Scotland National Football Team Blog

Scotland recorded their first friendly victory at Hampden Park for over 14 years with a 1-0 victory over future Group I opponents the Czech Republic.
Scott Brown slotted home from a Barry Robson header in 62 minutes and it was enough to record a rare friendly victory for Scotland. Earlier Vaclav Sverkos had several shots saved [...]

Not since Argentina 1978 have Scotland and Adidas teamed up to produce a playing kit, the Tartan Army should hope that it signals a return to former glories.

The iconic “Three stripes” was last worn on international duty by such players as Kenny Dalglish, Joe Jordan and Denis Law lets hope that our current crop of [...]

It’s a cruel fact but while the best teams in the world concern themselves with the coming World Cup in South Africa Scotland have to look much further ahead and consider the European Championship campaign starting in September.
Qualification for major tournaments is a faded memory for many Scottish supporters, not since France 1998 have we [...]

Last Sunday marked the latest installment of the old fim saga that has gone back for over a hundred years.
The two Scottish giants have held a monopoly over the Scottish league titles since the days of Alex Fergusons Aberdeen and Jim McLeans Dundee United in the 1980,s. As a result the every Glasgow Derby has [...]

It has been a pretty dreadful year for the Scottish football loving public.
Boozegate, Boyd, Iwelumo miss, Norway hammering and Burley contributed to yet another major, tournament qualification failure. Not since 1998 in France have our national team graced a greater stage than the Kirin cup.
But we have a new man reigns in Craig Levien and [...]

Dundee United manager Craig Levein has been confirmed as the new Scotland national coach at a Scottish Football Association (SFA) press conference.
Levein, 45, who begins his role with immediate effect, had been the bookies favourite to succeed former boss George Burley, who was sacked last month after failing to qualify for the World Cup in [...]

Immediately after Craig Levein had been introduced as the next Scottish national team manager and the inevitable questions were asked on the possible re-inclusion of the boozegate duo and Kris Boyd.

Scotland’s New Manager
All three have been noticeable absentees during Scotland’s ill-fated World Cup qualification campaign.
Currently Kris Boyd is the Scottish Premier League (SPL) top [...]

Scotland suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of Wales, as the tartan army were comfortably ousted by three goals at the Cardiff City Stadium. Aaron Ramsey was the star of the show, as he single handily tore Scotland apart.
This game was the 104th time the two countries had met, and for Scotland it was a game to forget. [...]

A much-changed but spirited Scotland side went down 2-0 to Japan in Yokohama on Sunday.
Scotland manager George Burley made a number of changes for the Far East friendly after ten players withdrew from the squad – prompting anger from their opponents – but took a number of positives away from the defeat, sealed by two [...]

Scotland kept their dreams of World Cup football alive with a vital win over minnows Macedonia – which also relieved some of the pressure building upon manager, George Burley.
And the under-fire Scotland boss has James McFadden to thank for his stay of execution in the post – after the midfielder he axed after the embarassment [...]