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
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Posted in: Sweden
Written by Smithy on March 4th, 2010
Craig Levein has won his first game as gaffer of the Scotland International squad. This breaks a 14 years dry spell for Scotland wins at friendly matches at Hampden.
Attendance was 26,530. The east stand and south stand upper were closed for this match with the North and West stands reasonably full.
Scott Brown scored the winning goal after 60 minutes.
Scotland Squad - Gordon, Hutton, Caldwell, Webster, Wallace, Dorrans, Fletcher, Brown, Thomson, Robson, Miller. Substitutes - Marshall, Alexander, Iwelumo, Boyd, Kenneth, Whittaker, Adam, Hartley, Berra, Dixon.
Czech Republic Squad - Drobny, Kusnir, Hubnik, Sivok, Kadlec, Plasil, Holek, Hubschman, Rosicky, Necid, Sverkos. Substitutes - Danek, Rajnoch, Papadopulos, Skacel, Pudil, Blazek, Moravek.
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Posted in: Friendlys
Written by Smithy on February 22nd, 2010
Craig Levein announced his first Scotland squad today which will face the Czech Republic on Wednesday 3rd March.
Forwards
Kris Boyd - Rangers
Steven Fletcher - Burnley
Chris Iwelumo - Wolverhampton W
Kenny Miller - Rangers
Midfield
Charlie Adam - Blackpool
Scott Brown - Celtic
Graham Dorrans - West Bromwich Albion
Darren Fletcher - Manchester United
Paul Hartley - Bristol City
Lee McCulloch - Rangers
James McFadden - Birmingham City
Barry Robson - Middlesbrough
Kevin Thomson - Rangers
Defenders
Alan Hutton - Tottenham Hotspur
Christophe Berra - Wolverhampton W.
Gary Caldwell - Wigan Athletic
Paul Dixon - Dundee United
Garry Kenneth - Dundee United
Lee Wallace - Heart of Midlothian
Andy Webster - Rangers
Steven Whittaker - Rangers
Goalkeepers
Neil Alexander - Rangers
Craig Gordon - Sunderland
David Marshall - Cardiff City
Posted in: Friendlys
Written by Smithy on January 14th, 2010
Tickets for the Scotland V Czech Republic game on Wednesday 3rd March go on sale at 10am on Ruesday 19th January to SSC members. The sale to the public will begin on the 9th February
This will be Craig Levein's first match in charge of the Scotland Intrnational team since his appointment in December.
Ticket Prices
- North (central) - £18
- North (wings) - £15
- West (family) - £10 adult / £5 children
- South Stand Lower - £20
This is the first time they have charged differently for the North stand by creating "wings". Also no sign of the East stand tickets.
As has become the norm, one ticket per member, although each party can be up to 15 members. This has increased from the previous 8.
Tickets are available form http://www.ticketlink.co.uk/sscticketing/
Posted in: Friendlys
Written by Smithy on November 10th, 2009
Sky Sports 1 will play host to the coverage of the Wales V Scotland game on the 14th November.
SPORT: Wales vs. Scotland
On: Sky Sports 1
Date: Saturday 14th November 2009
Time: 14:30 to 17:15 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
Wales v Scotland at the Cardiff City Stadium. This is the first international staged at the ground and a repeat of the first international at the Cardiff City's old home, Ninian Park.
(Dolby Stereo, Widescreen, Live)
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Excerpt taken from DigiGuide - the world's best TV guide available from http://www.getdigiguide.com/
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Posted in: Wales
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