man what a night

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000

I’m not normally into football but it seemed that Scotland had found a new lease of life and a real football team. The last time I remember such hype and excitement was in 1978 when we were “on the march with Ally’s Army” to Argentina. I was in primary school and we were all taught that song and it seemed everyone in the country was following the team to the world cup. It all climaxed in Scotland going out but it was capped by possibly the best goal this country has ever produced, by Archie Gemmel. The place went wild after that genuine display of footballing genius.

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Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000

I’m not a sports fan, other than snooker and cycling and certainly not football but this is just brill! I do appreciate a top level game and especially one where new experiences depend on the outcome. Thus it is with Scotland. Not content with riding a wave of footballing success, they stuff it up against some unheard of team (for me anyway) just to make it that bit harder to beat one of the best teams in the world and get through to Europe (I thought we were already in Europe. Must be a footballing thing). Normally Scottish football fans are expert statisticians. Every 4 years the tartan army get out their calculators and slide rules to plot the critical path to world cup qualification.

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man what a night

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