Scotland has made enormous strides in world football, but there’s always something around the corner to slap us in the face and remind us that success doesn’t come overnight. One such disappointment was last year’s U-20 World Cup in Canada, where the lads lost all three matches and finished last in Group F. […]

On May 30th, when Scotland travels to Prague for our first away match under George Burley, there will be some new faces on the squad, thanks to a few injuries to some of our aging stars. Burley’s list of 23 includes five uncapped players, and 16 under the age of 26, a nice thing […]

No big surprises in the FIFA World Rankings announced today. Our draw with Croatia wasn’t enough to keep up the good points average of the last year, and so we ended up losing 16 points and one place, with Ghana jumping above us. The draw hurt our March opponents even more, though, with […]

It’s quite possibly the most under-appreciated position in football, the left back. The stars of the defense are much more often on the right or center, and yet, the left back must handle the attacking team’s right side, often their better one. In Scotland, we have our right back well and rightly sorted, […]

I won’t call it a live blog, because there will be long periods without updates today, but I did want to set aside a place where I can post live updates. The match is underway, so just keep updating this page for the latest. All times are BST.
Final Scorelines:
Scotland 1-1 Croatia (Kenny Miller […]

In the wake of Barry Ferguson’s injury and subsequent drop from the Scottish roster for tomorrow’s friendly with Croatia, Celtic skipper Stephen McManus will earn his first national captaincy. The 25-year-old Celtic defender is a good pick for my money, especially given his leadership experience at Parkhead. Ferguson will certainly get the armband […]

Ahh … international friendly dates. There’s nothing like them to produce short-term injuries in players for top clubs. Just as Portugal has to deal with Ronaldo and Nani coming up mysteriously lame (and then, most likely, healthy again on Saturday), Scotland has our own dubious injury worries. No less than seven players […]

The eyes of the Tartan Army may be fixed on Hampden for next Wednesday’s senior friendly with Croatia, but some attention should also be paid to the U-21 team, who are in arguably a more important match on the same day in Aberdeen, taking on Finland for survival in group 6 of the 2009 UEFA […]

Well, obviously not all of them will get the chance, but here is the first match roster from George Burley for the March 26th friendly against Croatia. Notes after the list.
Goalkeepers
Craig Gordon, David Marshall, Allan McGregor
Defenders
Graham Alexander, Russell Anderson, Christophe Berra, Gary Caldwell, Christian Dailly, Alan Hutton, James McEveley, Stephen McManus, Gary Naysmith
Midfielders
Scott Brown, […]

George Burley has not yet announced any of his roster for the March 26th friendly between Scotland and Croatia, but he came out this morning in support of one of the older members of the Scotland squad, Rangers defender Christian Dailly. With 66 caps, Dailly is sixth all-time in Scotland appearances, and the most-capped […]