Written by Smithy on February 10th, 2010
The below statement has appeared on the Tatartan Army Message board about an expansion of the Tartan Army Childrens Charity (TACC) which has brought in to direct "competiton" to the Tartan Army Sunshine Appeal which was founded over 8 years ago.
http://taboard.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=112195
We wish to make a clarification and request your continued support.
We were surprised yesterday morning to hear a contribution from a representative of the Tartan Army Children’s Charity on a Radio Clyde news bulletin.
The representative said that the Tartan Army Children’s Charity would be making donations to children’s organisations in most countries that Scotland will visit in the forthcoming Euro 2012 campaign.
This follows an email that the Steering Group received from the Tartan Army Children’s Charity on 02 February in which they said “TACC’s Trustees have agreed that in the forthcoming Euro 2012 qualifying campaign TACC will aim to make a donation at most away matches.”
Despite the claim of “agreement”, and despite the radio broadcast yesterday morning, the Sunshine Appeal Steering Group were under the impression that this change in direction by the Tartan Army Children’s Charity had still to be ratified at a meeting of its Trustees on Sunday afternoon.
Until now, agreed guidelines existed between the two charities whereby the Sunshine Appeal would donate at every away match and the Children’s Charity would make one substantial donation (supported by the Sunshine Appeal) in one country per campaign and would support children’s charities in Scotland.
This announcement by the Tartan Army Children’s Charity represents a significant departure from the agreed areas of influence and is one that the Sunshine Appeal has politely declined to acquiesce.
The Steering Group of the Sunshine Appeal believe that the current arrangement has worked well and to the benefit of all stakeholders.
With links originating in friendships established in Bosnia in 1999 originally for the appeal to help Kemal Karic in 2002, and through the hard work and donations of Scotland fans, the Sunshine Appeal has donated to children’s charities in every country that Scotland has played in since 2003.
The Sunshine Appeal has not and will not seek publicity for publicity’s sake and will continue, with the help and donations from the ordinary Scotland fan, to quietly and with discretion and humility, bring a ray of sunshine into the lives of children in the countries that we visit as a gesture of friendship from caring Scottish football fans.
We ask that you consider continuing to support the Sunshine Appeal as the Steering Group continues to take the good and giving nature of Scottish football fans to needy children.
Thank you for reading this.
The Sunshine Appeal – Everywhere We Go.
Posted in: Tartan Army Sunshine Appeal
Written by Smithy on January 15th, 2010
You may have seen the "Facebook Fine" stuff floating about the internet recently.
Faddy and Fletch from the Tartan Army Message Board has come up with a Tartan Army version.
Only count each fine once, no matter how many times you've done it. Only count it if you've done it on tour on on a match day at home.
1. Lost your Glengarry -£5
2. Lost your sporran - £5
3. Lost your phone - £5
4. Booed the team - £5
5. Flashed your arse at the locals on tour - £10
6. Worn boxers under your kilt - £10
7. Worn trainers with your kilt - £10
8. Talked about Scotland on Sky Sports News - £10
9. Booed an opponent's National anthem - £10
10. Had all your drink taken off you at customs - £10
11. Been in a bar/restaurant abroad and left without paying because you forgot that you pay at the end in almost every country in the World except Scotland - £15
12. Been in the home end at an away game (not England or Macedonia) - £15
13. Had a drink with Jimbers - £15
14. Taken drugs that are legal in the country your were in but not legal in Scotland - £20
15. Worn boxers over your jeans – £20
16. Lost your passport - £20
17. Been given a fixed penalty notice for drinking outside Hampden - £20
18. Been given a fixed penalty notice for pishing in the street - £20
19. Had an argument about club football - £20
20. Pulled a local girl on tour - £25
21. Pulled a local girl on tour, added her to Facebook and watched in horror as she added your girlfriend - £30
22. Pulled a Scottish girl on tour (not your bird) - £30
23. Been in the home end in Macedonia - £30
24. Been part of a pitch invasion - £35
25. Fallen asleep during a match - £35
26. Spent all your money in a casino - £35
27. Been a secret guest at a SFA meeting - £40
28. Taken time off work to watch Scotland play at any level other than the 1st team - £45
29. Been in the home end at Wembley - £50
30. Missed your flight - £50
31. Gone on tour with nothing but what you are wearing and a toothbrush - £55
32. Missed a Scotland game to watch a club game - £60
33. Been with a hooker - £75
34. Been with two hookers at the same time - £80
35. Been in a fight with a Scotland fan - £80
36. Got to a country via a country that England are about to play in (not England though) - £85
37. Lost your ticket - £90
38. Woke up next to a Scotland fan of the same sex that you didn't know - £95
39. Been arrested at a home match - £100
40. Spent all your time on tour trying to sell stuff to other fans - £110
41. Been with a hooker that hasn't always been a woman - £120
42. Booked a holiday and then realised it classes with a Scotland match - £120
43. Been on tour without your partner knowing you were going - £150
44. Stayed up boozing with the players until 9am days before an important qualifier - £175
45. Been arrested at an away match - £200
I have £135 in fines - not too bad! So how about you?
