27/03/07 Thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday for the Croatia game. Following the sucess of the visit to the Railway Club we are planning on making that a regular event for midweek games. 25/03/08 Scotland National Team Coach George Burley today confirmed that the Scotland A Squad will play Tennent's International Challenge Matches against the Czech Republic and Northern Ireland later this year. The match against the Czechs – currently 6th in the FIFA Rankings – will take place on Friday 30 May 2008 in Prague. We will then welcome Northern Ireland to Hampden on Wednesday 20 August 2008. Four routes have been booked by the Sporran Legion so far for this trip, BA via Heathrow, Ryanair/Czech Airlines via Dublin, direct from Newcastle and direct from Copenhagen. Most of us are staying in a hostel near the Old Town. Get in touch if you want to join us on one of these routes. 04/03/07 We are going to be leaving the Seafield Arms at 5.30pm SHARP for the Croatia game and are going to be heading to the "Railway Club" for a few drinks before the game. There is parking for the bus here and it this seems to be closer to the ground that the normal hike up Polmadie Road. There is an entry fee of £1 a head for adults (well behaved kids are more than welcome and get in free) and the club normally has music etc on before the games. 27/02/08 Only a couple of seats are left on the bus for the 26th. Get in touch if you want to take one of them. 13/02/07 We are going to be running a 23 seater bus to the game against Croatia. Please get in touch to book your seat ASAP. 21/01/08 Scottish FA Chief Executive Gordon Smith today confirmed that the Scottish National Team will play a friendly match against Croatia at Hampden Park on Wednesday March 26 2008, kick-off 8 pm 19/12/07 That's another two Legionares booked for Iceland, both on the Tuesday - Friday trip. We have booked the Best Western Turist in Skopje and are still looking for the best (or rather cheapest) options for Iceland. Further details will be added when they are known. 15/12/07 After a frantic day of booking flights 6 of us have booked for Iceland and 5 for Macedonia.. The Iceland trip is all out of Stansted with Iceland Express on the Tuesday morning with 4 returning EARLY on the Thursday morning and the other 2 having a lie in and coming back on the Friday afternoon. Macedonia seems to be more of a trek with 2 going via Budapest for a few days then flying on to Skopje. The others are flying to Sofia and then getting the train to Skopje. In both cases they are getting back to Stansted via the same routes in time for the Iceland flight. The hotels will be sorted in the next wee while. If you are wanting to join us on any of these flights get in touch for more details. 14/12/07 The fixture dates were confirmed this morning as follows:- Saturday 6 September 2008 Macedonia v Scotland Wednesday 10 September 2008 Iceland v Scotland Saturday 11 October 2008 Scotland v Norway Saturday 28 March 2009 Netherlands v Scotland Wednesday 1 April 2009 Scotland v Iceland Wednesday 19 August 2009 Norway v Scotland Saturday 5 September 2009 Scotland v Macedonia Wednesday 9 September 2009 Scotland v Netherlands 25/11/07 Scotland Drawn in group of 5 Scotland were today drawn in Group 9 along with Holland , Norway, FYR Macedonia and Iceland. Iceland ,Norway and Holland are teams that  Scotland are familiar with having competed against all three in recent years. FYR Macedonia are currently ranked 59th in the FIFA rankings and were recently in England's EURO 2008 qualifying group.  The top team from each group will qualify for the 2010 finals in South Africa , with the best 8 group runners up competing in play offs for the remaining four places. 18/11/07 After the disappointment of yesterday a thank you to everyone who has come on the bus regularly to games for this campaign. Thanks for your support and we hope to see you again next campaign. We will be meeting up in the Seafield Arms next Sunday to watch the World Cup 2010 Qualifying draw and find out where we are going to be visiting for the next couple of years. 14/11/07 The bus will be leaving at a sharp 3pm for the Italy game at Hampden. Remember that by law we are not allowed Alcohol on the bus going to the game so please do not bring anything. 10/11/07 Thank you to all who came to the quiz night and helped raise much needed funds for the club. Well done to the Airdrions for winning (closely followed by The Sporran Legionares in second place) 08/11/07 REMEMBER THE QUIZ NIGHT 02/11/07 Places are still left on the bus for the Italy game, leaving the Seafield Arms at 3pm and returning after the game. Get in touch to book your place. 30/10/07 Get in touch if you want to book your table for the quiz night... 