Scotland will be heading of to Slovenia at the end of February for a friendly away fixture.
Tickets for the Slovenia v Scotland match are now available to Scotland Supporters Club members from 23:59 tonight. Cost is 30 Euros (about £20) each. There will be only 660 tickets available. So get in quick.
The SFA have released details of the ticket allocation for the Liechtenstein v Scotland match on 8 October. Scotland fans have been allocated 2000 tickets.
Tickets will be available to SSC members with 6 points or more. Purchases can be made any time after 10.00 am on Friday 8 July until 9.00 pm on Friday 12 August. Tickets will be available from ticketlink.
The Scotland Supporters Club have given out details of ticket prices and allocations for the forthcoming Republic of Ireland v Scotland Carling Cup match.
Tickets for the Republic of Ireland match on 25 May will cost £27 and £40 and will be guaranteed to all supporters with at least 3 away points. Tickets for this match will go on sale from 10:00am on Friday 8 April and will be available until Wednesday 9:00pm on27 April.
Tickets can also be purchased online at www.ticketlink.co.uk/scotlandtickets.
Scotland’s initial allocation is 3126 tickets in the North end of the stadium. These tickets will cost £27. A further allocation of 2000 seat in the East lower section will available for £40 each.
Members with 0-2 away points can register for a ballot.
The Scotland Supporters Club have released details of ticket prices and allocations for the forthcoming Carling Cup match against Wales.
Tickets for the Wales v Scotland Carling Cup match on 25 May will cost £18 and will be guaranteed to all supporters with at least one away point. Tickets for the match in Dublin will be on sale from Friday 8 April at 10:00am and will be available until Wednesday 27 April at 9:00pm.
Tickets can also be bought at www.ticketlink.co.uk/scotlandtickets.
Scotland’s initial allocation is 3126 tickets in the North end of the stadium. This number has been based on the number of Scotland fans you who went to the Northern Ireland match in February and a recent poll. If all theses tickets are bought the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) have guaranteed that more tickets can be made available.
Members on "0" away points can register for a ballot.
Another disappointment..
I had thought about going to Sweden to watch this match. Luckily I didn’t have enough holiday time left to make it possible. Spending a load of money to see Levein’s Scotland fail would have been too painful.
The game was dire. Pretty much from the start Sweden were in control. We were down a goal by the third minute. Nightmare. Scotland did have some chances, but nothing came from it. Then Sweden went further ahead with a Bajrami goal leaving Scotland trailing 2-0 at half-time.
The second half didn’t see any improvements. Despite a passionate start and a close shot at goal by McFadden the ball was never in serious threat of landing in the Sweden net. And the hosts scored again making it 3 – 0. After that there was still a further 35 minutes to go. And to be perfectly honest I am too depressed to keep writing about it.
I feel sorry for one of my brothers who was there. My other brother claimed he was too busy at work to go to Sweden. He said “Its the end of month accounts”, which considering the date, seems an odd reason. Maybe his time at the Norways game has dulled his enthusiasm. Not that I criticise.
I just hope the team can find some form by the start of the Euro 2012 qualifiers.
I almost wish I’d stayed in bed. Getting up on a Saturday morning to see Scotland lose 2-0 is not my idea of time well spent. And to have opened the scoring (for Japan!!) is even worse. An excuse is that we were missing a number of our best players. True enough. But Japan were not exactly fielding their best squad.
The game seemed to really drag. As for the Scotland squad, the did try, but they didn’t merit Burley saying that ”they were excellent”. Not one shot at goal (the Japan goal!!) and, as a result, nothing to show for it. Then the own-goal. Well, you all saw it. I was just glad when it all ended.
“That’s the bloody worst performance I’ve witnessed. I am literally sickened!!”
That’s what my brother texted from the stadium in Oslo. And I have to say it runs parallel with how I felt last night – robbed of 2 hours of my life by a Scotland team that didn’t deserve better than the final score.
I was at the Rob Roy in Paddington with a couple hundred other fans. The atmosphere was one of optimism and expectancy. Norway are far from the best team in the world, so Scotland had a fair chance of a point or three. Unfortunately, the team either didn’t agree or didn’t care. And Norway took full advantage. Strangely the pub started to empty 20 minutes into the second half, and I blame noneof those who left.
As a closing comment here is what one of my friends said shortly after the match “They should be hung, drawn and quartered. Burley needs to take the high road!!”. Harsh, but fair?
Scotland with Kirin Cup
It seems almost certain now. A Japan v Scotland friendly will take place on Saturday 10 October. And there is talk about a second match near Japan on the 14th (South Korea??). So, should I go?
Am totally up for it, but it’ll be no mean feat. It’ll totally bust the bank. Say that, it could be well worth it. Japan will be cool to visit and the last time the Scotland team went there they came home with the Kirin Cup. So a good game could be on the cards. I’ll just have to check my bank account after the fixture is confirmed.
I just got back from my hoidays to find that the Norway v Scotland game has been rescheduled to 19 August instead of the original 12 August. Because of Champions League dates, UEFA made a request to FIFA to move the date forward. They were happy to agree.
Apparently the SFA made ‘repeated attempts’ to have the date changed to Ocrtober, after the start of the SPL season. As seems to be usual, the SFA was “disaapointed”.
Anyway, now we can start making plans. We have flights to Oslo in mind and are hoping to book some accommodation for 4 days. Oslo is meant to be expensive for beers, so if anyone knows of some cheap venues, we have would welcome a reply.
Scotland’s World Cup qualifier against Holland has been confirmed as taking pace in Amsterdam. The SFA have just declared the venue for the match on 28 March as being the Arena Stadium, home of AFAC Ajax. With a capacity of 51,600, Scotland fan stand to be given an allocation of 5,100 tickets.
Amsterdam Arena
Unfortunately, I’m going to miss this match. Heading to Amsterdam with the Tartan Army would have been a pile of fun, but I’ve been asked over to America to see a friend. With a bit of luck though I hope to find a cable channel showing the match, and hopefully see a Scottish goal or two.
