On Tuesday the 3rd March the petition opposing a Great Britian fotball team for the 2012 Olympics was presented to the Scottish Parliament Petitions committee.
A few footsoldiers were present to see Scottish democracy in action. Prior to the No Team GB petition being presented, 2 others were presented - each receiving some arguments for and against them. It was not looking good...
Thankfully the petition was presented and not one comment against it was made. Even the Labour MSP Bill Buttler commented "I do not see the need for a GB football team. One Fifa executive, like one Parliament, cannot bind another Fifa executive in the future". This was a suprising response given the previous form of Labout MP's who seem to be under pressure to keep up Gordon Browns TeamGB mantra.
MSPs agreed to seek further information from Fifa as to the status of a GB football team.
Speaking afterwards, Martin Riddell, a footsolier from Edinburgh Tartan Army commented: "Fifa just can't give any guarantees at all. It's not just the Scotland team that we are worried about – we don't want to lose an England team, we don't want to lose a Northern Ireland team and we don't want to lose a Welsh team either."
Simon Johnston, one of the NoTeamGB.com spokesmen said this about Gordon Brown: "He's putting his weight behind this because this is a big flagship for the London 2012 Olympics. They see it as a money-making exercise and they're not going to give up on it but we would like them to come out and say no, because the consequences are dire. This is a real threat to Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland international teams."
Once the Parliament receives communications from Fifa the petition wil be brought back to the committee for further consideration before being put to the entire Scottish Parliament.
This is a reminder for all Scotland Supporters Club (SSC) members that the closing date for guaranteed tickets to the Iceland home game is this Friday (6th March) at 11:59pm.
Tickets should be dispatched 10 days before the game - which is Saturday 22nd March. Unfortunatly some footsoldiers may have already left for the dam by the time they turn up.
It's expected that a small amount of tickets will be made available for a public sale at a later date.
Ayr Tartan Army have launched an exclusive line of Tartan Army T-shirts as part of their fundraising efforts. Last year they managed to raise a stagering £22,000 from their "Walk to Hampden" - from Ayr! (more Info) All the t-shirts have been designed by club members and some of them are absolute crackers!
T-shirts are available from their online shop and are available in small, medium, large, XL and XXL (aka Tartan Army size!). Each of the t-shirts below are available in White, Blue or Red. Current price is only £12.99 each + P&P.
Wembley '77
This T shirt brings the foot soldiers who invaded the pitch to celebrate the victory against the Auld Enemy alive.
Ally MacLeod - Legend
He is our Mohamed Ally !
Dear God
Thank the man himself for all the things we like about Scotland.
Archie Gemmill Graphic
A brilliant graphical illustration of how That goal was scored in '78
Archie Gemmill Commentry
Celebrate the best goal in Scotlands history, as spoken by David Coleman
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