8pm on Friday the 9th in the lounge of the Seafield Arms. 21/10/07 A great time was had in Georgia by all Sporran Legion members who travelled (despite the nightmare length of travel time some of them had). Tthe photos are on line now and more are in the Sporran Legion Photos album - follow the link from the campaign photo page. REMEMBER THE QUIZ NIGHT - FRIDAY 9th NOVEMBER 30/09/07 There are a few seats left on the bus for the Ukraine game, get in touch if you want to take one of these. The bus will be leaving at approx 1315 and returning after the game 16/09/07 The Quiz night is being held on Friday the 9th of NOVEMBER not the 9th of October, sorry for the typo.. 15/09/07 The first batch of photos from the Paris trip have been added to the Campaign Photos page. 09/09/07 Most of the Sporran Legion are heading to France over the next few days (by what seems to be every possible route and using every possible means of transport). If you are not joining us over there then there will be the usual gathering in the Seafield Arms to watch the game on the big screen. 05/09/07 There are a couple of seats left on the bus to Hampden for the Lithuania game, get in touch if you are wanting to book these. The bus will be leaving at approx 1315 and returning after the game, Eddy will be putting on pies in the Seafield Arms after the game so we hope that all people on the bus will join us for these and what we hope will be a few celebratory drinks. 28/08/07 The Quiz night is being held on Friday the 9th of October, 8.00pm in the Seafield Arms. Quiz will be along the lines of one round on Scottish football, one round on sport with the other 8 rounds a mixture of general knowledge, current affairs etc etc. (but this might change!) We're have space for 12 teams of 3 or 4, £1 entry per person . We will be holding a raffle as normal so we would ask that each team bring something for it. As usual, there is not a fantastic prize for the winner, just the adulation of being the Sporran Legion Quiz Champions! 25/08/07 We are trying to work out a date for the next Sporran Legion quiz night, end of October / start of November is looking the likely time at the moment. Watch this space for more information. 19/08/07 See the Home Game page for details of the bus to both the Lithuania and Urkaine home games 06/08/07 We have now added a guestbook to the website (see the main page) so please add your comments to this.. 02/08/07 We have decided not to run a bus to Aberdeen for the South Africa game. Most of the local bus companies seem to be tied up with school runs. Therefore most people will be meeting in the Seafield Arms for the game so see you then..... 25/07/07 7 Legionnaires headed south to the big smoke last weekend for the Loony Alba Boat Trip and a few beers. See the other photos page for the censored version of the weekend. Photos have also been added from a night out held in Edinburgh a few weeks ago. 20/07/07 With the friendly game against South Africa confirmed in Aberdeen on the 22nd of August we are trying to sort out a bus to get there. If you are wanting a place on this get in touch ASAP. 09/06/07 Sorry due to work commitments the website has not been updated for a while, hopefully things will be back to normal over the next month or so. 12 representatives of the Sporran Legion watched Scotland win away to Austria in Vienna (the biggest Sporran Legion attendance at an away game since the Holland game in 2003). The first of the photos are now on line. Only one brave sole made the trip north to watch them win over the Faroe Islands , however as his camera never made it back from Vienna there are no photos to record this trip. (However look at the ones from 2002 and imagine the sun shining - doubt it will have changed much!!). Some members headed west to the Sports Cafe and then The Snaffle Bit in Glasgow to watch the game and enjoy a few celebratory drinks, whilst the others made the more sensible choice to stay in the Seafield Arms. From what can be remembered about the night in Glasgow it was a good night! The next "away trip" for some Sporran Legionnaires is braving the big capital in mid July for the LA boat trip along the Thames with the next "football trip" being Paris in September. The Sporran Legion numbers attending this game are growing by the day and every possible means of transport and route seem to be being used. If you want to travel with us to the game get in touch and we will give you more information on what routes we are using. There are also 5 booked already to go to Tbilisi in October - two using BA departing Sunday and returning Saturday with the remaining three going via Riga departing Sunday and back on the Friday with a combination of Ryanair, Easyjet and Air Baltic. Another few have said they are going to be looking into the charter options so fingers crossed there will be another good Sporran Legion turnout. 30/04/07 Thank you to everyone who joined in the quiz night on Saturday night, we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. Well done to "Billy's Maroon Noses" who won, closely followed by " The Seafield Rampant Lions" in second place. Also thank you to Tennants Lager for their donation of two slabs of Tennants for the raffle prizes - enjoy them Rooser and Meg. The photos will be on line soon. 20/03/07 The Sporran Legion Scarf is now for sale at £5 each. We will be selling these in the Seafield Arms before the Georgia Game.

