Hopefully the immediate future will bring good times for Scottish sport on the global scene. Here are a few things to look out for in the coming months.
In football the qualifiers for Euro 2008 begin for Scotland against the Faroe Islands on September 2nd. This match will be at Celtic Park and not Hampden. This is because of a clash with a Robbie Williams concert ! What a disgrace. Anyway it is important Scotland get 3 points from this one with both world cup finalists in the group. It is interesting to note that Scotland could have automatically qualified for this tournament by hosting it but the powers that be unfortunately did not provide the appropriate level of support. Again, more disgrace for those who should have the best interests of Scotland at heart.
Scotlands club teams are preparing for the upcoming season. Hearts, with Champions League pretensions, are currently touring Austria and await a qualifying game against either the Belarus or Bosnian champions. The first leg will be on 26 July at Murrayfield. Good luck !
Celtic are in Poland as they gear up for the Champions League whilst Hibs are in the Intertoto Cup and are on course to meet Odense of Denmark in the final phase after beating Dinaburg of Latvia 5-o.
In other football news, Glasgow will be hosting the UEFA Cup final on 16 May 2007. So at least the authorities here have shown a little imagination. And congratulations to the experienced Archie Knox who has been named manager of the under 21 team after replacing Rainer Bonhoff.
In rugby Scotland will be playing 3 autumn tests against Romania, the Pacific Islands and then Australia. The dates are saturday 11, 18 and 25 November. Try to get to Murrayfield as I believe they have reduced the prices !
As for cricket, Scotland will be trying out some fringe players against the MCC in a friendly (10 - 12 July) and then play 4 games in the European Championships. Here are the details :
vs Ireland (Ayr 5 August)
vs Holland (Ayr 6 August)
vs Denmark (Glasgow Accies 8 August)
vs Italy (Hamilton Crescent 9 August)
Enjoy !
posted by BlackComyn at 11:21 AM
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After Stage six Millar is 14th. I am sure you are right in saying he won't win it, but I do believe he has a chance of a podium finish one year... would have been better if he hadn't taken a "break" in the middle of his career. We all remember, of course, his namesake and countryman winning the KOM a few years back.
http://www.letour.fr/index.html
As for cricket, both Ireland and Holland will also take part in the World Cup, so those friendlies should be interesting. Scotland will be playing in Group A, St Kitts & Nevis, with Australia, South Africa and Holland (would you like a group like that in the football world cup?!). Scotland are currently ranked 12th in the world.
http://www.cricketworldcup.com/
5:02 PM
Thanks for the info dt. Seems you know your cycling and cricket. Yes, Robert Millar was an inspiration to many when he became King Of The Mountains in 1984.
As for cricket do you think there is ANY chance that Scotland can finish second in the group and make the Super 8 ? Imagine that, and then playing our southern neighbours.
Anyway, please keep posting with your views and comments.
11:44 AM
Sorry, I really don't think Scotland have a hope of making the "super 8's" in the cricket world cup, however, anything can happen in the world cup (maybe Shane Warne will headbutt Watson or something)
I am not sure what Scotsmen would think of this, but if they DID beat Australia, you can be sure that all "british" cricket fans would enjoy it immensely.
9:16 AM
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