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 Spanish FA have confirmed the venue for the Spain v Scotland match in October. The game will be played in the Costa Blanca, at the Estadio Rico Perez stadium in Alicante.
This is almost perfect. The Costa Blanca is a fantastic place. I’ve been to Alicante a couple of times and its got excellent bars and great nightlife. And if everywhere is crowded out I’m sure there will be plenty of beach parties going on. Going there will be a stack of fun.
There could be a lot riding on this match. It’s Scotland’s final game in the Euro 2012 qualifiers, and if we go there needing points it going to be the toughest match ever. The tensions will be stratospheric. Going up against the world champions will not be easy. Hopefully that won’t be the case. That said, it would be so good to see Scotland get some points against Spain.
Whatever the scenario, I’m hoping to get over there. I’ll be straight in there as soon as tickets are available.
The SFA have secured every SSC member a ticket for the Scotland v Brazil match at the Emirates Stadium. 2,500 tickes will cost £30 with the remainder being priced at £35.
Reading between lines, I don’t think anyone expects too many Brazilian fans. I could find no mention of a quota of tickets for the Brazilain support. So, it may be that the stadium will be full of Scotland fans and all Scotland supporters, including those not in the SSC, will be able to buy tickets for this match.
Hopefully there will also be a few Brazilains fans present. It’d be good to have some rival support. The atmosphere would benefit, and let’s be honest, the pretty ladies we often see in the Brazilain crowds would be a pleasant addition to a sea of male faces;)
Anyhoo, tickets go on sale tomorrow at http://www.ticketlink.co.uk/scotlandtickets
The SFA announced today that the Scotland Squad will play Brazil in London, at the Emirates Stadium, on Sunday, 27 March. Kick off will be at 2.00pm.
There will be great anticipation around this fixture. It will be the first time Scotland have faced Brazil since the opening match of World Cup France 1998 and the Scotland team’s first trip to London since beating the English 1-0 at Wembley in 1999.
I’m going need to find a pub to watch the game. I’ll be in Berlin for my wee brother’s stag weekend, so I’m hoping we can find a sports bar. We need to fly back shortly after the match, so somewhere in/near the airport would be good. Am sure we’ll sort something out, but if anyone knows of anywhere please leave a comment.
Anyhoo, it should be a good game. It’ll be a minor miracle of we win, but the same was said a few years ago in France 
Scotland lost. Again.
I’m not exactly over the moon. Once again the Scotland team has ended a match with a worthless result. There were some good moments, but that doesn’t earn any points unless the ball finds the goal net. So, we sink to 3rd place in Group I while the Czech Republic move into second place after a decisive victory over Liechtenstien.
As I said there were some sparks of possibility in the match. Scotland did have their share of possession in the first half, much more so that on Friday. A first minute Scottish corner unfortunately bore no fruit, but even though the Spanish pressed hard and forced many saves, Scotland pressed on and almost scored with a James Morrison shot at goal. And the Scottish goal remained empty. But it couldn’t last. Hand ball by Whittaker in the 44th minute allowed Spain a penalty which Villa sadly converted. Scotland finished the first half 1-0 down.
There were more goals in the second half. Scotland started respectably, but Spain weren’t taking it easy. After initially unsuccessful efforts Iniesta put Spain further into the lead with a 55th minute goal. Tragedy!
But Scotland weren’t in the mood to give up. The responded immediately, quickly sending the ball up to the Spanish end of the pitch where Miller directed a cross between defenders Pique and Ramos and keeper Casillas, for Naismith to intercept and head the ball into the net from six yards. Scotland seemed to be on the way back.
Then,amazingly, Spain gifted Scotland an equalizer, Pique putting the ball into the Spanish net. Was this going to be a shock victory for Scotland.
We could hope, but hat was all it was going to be. With less than 11 minutes to go McManus inexplicably misjudged the ball, giving substitute Llorente the opportunity to side-foot the ball past McGregor to score the final goal of the evening, Spain finishing deserved victors.
All said, Scotland played a better game than on Friday. Unfortunately this still wasn’t enough.
Last night’s display by the Scotland team was shameful! We lost, or more correctly threw away the game to a mediocre Czech Republic team. Three points, or at least a draw were ours’ for the taking, But it seems that was too much to ask.
