World Cup 2010 Qualifier – Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 42,259

Scotland 2 :: Iceland 1

Scotland: Gordon, Hutton, McManus, Caldwell, Naysmith, Morrison (Rae 90), D Fletcher, Brown, McCormack, Miller, S Fletcher (Teale 78)

Iceland: Gunnleifsson, Danielsson, KO Sigurdsson, I Sigurdsson (Bjornsson 80), Eiriksson, Steinsson, A Gunnarsson (E Jonsson 70), Helguson, Palmason, Gudjohnsen, Smarason

World Cup 2010 Qualifier – Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam

Attendance: 49,552

Holland 3 :: Scotland 0

Holland: Stekelenburg, Van Der Wiel, Mathijsen, Ooijer, Van Bronckhorst, Kuyt, Van Bommel, De Jong (Schaars 80), Robben, Huntelaar (Afellay 80), Van Persie (Sneijder 65)

Scotland: McGregor, Alexander (Hutton 73), Naysmith, Berra, Caldwell, Ferguson, D Fletcher, Brown, Miller (S Fletcher 71), McCormack, Teale (Morrison 85)

George Burley has named his 26-man squad to face The Netherlands and Iceland in the forthcoming World Cup qualification matches.

Goalkeepers
Craig Gordon (Sunderland)
Allan McGregor (Rangers)
David Marshall (Norwich City)

Defenders
Graham Alexander (Burnley)
Darren Barr (Falkirk)
Christophe Berra (Wolverhampton W.)
Kirk Broadfoot (Rangers)
Gary Caldwell (Celtic)
Alan Hutton (Tottenham Hotspur)
Jamie McAllister (Bristol City)
Stephen McManus (Celtic)
Gary Naysmith (Sheffield United)
David Weir (Rangers)

Midfield
Scott Brown (Celtic)
Kris Commons (Derby County)
Barry Ferguson (Rangers)
Darren Fletcher (Manchester United)
Paul Hartley (Celtic)
James Morrison (West Bromwich Albion)
Gavin Rae (Cardiff City)
Gary Teale (Derby County)

Forwards
David Clarkson (Motherwell)
Steven Fletcher (Hibernian)
Chris Iwelumo (Wolverhampton W.)
Ross McCormack (Cardiff City)
Kenny Miller (Rangers)

Bus pick up points and times:

Toll Bar, Methil @ 4.00pm
Lomond Centre, Glenrothes @ 4.10pm
Top O The Toun, Kirkcaldy @ 4.20pm
Windsor Hotel, Kirkcaldy @ 4.25pm
Oriel Road, Kirkcaldy @ 4.30pm
Sainsburys, Kirkcaldy @ 4.45pm

These times are approx so please arrive at the selected pick up points in plenty of time. Depending on who needs picked up where, the coach may not need to stop at some of the above.

On Friday 23rd January, KTA hosted a musical extravaganza at Candle Rooms in aid of the Tartan Army Sunshine Appeal. The headline act were the Tartan Specials.

Pictures taken by the Polish Tartan Army (Gosia Korszla)

Also performing was Eric The Cheeseman, with his track “Tartan Army Time Of My Life”.

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International Challenge Match – Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 32,492

Scotland 0 :: Argentina 1

Scotland: McGregor, Hutton, Broadfoot, McManus (Berrra 75), Caldwell, Ferguson (Robertson 59), Brown (Alexander 83), Hartley (Maloney 59), Iwelumo (Miller 46), McFadden (Clarkson 67), Commons

Argentina: Carrizo, Zanetti, Demichelis, Heinze, Papa (Cata Diaz 86), Rodriguez (Sosa 90), Mascherano, Gago, Gutierrez (Gonzalez 71), Lavezzi (Denis 75), Tevez

Goalkeepers
Craig Gordon (Sunderland)
David Marshall (Norwich City)
Allan McGregor (Rangers)

Defenders
Graham Alexander (Burnley)
Darren Barr (Falkirk)
Christophe Berra (Hearts)
Kirk Broadfoot (Rangers)
Gary Caldwell (Celtic)
Alan Hutton (Tottenham Hotspur)
Stephen McManus (Celtic)
Jamie McAllister (Bristol City)
Gary Naysmith (Sheffield United)

Midfielders
Scott Brown (Celtic)
Kris Commons (Derby County)
Barry Ferguson (Rangers)
Darren Fletcher (Manchester United)
Paul Hartley (Celtic)
Shaun Maloney (Celtic)
James Morrison (West Bromwich Albion)
Barry Robson (Celtic)

Forwards
David Clarkson (Motherwell)
Steven Fletcher (Hibernian)
Chris Iwelumo (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Ross McCormack (Cardiff City)
James McFadden (Birmingham City)
Kenny Miller (Rangers)

World Cup 2010 Qualifier – Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 50,205

Scotland 0 :: Norway 0

Scotland: Gordon, Broadfoot, Naysmith, Weir, Caldwell, Brown, D Fletcher, Morrison (S Fletcher 56), McFadden (Iwelumo 56), Robson, Maloney

Norway: Knudsen, Hoiland, Waehler, Winsnes, Hangeland, JA Riise, Stromstad (Pedersen 76), Grindheim, BH Riise (Braaten 56), Carew, Iversen

Goalkeepers
Craig Gordon (Sunderland)
Allan McGregor (Rangers)
David Marshall (Norwich City)

Defenders
Graham Alexander (Burnley)
Darren Barr (Falkirk)
Christophe Berra (Hearts)
Kirk Broadfoot (Rangers)
Gary Caldwell (Celtic)
Jamie McAllister (Bristol City)
Gary Naysmith (Sheffield United)
David Weir (Rangers)

Midfielders
Scott Brown (Celtic)
Kris Commons (Derby County)
Darren Fletcher (Manchester United)
Paul Hartley (Celtic)
Shaun Maloney (Celtic)
James Morrison (West Bromwich Albion)
Barry Robson (Celtic)
Kevin Thomson (Rangers)

Forwards
Kris Boyd (Rangers)
David Clarkson (Motherwell)
Steven Fletcher (Hibernian)
Chris Iwelumo (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
James McFadden (Birmingham City)
Kenny Miller (Rangers)

Here’s the latest from Lord Coe (I always preferred Steve Ovett)

The full text reads:

TEAM GB will have a football team for the 2012 Games, Olympics chief Seb Coe has confirmed, whatever opposition is put up by the Scots, Welsh and Northern Irish.

The creation of the team has been opposed by the football associations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, which fear it may compromise their individual status within FIFA, world football’s governing body.

But Coe, chairman of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games, said the British Olympics Association (BOA), which selects teams for the Games, will go ahead with a football squad.

When asked last night about the opposition from the Welsh and Scots, Coe replied bluntly: “F*** them!” The Olympics supremo also revealed that Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has agreed to act as manager of a Great Britain team at the Games.

At a reception hosted by the BOA in Birmingham, Coe confirmed: “He’s told me he’ll do it”. This would be a U-turn by the United boss, who said in July that he was unlikely to accept such a post.

A BOA spokeswoman today said: “We are committed to entering a football team in 2012. How those teams are made up is under discussion. We’d like the involvement of all the home nations.”

You couldn’t make this stuff up