18/03/07

Bus is now full for the Georgia game.

For those with seats we are leaving the Seafield Arms at 1pm

06/03/07

There are nine spaces left on the bus for the Georgia Home Game. Get in touch soon to reserve your place.

25/02/07

The date has been set for the next Sporran Legion Quiz Night - 28th April 2007.

Book your place now using the contact us button

24/01/07

There are not many spaces left on the bus for the Georgia Home Game, due to leave the Seafield Arms about 1pm on the Saturday. If you want to book your place use the contact us button to get in touch.

20/01/07

As seems to be the norm now with the Sporran Legion there are various routes planned for the Italy game, so far all members have found a hotel in Bari but most hotels seem to be full now.

If you are wanting to travel with the Sporran Legion for this game use the contact us button to find out more details about who is flying when.

15/01/07

Scotland's Euro 2008 qualifier away to Italy on 28 March will be played in the city of Bari, it has been confirmed today.

The crucial match will be in the 58,000 capacity Stadio San Nicola, home of AS Bari, which should ensure a good allocation of tickets for the travelling support. However, at this stage no decision has yet been made on how many tickets will be provided to Scotland, or the price of the tickets.

Bari, in the south east of Italy, could prove a challenging destination for supporters to reach, but at least the announcement brings an end to the frustrating wait for confirmation of a venue.

20/12/06

Two groups of Legionnaires have booked so far, one lot going for the lazy route, British Airways via Heathrow to Vienna and the other group going with Air Belin via Stansted & Berlin to Vienna. The Levante Laudon seems to be the hotel of choice so far.

19/12/06

The Scottish FA can confirm that Scotland will meet Austria in an international friendly to be played in Vienna on Wednesday 30 May 2007.

The match will be used by Walter Smith to overcome the gap between the end of the domestic season and the crucial Euro 2008 qualifier against the Faroe Islands on 6 June.

The manager said: "Several of the players will face a long time without a game before the Faroes game, so this match will be an important part of the build-up to the qualifier."

Austria will host the game in the Gerhard Hanappi Stadium in Vienna. As joint hosts of the tournament, Austria (along with Switzerland) have no competitive matches at present and have a full schedule of friendly internationals.

Scotland last played in Austria as recently as August 2005, when goals from Kenny Miller and Garry O'Connor gave the visitors a two goal lead before the hosts scored twice in the last ten minutes to draw the game.

16/11/06

Despite the football not being the most 'intresting' a great night out was had in Dublin by all,

Following a complaint the the "Who We Are" page has been changed to reflect that we have members from both the Isle of Lewis and the Isle of Harris!!)

Things are going to be a bit quiet for the next few months, the rumours are that there will be a home friendly on the international date in February so no away game till Italy.

The Italian FA have said they MIGHT confirm the venue soon... or they MIGHT just wait for the 60 days limt.

12/11/06

The members heading off to Dublin are off with Ryanair on Tuesday morning and back on Wednesday night. There are still spaces on this flight so if you are wanting to join us book your flights now.

Tickets for the game can be bought at the gate (and you do not get a SSC 'point' for this trip)

03/11/06

The following hotel has been booked for Paris:-

Ibis Bastille Opera
15 Rue Breguet
75011 Paris

28/10/06

The France away game has been confirmed as follows:-

Scotland 's Euro 2008 qualifier against France next September will be played at the Parc des Princes in Paris , the French FA announced today.