Posted in: Tartan Army - General
Written by Smithy on June 29th, 2009
Most web browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari etc) allow you to “subscribe” to a website if it offers a subscription service. This allows you to see updates without actually having to visit the site. This uses something called RSS (Really Simple Syndication) .
Personally I use Google Reader (http://www.google.com/Reader), and normally check it once a day for updates. This saves me from visiting each website and having a look to see if anything news been added.
Here are some Scotland International Team and general tartan army RSS feeds:-
Tartan Army Message Board
TA Specific - http://taboard.com/forum/index.php?act=rssout&id=1
Home Games - http://taboard.com/forum/index.php?act=rssout&id=2
TA Clubs - http://taboard.com/forum/index.php?act=rssout&id=6
Norway - http://taboard.com/forum/index.php?act=rssout&id=8
Other football - http://taboard.com/forum/index.php?act=rssout&id=5
Anything Goes - http://taboard.com/forum/index.php?act=rssout&id=3
Technicle support - http://taboard.com/forum/index.php?act=rssout&id=9
Photos - http://taboard.com/forum/index.php?act=rssout&id=4
From the Scottish football Association Website
General SFA News -
http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/resources/rss/ScottishFA_News_Scottish%20FA_rss.xml
Scotland News -
http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/resources/rss/ScottishFA_News_Scotland_rss.xml
Tartan Army Websites
Edinburgh Tartan Army - http://feeds.feedburner.com/EdinburghTartanArmy
Tartan Army Blog - http://feeds.feedburner.com/TartanArmyBlog
Tartan Army.net - http://feeds.feedburner.com/TartanarmynetWebsiteUpdates
Tartan Army Soldier - http://tartanarmysoldier.com/feed/
Tartan Army Childrens Charity -
http://www.tartanarmychildrenscharity.org.uk/cms/rss.php
Google News
Google allow you to subscribe to new's storys. So for example I would like to be alerted any time the words "tartan army" are included in a news report, and Google lets me know.
Tartan Army -
http://news.google.co.uk/news?hl=en&tab=wn&ned=uk&q=%22Tartan+Army%22&ie=ISO-8859-1&nolr=1&output=rss
Scottish football Association -
http://news.google.co.uk/news?hl=en&tab=wn&ned=uk&q=%22Scottish+Football+Association%22&ie=UTF-8&nolr=1&output=rss
NoTeamGB -
http://news.google.co.uk/news?hl=en&tab=wn&ned=uk&q=%22NoTeamGB%22&ie=UTF-8&nolr=1&output=rss
If you think I've missed any please add a comment below and I'll update the post.
Posted in: General Tartan Army
Written by Smithy on May 12th, 2008
Sfa Delegation Visited Skopje - Tartan Army Message Board
Acording to a post on the TAMB, Scotland have requested 2,000 tickets for the Macedonia V Scotland qualifier for the 2010 World Cup.
The SFA's Richard Simpson and security advisor David Kirkwood visited Scopje and inspected the facilities.
Macedonia are advising that the game will probably be an afternoon kick off as the stadium does not have flood lights.
Posted in: Macedonia
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