The Czechs have a formidable reputation. Their recent history has shown them capable of great things and a side of which we need to be wary. However, in the past few months they have fallen in stature quite significantly. They even lost at home to Lithuania 4 weeks ago. So, what on earth was Craig Levein doing putting out an unambitious 4-6-0 formation!!!
Were we even wanting or hoping to win??? The uninspiring, strikerless formation smacks of a timid lack of ambition. It tells me that Levein was going after a draw, and no more. And, if that’s what I think, I can only imagine what they players thought – going out there to face a beatable team with the most defensive formation anyone has ever seen. They must have been truly uninspired.
I should give credit where credit is due. Scotland played a defensive game very well. For the majority of the match the defenders played an excellent game. And McGregor saved us numerous times.
But the Czechs were there for the taking. Their defence was shaky, and we could have scored at least a couple of goals given the chance. But, having no strikers wasn’t going to help that happen. Meanwhile the Czechs showed the ambition that we lacked and kept up the pressure, eventually getting the goal they needed. And the rest is now history.
I have one word for Craig Levein. Resign.
What a nightmare? Scotland may have won 3 points last night, but they did so in the most shambolic fashion I have ever seen. Having to come from behind, at home, against one of the lowest ranked teams in Europe, and waiting until the seventh minute of five minutes extra time to score the winning goal is not the stuff of champions. I am almost ashamed.
We were in the Rob Roy bar. As ever there was a great atmosphere. We were all optimistic of an impressive win. Liechtenstein, being ranked 141 in the world, should have been a pushover. How wrong we all were.
Liechtenstein were first to score. After a first half to forget the game quickly turned in the visitors’ favour with a 46th minute goal. Nightmare! We couldn’t afford to lose this game! And not to this ‘minnow’.
The remainder of the game was desperate. We were desperate to see some Scotland goals. And the Scotland squad were just desperate. Then, at last, after 63 minutes a Robson cross headed into the path of Miller leveled the score as the striker drove the ball home from 15 yards. Now Scotland had a chance.
But still it was dire viewing. The Scotland Squad obviously want to qualify to the Euro 2012 finals. Don’t they? Well, they didn’t show it. Another thirty-odd minutes and into injury time it didn’t look good. Was this going to be remembered as the low-point of Scottish international football? It certainly looked that way.
Unbelievable!! Just when it was looking like Craig Levein was destined for the Job Centre, McManus rose above the Liechtenstein defence to send the ball into the visitors’ net, and Hampden into a roar tinged with a big streak of relief. 2-1 to Scotland. What a relief.
Scotland had to win. With teams like Spain and the Czech Republic in our group, we needed all the points we can get against the other teams. So 6 points out of the first two games, against Lithuania and Liechtenstein, had to be a necessity. Well, now that isn’t going to happen.
I guess we didn’t play too bad. There were a few good chances by Scotland and we were the better team with more shots at goal than the opposition. However it was the same problem as in many other games – we just can’t seem to score. As one of the pundits pointed out, Scotland haven’t scored a competitive goal away from home in two years, the last goal being James McFadden’s goal against Iceland in 2008.
Now we face Liechtenstein on Tuesday, at Hampden. A decisive victory must be on the cards. 3-0? 4-0? Maybe then, with an impressive victory behind them the Scotland squad can go on and take some points from Spain or (more realistically) the Czechs.
The SFA recently announced that Scotland will be travelling to Cardiff for a Wales v Scotland friendly on 14 November. And it looks like I won’t be going:(
I won’t be in Cardiff for two reasons. One, I have tickets to see The Airborne Toxic Event in Oxford. And two, I don’t have 4 away points. That’s right, the SFA are only offering tickets to anyone who has accumulated 4 points over the last 10 away matches.
4 away points! That’s a joke! How many fans have 4 away points? I have none. None at all. And as long as anyone in my position has no chance of even applying for an away ticket thousands of us are trapped in a zero-point rut. And it could easily be solved.
The SFA say that the points system is designed to reward the most loyal fans. Fine. I broadly agree with that. However, some means has to be available to provide opportunity to those who would loyally follow Scotland abroad if given the chance. Something like a point or half point for loyally attending home games? That’s not rocket science and I’m sure it would be difficult to administer. So, SFA, how about it??
Meanwhile, I need to find a Scottish or Welsh pub in Oxford that will be showing the game. Anyone have any suggestions?