With the Stade de France unavailable because of the Rugby World Cup, the French have had to choose an alternative venue for the crucial qualifier, which is scheduled for Wednesday, 12 September 2007 .

The Parc des Princes has a capacity of just under 50,000, and demand for tickets is sure to be enormous from the Scotland Supporters Club which now has over 20,000 members, its highest ever level.

It was the national stadium in France for many years until the construction of the Stade de France in St Denis for the 1998 World Cup, but in recent years has been home to the club side Paris St Germain .

A few members had taken a gamble and already booked flights to Paris with Air France - flying out on the Monday evening and returning on the Friday evening. The other members are looking into options for getting there.

We are looking into the options for hotels and further details will be posted when these are known.

22/10/06

Well done to the Airdrionions for winning the quiz last night by such a big margin (however you are banned from the next one to give the rest of us a chance!!!)

Details will be going on here later in the week about how to order the new Sporran Legion T shirt or Fleece.

The rumours are that the Italy game will be held in Rome, no flights are being booked yet but we are starting to look at hotels just to be ahead of the rush. If you are wanting to know where we are booking get in touch.

A few members have booked for the B game against Ireland in Dublin on the 14th November, they are flying out Tuesday morning and back Wednesday evening with Ryanair.

A couple of people have booked on the Heb Bar charter to the Faroes, this is a three night stay flying out of Edinburgh on the Monday and back on the Thursday.

20/10/06

We have just had a late cancellation of two tables for the quiz night on Saturday. If you want to take one of these tables get in touch with us using the contact us buttons or turn up at the Seafield Arms on Saturday night and we will do our best to fit you in.

15/10/06

The first batch of photos are now on line from Ukraine, these will be added to when the other footsolders who traveled get their photos to Fiona.

08/10/06

Thanks to every foot soldier in Hampden for making the atmosphere so unique yesterday, if that is the "Hampden Roar" from 52,00 fans we can only imagine what it was like with double that number.

There are 10 members heading off to Ukraine over the next couple of days, and fingers crossed we have a another great result. For those not going the kickoff is at 6.00pm and as normal there will be a few members in the Seafield Arms.

People have reported they are having problems with the contact us buttons, this is being looked into but if they are still not working email Graeme at graeme.mcginty AT tiscali.co.uk using the @ symbol for AT.

01/10/06

The bus is now full for the France game, due to leave the Seafield Arms at approx 3.15pm.

All tables are taken for the Quiz night on the 21st of October.

21/09/06

Orders have been taken for the first batch of the new design Sporran Legion T shirt. These are navy blue with the fixtures listed on the back and the wee Sporran Legion logo on the front - great value at £10.00. If you want one use the 'contact us' button to see when we are placing the next order.

Spaces are filling up fast on the bus to the France home game, there are currently 5 seats free, again use the contact us button to reserve your seat.

09/09/06

After a great few days in Lithuania the troops are looking ahead to the next trip - Ukraine in 4 and a bit weeks.

Congratulations to Davie 'The Chef' Macaskill for making the trip, booked on the Monday afternoon (and well done to the guys on Tartan Army Travel for putting up with him).

Ticket applications are out for Ukraine with a deadline of the 12th of September so make sure they are sent back ASAP.

03/09/06

Well done to the Scotland team following their 6-0 win over the Faroe Islands .

We hope that Piotr enjoyed his time in the Seafield Arms as well as his first Scotland home game.

It was great to see the new faces on the bus to the game and we hope they will join us again for future games.

The Legionaries who are not going to Lithuania are meeting in the Seafield Arms at 5.00pm on Wednesday to cheer the team along.

27/08/06

The date for the annual Sprorran Legion quiz night has been set for Saturday the 21st of October in the Seafield Arms.

We are looking for teams of four with an entry fee of £4.00 a team (plus something towards the raffle!)

10 rounds of about 10 questions on a variety of subjects (not all football)

It is expected things will start at about 8.00 but this will be confirmed nearer the time.

