Still can't get my head around the format. The Scotch scrape through and get to play two games at home.
Having followed Scottish football closely since 1978 I was not going to miss the drama of the Serbia match. True to form, Scotland snatched defeat from the jaws of victory but - untypically, snatched it back again in the nick of time.
You couldn't fail to be moved by the interview with Ryan Christie immediately after the match, the bloke could hardly speak he was so choked up.
It would be ironic if - having waited 22 years - the Tartan Army were unable to attend the finals next summer, but anyone who's gone to a major tournament knows Scotland fans are probably in the world's top 10 for quality of support and have been sorely missed since France '98.
Bollocks they’ve been missed. Just because they wear dresses and bore on about Braveheart with the worlds worst instrument assaulting ones ears in the background doesn’t make them world class. It’s such a myth too they’re so well behaved. Just ask Manchester! Seem to remember they shamed themselves at Wembley too (off the pitch as well as the usual performance on it LOL!)
Bollocks they’ve been missed. Just because they wear dresses and bore on about Braveheart with the worlds worst instrument assaulting ones ears in the background doesn’t make them world class. It’s such a myth too they’re so well behaved. Just ask Manchester! Seem to remember they shamed themselves at Wembley too (off the pitch as well as the usual performance on it LOL!)
Assuming there is a crowd allowed, one would imagine that's a significant home advantage.
Have I got this right?
Win the group and we play either France or Germany
Finish 2nd and we play Poland or Sweden
Have I got this right?
Win the group and we play either France or Germany
Finish 2nd and we play Poland or Sweden
A few isolated incidents of misbehaviour compare favourably to our history of little-Englander aggression for about 4 decades. Manchester was a disgrace, but for every Manchester we've had a Heysel, Luxembourg, Brussels, Paris, etc etc. English football fans shamed this country for decades.
Cheers for your post. Timely reminder to order my half'n'half scarf ie Scotland'n'ABE.
And don't get me started on football fans shaming their country, cos there was only ever going to be one winner on that front
English high expectations and cockiness before a World Cup/Euros... always turns out great. Its as if you are obsessed with eating your own words... rectally.