Written by Smithy on October 7th, 2009
The BBC has finally annoinced that it will be showing the Japan V Scotland game on Saturday. There had been feers that the game would not be televised after it was annoinced the England game would only be available on the internet - for a fee of £10.
SPORT: Sportscene
Channel: BBC2 (002) 102
Date: Saturday 10th October 2009
Time: 11:00 to 13:30
Duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes.
Japan v Scotland.
Dougie Donnelly presents live coverage of Scotland's international friendly match against Japan. Having failed to lead the team to the World Cup, and after surviving this difficult period in charge of the national football squad, manager George Burley will regard the game as the start of a new chapter, having been given a vote of confidence from the Scottish Football Association. Studio analysis comes from Pat Nevin and Billy Dodds.
(Stereo, Widescreen, Live, Subtitles)
Excerpt taken from DigiGuide - the world's best TV guide available from http://www.getdigiguide.com/Copyright GipsyMedia Ltd.
Posted in: Japan
Written by Smithy on October 1st, 2009
George Burley has named his squad for next weeks friendly against Japan.
Making a first appearence in the squad is Robert Snodgrass who is currently playing for Leeds, Daniel Fox from Celtic and Ross Wallace playing for Preston. Charlie Adam and Derek Riordan make a return to the international squad
Goalkeepers
Craig Gordon (Sunderland)
Jamie Langfield (Aberdeen)
David Marshall (Cardiff City)
Defenders
Darren Barr (Falkirk)
Christophe Berra (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Gary Caldwell (Celtic)
Daniel Fox (Celtic)
Alan Hutton (Tottenham Hotspur)
Stephen McManus (Celtic)
Steven Whittaker (Rangers)
Midfielders
Charles Adam (Blackpool)
Scott Brown (Celtic)
Graham Dorrans (West Bromwich Albion)
Darren Fletcher (Manchester United)
Shaun Maloney (Celtic)
Robert Snodgrass (Leeds United)
Kevin Thomson (Rangers)
Ross Wallace (Preston North End)
Forwards
Steven Fletcher (Burnley)
Steven Naismith (Rangers)
Garry O’Connor (Birmingham City)
Derek Riordan (Hibernian)
The Game
Japan v Scotland
Saturday 10 October, 2009
Nissan Stadium Yokohama
Posted in: Japan
Written by Smithy on July 8th, 2009
The SFA have finally announced the venue for the Japan v Scotland friendly in October. There had been fears that the game was going to be cancelled, or held somewhere in Europe. Fans had even threatened to sue the SFA should the game not go ahead in Japan.
Japan v Scotland
Saturday 10 October, 2009
Nissan Stadium Yokohama
Time - evening tbc
The SSC are still working out ticket details at the moment.
Posted in: Japan
Written by Smithy on June 10th, 2009
An email just in from the SFA still asks fans not to book any travel until Japan confirm the venue.
I'm starting to think that the game may not be played in Japan!
Dear Supporters Club Members,
As you know, we recently announced that we are playing a friendly in Japan in October this year. At the time we announced the match, we gave an undertaking to let you know the venue as soon as we could.
I know how important it is for you to get this information quickly - as I realise the travel costs involved in getting around Japan mean that flying into the right city is absolutely paramount.
We recently met with a delegation from the Japanese FA to discuss the match. I am afraid that they made it clear that, due to a variety of factors, they are not in a position to confirm the venue yet and, indeed, that it may be next month before they have this sorted out.
I can give you my commitment today that as soon as we have this information from the Japanese FA we will get it out to you. In the meantime, I strongly urge you not to book any flights.
I know that this may be an inconvenience to the many loyal supporters who are in the fortunate position of being able to travel to Japan to follow the team. We will continue to press for this information and will be in touch as soon as we know.
My thanks to you all for your patience and for your incredible support for Scotland.
Gordon Smith
Chief Executive
Posted in: Japan
Written by Smithy on April 15th, 2009
The Scotland Supporters Club (SSC) yesterday took the unusual step of emailing members advising them not to book for the Japan friendly. It seems this email was in response to queries from die hard Scotland supporters that had already worked out who our possible opponents could be for the October friendly. It seems Japan had been ruled out due to the playoff possibility.
“At the moment final details relating to the match, venue and tickets are still being confirmed so we'd strongly recommend that you don't make confirmed travel arrangements, if you are interested, until these arrangements are definite.”
As reported earlier Japan won’t be able to confirm for definite until early June.
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