25/08/06

The tickets have been recieved for the Faroes Home game for those who applied through the club. These will be handed out in the Seafield Arms prior to the game.

Money is also due for the France tickets - please pay Stewart at the Faroes game if not before.

We hope that the bus to the Faroes game will be £6.00 per adult and a child traveling free with a paying adult.

08/08/06

The ticket application has now been sent off the the SSC for the France home game. We are pleased to confirm that we had enough SSC memberships to enable us to apply for tickets for everyone who requested them.

The SSC has confirmed that all members who applied for tickets for the away game in Lithuania next month have got tickets, good news for the 'one pointer' traveling.

The Kick Off time for the Lithuania game has been confirmed as 19.30 local time (17.30 Seafield time).

If you want to reserve your seat on the bus to Celtic Park for the France game use the contact us button.

28/07/06

Following the Scotland U19 team making it to the final of the U19 European Cup final a few members are planning on meeting in the Seafield Arms to cheer the laddies along. KO is 7.00 on Saturday the 29th so if you can make it see you then.

The ticket application have been sent off to the SSC for the Faroes home game and the deadline is fast approaching for the France home game.

The Kaunas bound crew have applied for their tickets at the same time.

05/07/06

Welcome to the new Sporran Legion website.

Please let us know what you think of it (and any mistakes you notice)

Details have been recieved for tickets for the Home games against the Faroe Islands and France, see the home game section for details.

If you are planning on traveling to Lithuania please note that your application form was in the envelope with the details for the Faroe and France games. This has to be returned to the SSC by Friday 28th July

11/03/06

Early indications are that there are 4 legionares braving Lithuania and 10 taking the trip east to Kiev .

Travel to Lithuania is Easyjet & Lithuanian Airlines and Kiev using KLM. Use the contact us button if you want to join us to get more details.

No travel plans have been confirmed for the away fixtures next year but again if you want to join a trip us the ‘contact us' button to get in touch.

10/03/06

Fixtures confirmed (at long last) for 2008 qualifiers:-

2006
Saturday, 2 September - Scotland v Faroe Islands
Wednesday, 6 September - Lithuania v Scotland
Saturday, 7 October - Scotland v France
Wednesday, 11 October - Ukraine v Scotland
2007
Saturday, 24 March - Scotland v Georgia
Wednesday, 28 March - Italy v Scotland
Saturday, 2 June - no game
Wednesday, 6 June - Faroe Islands v Scotland
Saturday, 8 September - Scotland v Lithuania
Wednesday, 12 September - France v Scotland
Saturday, 13 October - Scotland v Ukraine
Wednesday, 17 October - Georgia v Scotland
Saturday, 17 November - Scotland v Italy
Wednesday, 21 November - no game

03/03/06

Despite nothing being confirmed by the SFA 2 brave souls have booked up for a trip to Japan in May to (hopefully ) watch Scotland, Japan and Bulgaria fight it out in the Kirin cup. This is being combined with a trip ‘down under' to catch up with family so will not be a wasted trip if things do not get confirmed.

The Sporran Legion member currently on manouvours in Australia is also planning on flying up to Japan for the games.

10/02/06

After the fixture meeting today the following dates have been PROVISIONALLY agreed :-

6th September - Scotland v France
7th October - Scotland v Italy
11th October - Lithuania v Scotland
15th November - Scotland v Faroe Islands
28th March - Ukraine v Scotland
22nd August - Scotland v Georgia
8th September - Faroe Islands v Scotland
12th September - Scotland v Ukraine
13th October - France v Scotland
17th October - Georgia v Scotland
17th November - Scotland v Lithuania
21st November - Italy v Scotland

These have not been confirmed yet as the Ukraine are not happy with them. If they do not agree to them the fixtures will then be decided by URFA using a random draw.

27/01/06

Following the draw at UEFA HQ today we are playing the following countries for our place in Euro 2008:-

France

Italy

Ukraine

Lithuania

Faroe Islands

Georgia

The fixture dates will be confirmed in a couple of weeks.