Scotland National Team

April 3rd, 2009

McGregor and Ferguson banned from Scotland NT

By: Ian Rose | Comments 1 Comment

Stay classy, Rangers.

(image courtesy of the BBC)
I generally prefer to stay out of the pissing contest between the two big boys in Glasgow, but when either one hurts the Scotland national team, my first football love, then I’m forced to pick a temporary side. Allan McGregor and Barry Ferguson were both banned for life [...]



October 9th, 2008

SPL players suit up for Scotland

By: Ian Rose | Comments No Comments

A quick list of the SPL players suiting up for Scotland this Saturday, in the key World Cup qualifier with Norway. After the opening away loss (Macedonia is the new Georgia, results wise), we need to take all the points we can at home, especially against teams that aren’t Dutch. Of course, Celtic [...]

January 8th, 2008

Mr. Simpson for Hibs? Mr. Burns for Scotland?

By: Ian Rose | Comments 1 Comment

The 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 characters of all time. But I had to mention it.
There are developments involving the two highest-profile job openings in Scottish football, the Scotland and Hibs manager positions. First, [...]

November 27th, 2007

Dammit … Eck to Birmingham City

By: Ian Rose | Comments 2 Comments

I guess it was coming. I should have expected it. International managing jobs aren’t what they used to be, and most managers in the prime of their careers want to be club coaches. Still, Birmingham? I guess 30,000 pounds a week is a bit much to ignore. Alex McLeish did [...]

November 25th, 2007

Holland? Scotland? World Cup? … I can’t resist

By: Ian Rose | Comments No Comments

Now that we know that Scotland will be playing Holland in a World Cup qualifier, I thought it was only right to look back on the moment that will always spring to mind for Scotland fans when you say the words “Holland” and “World Cup”. Archie Gemmill’s goal in the 1978 World Cup. [...]



November 25th, 2007

After the draw: I’m satisfied

By: Ian Rose | Comments 4 Comments

The 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, but Norway is going to be a tough one. We need a minimum of second place, since all group winners are in and the highest-ranked eight of the nine [...]

November 24th, 2007

#14 Scotland await the draw

By: Ian Rose | Comments 2 Comments

Scotland slipped one position this month, from 13th to 14th place in the FIFA World Rankings, but are still safely in the second pot for tomorrow’s World Cup qualifying draw. I really like the spot we’re in, since the 2-seed saves us from playing some very tough teams that share that position, sides like [...]

November 22nd, 2007

Scots looking into hosting Euro 2016

By: Ian Rose | Comments 3 Comments

According to that Bible of modern journalism, the unquestionable Scotsman.com, Scotland is preparing a feasibility study for a bid to host Euro 2016. After the thrills of this year’s Euro 2008 qualifying, it’s a great time to try to get interest behind a bid. There are a few questions still to be answered, [...]

November 17th, 2007

Gutting

By: Ian Rose | Comments 17 Comments

In the 90th minute, after a lovely run of play that saw Scotland miss one chance after another … it’s over. I can’t believe it, but it’s actually over. This is an absolute heartbreaker. 2-1 to Italy, on a 2nd-minute Luca Toni goal (those last couple of words sound familiar), a Barry [...]

November 15th, 2007

T-minus 2 days … The excitement builds

By: Ian Rose | Comments 6 Comments

Two days and counting until the huge match in Glasgow. As Martha has reported over at the Italy blog, Kenny Miller’s been running his mouth off about gunning for some Italian knees. No real surprises here. Kenny’s always been a bruiser. I would be okay with him playing tough, physical football, [...]






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