Written by Smithy on March 4th, 2010
The SFA have finally confirmed that the full international between Sweden and Scotland will take place on the 11th August 2010. The venue will be decided in the coming few weeks.
Possible venues include Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmo.
Scotland last played Sweden in 2004 in a friendly at Easter Road where we lost 4-1. Previous to that we played them away in Gothenburg during 1997 as part of the 1998 World Cup Qualifiers where we were beaten 2-1.
Match stats -
- Played - 11
- Won - 5
- Drew - 1
- Lost - 5
- Gols For - 14
- Against - 16
The full stats between Scotland and Sweden can be found on Scotland Football Stats here
The news release can be found on the SFA website here
On eBay at the moment
Posted in: Sweden
Written by Smithy on February 7th, 2010
The draw for the Uefa Euro 2012 qualifiers was made today in Warsaw, Polland.
Scotland were drawn in Group I, which was also the last pot to be drawn.
- Spain
- Czech Republic
- Scotland
- Lithuania
- Liechtenstein
Craig Lavein was quick to point out we've played Lithuania in the previous 2 Euro campaigns for 2004 and 2008. We've also not played Liechtenstein in recent memory.
Update
The meeting to decide the fixture list will take place on Friday 19th February in Madrid.
Posted in: Euro 2012
Written by Smithy on January 11th, 2010
The draw for Euro 2012 will take place on Sunday 7th February 2010. Coverage kicks off at 11am Scottish time / 12 noon Central Euopean time. It's epected the actual draw will start arround an hour later.
It's expected the draw will be shown live on Sky Sports News - this will probably be confirmed later this month or early in February.
The dates for the games are likely to be decided between 2 and 4 weeks later.
The full procedure can be found on the UEFA website here.
The format
The 6 pots have been decided already based on previous UEFA qualifiers. There will be 9 groups in total, with six groups of six and three groups of 5.
The nine group winners plus the top runner-up team will go through. The remaining 8 teams will take part in a home and away playoff on the 11/12th and 15th November 2011.
The Pots
Pot One: Spain, Germany, Holland, Italy, England, Croatia, Portugal, France, Russia.
Pot Two: Greece, Czech Republic, Sweden, Switzerland, Serbia, Turkey, Denmark, Slovakia, Romania.
Pot Three: Israel, Bulgaria, Finland, Norway, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Pot Four: Slovenia, Latvia, Hungary, Lithuania, Belarus, Belgium, Wales, FYR Macedonia, Cyprus.
Pot Five: Montenegro, Albania, Estonia, Georgia, Moldova, Iceland, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein.
Pot Six: Azerbaijan, Luxembourg, Malta, Faroe Islands, Andorra, San Marino.
Posted in: General Tartan Army
Written by Smithy on November 9th, 2009
The Tartan Specials are playing a rarebit of a Welsh gig in Cardiff on Saturday 14th Nov at the legendary Club Ifor Bach - www.clwb.net, 11 Womanby Street Cardiff CF10 1BR.
Doors open 11am with the band on stage at HIGH NOON. The club is a short walk to the Cardiff City ground
Tickets £5 are available from Tickets Scotland now.
Club Ifor Bach is pretty small so they expect the tickets to go very quickly.
Posted in: Wales
Written by Smithy on November 5th, 2009
George Burley, Scotland team boss, today announced the Scotland squad for the forthcoming game against Wales on the 14th November.
Goalkeepers
Craig Gordon (Sunderland)
Jamie Langfield (Aberdeen)
David Marshall (Cardiff City)
Defenders
Christophe Berra (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Gary Caldwell (Celtic)
Steven Caldwell (Burnley)
Daniel Fox (Celtic)
Alan Hutton (Tottenham Hotspur)
Stephen McManus (Celtic)
Lee Wallace (Heart of Midlothian)
Steven Whittaker (Rangers)
Midfielders
Don Cowie (Watford)
Graham Dorrans (West Bromwich Albion)
Darren Fletcher (Manchester United)
Ross McCormack (Cardiff City)
James McFadden (Birmingham City)
Barry Robson (Celtic)
Kevin Thomson (Rangers)
Forwards
Steven Fletcher (Burnley)
Kevin Kyle (Kilmarnock)
Kenny Miller (Rangers)
Steven Naismith (Rangers)
Derek Riordan (Hibernian)
Posted in: Wales
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