I always hoped that even in my sloth, often going weeks between updates, I would reach the point of 100 posts for Scotland World Cup Blog, and today, that’s right where we are. This is 100, and it feels completely empty. I won’t say much on the death of Robert Enke, because I [...]

On the strength of a World Cup qualifying win over Iceland, we rose four spots in this month’s FIFA rankings to #24. That’s still eleven places below our best-ever ranking of #13 back in October 2007 (beating France twice will do that), but still an improvement as we rise back up from #33 back [...]

… and apparently, David Cameron agrees. Usually, those three words would make me rethink any position on any issue, but since the idea was first brought up, I believed it to be the best solution to the incredibly tricky issue of what to do about football in London 2012.
Let me add that I agree [...]

Here is George Burley’s squad for Saturday’s matchup with Norway. More on this match as it gets closer.
Keepers:
Craig Gordon (Sunderland), David Marshall (Norwich), Allan McGregor (Rangers)
Defenders:
Graham Alexander (Burnley), Darren Barr (Falkirk), Christophe Berra (Hearts), Kirk Broadfoot (Rangers), Gary Caldwell (Celtic), Jamie McAllister (Bristol City), Gary Naysmith (Sheffield United), Davie Weir (Rangers)
Midfield:
Scott Brown (Celtic), Kris [...]

After months of negotiation, it’s finally done and dusted: On November 19, Argentina will come to Hampden Park in Glasgow and face the Scots in a friendly.
After relaxing their fantastically, ridiculously stupid demands (they originally wanted 100% of the gate and 100% of the TV income … why exactly would we do that?), the Argies [...]

Celtic and Scotland lost a friend today, as Tommy Burns lost his battle with cancer. In addition to his club positions at Kilmarnock and Celtic, he was assistant manager to both Berti Vogts and Walter Smith, and manager himself for a short time between their tenures. I have to admit that my knowledge [...]

With the news out today that the Tartan Army will support Poland in this June’s Euro 2008 tournament, I thought it was time to outline my own preferences and loyalties for the tournament. Without Scotland to scream for, or England to scream at, it takes a bit of thinking, so here goes.
First, the group [...]

Once we found out that all five teams from the British Isles would be staying home for Euro 2008, there was a little bit of a silver lining, at least for fans of the old Home Championships. Talk began to circulate about a new British championship tournament, something that many British fans have missed [...]

It’s difficult to talk about Scottish football and the Old Firm without bringing up pendulums. Everything seems to be constantly shifting between the two Glasgow sides … one year one is ahead, the next year, the other. And now, we Scotland fans may have to switch which of the two we’re most annoyed [...]

Instead of letting Arsene Wenger do all the talking about the pointlessness of international friendlies, Sir Alex Ferguson, briefly a Scotland manager once himself, went off on them as well this week, after losing Darren Fletcher for six weeks due to a knee ligament issue in Wednesday’s draw with Croatia. The Knighted One said:
“It [...]