Tartan Army Blog

FIFA World Cup Qualifying Matches

Macedonia v Scotland
Saturday, 6 Sept
City Stadium, Skopje
Kick Off 15:00

Iceland v Scotland
Wednesday, 10 Sept
Laugardalsvöllur Stadium, Reykjavik
Kick Off 18:30

SCOTLAND A SQUAD

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

Defenders
Graham Alexander (Burnley)
Darren Barr (Falkirk)
Christophe Berra (Heart of Midlothian)
Gary Caldwell (Celtic)
Callum Davidson (Preston North End)
Stephen McManus (Celtic)
Kevin McNaughton (Cardiff City)
Gary Naysmith (Sheffield United)
David Weir (Rangers)

Midfield

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)
James McFadden (Birmingham City)
Kenny Miller (Rangers)
Garry O’Connor (Birmingham City)

Pixshirts Ltd launch unique new website for Scotland Football Fans. Pixshirts is a revolutionary new concept in T-shirt wear for the Scotland Football Fan.

In essence the T-shirt is a montage of images. However the unique Pixshirts design and the choice of images available means there are millions of different combinations available, which means that Pixshirts is a truly unique product.

The choices of images available range from past to present and include some iconic images e.g. Archie scoring in Argentina, Faddy scoring in France. Images will also be updated on a regular basis. There is even a section for the Tartan Army.

Pixshirts are an official licensee of the Scottish Football Association and have launched a new website which enables the Scottish Football Fan to create their own unique Pixshirt. The printing process is specialised which produces a vibrant high definition print that will not fade or crack and the best quality T-shirts available are used.

To celebrate the launch Pixshirts are running a free to enter competition and full details are on the website - www.pixshirts.com/scotland

No Medals For This TeamGB

Scotland and Northern Ireland fans joined in their praise of the Olympians in Beijing ahead of their friendly match at Hampden, but quickly condemned the repeated attempts by Lords Moynihan & Coe to gain support for a TeamGB football team to participate in the London 2012 Olympics.

At a fans get together ahead of the Hampden clash, they united in voicing their concerns.

Tam Ferry of the Association of Tartan Army Clubs (ATAC) said “ The official fans groups of Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Wales are firmly against the false creation of a British football team, it threatens the independent position of our national game – we wish the Olympians well, but this is one medal we can do without”.

ATAC’s position is supported by Gordon Smith, Chief Executive of the Scottish Football Association who has previously advised the British Olympic Committee that Scotland have no interest in supporting this team.

Thousands of Northern Ireland fans are arriving in Glasgow for the match with Scotland. Gary McAllister of the Amalgamation of Official NI Supporters Clubs said, “The vast majority of Northern Ireland fans are totally opposed to a ‘Team GB’ football team competing in the 2012 games.

We are deeply concerned that the four British Associations’ right to compete separately in international competition could be undermined by the participation of a unified UK team in the Olympic tournament and we feel that, without proper guarantees, this is a risk which cannot be taken,

We look forward to continuing to highlight our concerns alongside our friends from Scotland, England and Wales. The stakes are simply too high to allow this issue to go unchallenged.””

FIFA supremo Sepp Blatter stated in March this year that entering a TeamGB football team will “….put into question all the privileges that the British associations have”.

ENDS

Subside Sports now have the brand new Official SFA Scotland the Brave T-shirt at a bargain price of £14.99

The brand new Scotland Football Home Top in short sleave is now available from Subside Sports for £39.99 (plus £3.75 p&p)

The Long Sleave top is also available at £44.99