top of the world and Scotland qualifying for Euro 2008 was a real possibility. ...
Dammit ... Eck to Birmingham City
By Ian Rose | November 27th, 2007I guess it was coming. I should have expected it. International managing jobs aren't what they used to be, and most managers in ...
After the draw: I'm satisfied
By Ian Rose | November 25th, 2007The World Cup draw is over, and here's Scotland's group: Group 9 Netherlands Scotland Norway Macedonia Iceland Not a bad draw. Holland has to be considered one of the weaker 1-seeds, ...
#14 Scotland await the draw
By Ian Rose | November 24th, 2007Scotland slipped one position this month, from 13th to 14th place in the FIFA World Rankings, but are still safely in the second pot for ...
Forest v Crewe
By Stuart | November 24th, 2007There's not been much going on with Forest recently. We haven't played for a couple of weeks so I've been using this time to ...
Conspiracy Theories in Euro Group B
By Laurie | November 19th, 2007It was the Group O'Death in the Euro qualifiers: The group which contained not just one but both World Cup finalists, Italy and ...
Scotland v Azzurri: Well, That'll Do
By Martha | November 17th, 2007First things first: A 2-1 win on an injury-time winner by Old Man Panucci means three points for the Azzurri: They're going to be playing ...
Glasgow, Here They Come
By Martha | November 16th, 2007It's 24 hours until the Azzurri face Scotland, and the quotes are flying thick and fast, from Captain Canna worrying the youngsters will crumble under ...
Jules' Redemption!
By Stuart | November 3rd, 2007What a difference a few days can make. Sitting in the (Sir) Brian Clough Stand on Tuesday night I witnessed an utterly fustrating performance ...
Scotland is #13 in FIFA rankings
By Ian Rose | October 24th, 2007Another nice milestone for the Scottish national team. One month after rising to #14 in the FIFA World Rankings, our highest-ever position, Scotland has ...
Making it hard on ourselves: Georgia 2-0 Scotland
By Ian Rose | October 17th, 2007Scottish fans have greeted this long run of wins with a combination of joy and worry. Obviously, we've been pleased with our position on ...
Scotland takes depleted roster to Georgia
By Ian Rose | October 16th, 2007It really is amazing what the Scottish national team has accomplished. 2 wins over France. A record of 8-2 in our first 10 ...
Scotland 3-1 Ukraine: Two matches to go
By Ian Rose | October 13th, 2007Well, even a broken clock is right twice a day. I predicted a 3-1 win for the Scots at home to Ukraine, and a ...
Three to go: Preview of Scotland v. Ukraine
By Ian Rose | October 12th, 2007For the first time in a long time, everyone is talking about Scottish football. As far as the national team goes, that newfound respect ...
Hibs Top of the Scottish Premier
By Daryl | October 6th, 2007Scottish football is on a bit of a high right now. There's the national team's victory over France, as well as Celtic and Ranger's excellent ...
Scotland-Italy rugby a preview of Euro 2008?
By Ian Rose | September 29th, 2007Scotland v. Italy. Winner goes to the next round. Sound familiar? Today, it wasn't Euro 2008 qualifying, but the Rugby World Cup, and Scotland ...
Scotland could be 2 seed at WC qualies
By Ian Rose | September 27th, 2007After being drawn as the four-seed in the group of death in Euro 2008 qualifying, Scotland was understandably concerned. But now, after two wins ...
France 0-1 Scotland ... so sweet, we won it twice
By Ian Rose | September 14th, 2007Hey everybody. First, my sincere apologies for not posting earlier. As JT correctly surmised, I have been in a fog of beer and ...
Ray Ray's Mind Games Work...For Scotland
By chris | September 12th, 2007France 0-1 Ecosse But EcossaisUploaded by NeRoMe The inimitable genius that is Raymond Domenech has struck again, this time inspiring the favored team to victory once ...
Flash Gordon
By Lucas | August 7th, 2007Roy Keane has made his most expensive purchase of the offseason: at £9m, Scotland international and Heart of Midlothian goalkeeper Craig Gordon is now a ...
Top 5 SPL transfers so far
By Ian Rose | July 12th, 2007Well, we're about halfway through the silly season, and already a lot of talent has moved both out of and into the Scottish Premier League. ...
Scots sent home before the postcards
By Ian Rose | July 7th, 2007The U-20 World Cup has been a huge disappointment for Scotland, but at least now it's over. Three games, three losses. Two goals ...
Nigerian FA rips into Scotland
By Ian Rose | July 4th, 2007This from today's Scotsman. The quote below is from Nigerian FA board member Dominic Iorfa, ahead of today's Nigeria v. Scotland tie in the ...
Scots get rude awakening at U-20 World Cup
By Ian Rose | July 1st, 2007For the first time in 20 years, Scotland's youth football program is in a major tournament, the Under-20 World Cup in Canada, and today, that ...
Headgear ban apparently not applied to Copa América
By Ian Rose | June 28th, 2007As reported earlier in this blog, a FIFA regulation on uniforms and headgear has forced Scotland's first female Muslim football team to basically shut down, ...
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