Berti's First Win

[Willy]

Well after several failed attempts, Berti and the Scotland side have finally generated their first win. Beating Iceland 2 - nil is hardly grounds for starting to plan the Euro 2004 parade route, but its a much needed step up from the last result against the Faroes.

Not surprising that Scotland's goals today came from a defender and a wing-back. Is there a front runner ANYWHERE in Scotland who can put the ball in the back of the net??

Bring on Canada !!!

Willy McFinally

 

[Jinky]

No worries Willy,

The following list is from the Hibees Bounce forums and it shows that Scotland is the greatest footballing nation of all time.

The premise of this list is the same as (the intention of) the world champion title in boxing. Whoever beats the current world champion becomes the new world champion. The list starts at the second ever international match as the first was a scoreless draw.
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08.03.1873 England - Scotland 4-2
07.03.1874 Scotland - England 2-1
05.04.1879 England - Scotland 5-4
13.03.1880 Scotland - England 5-4
17.03.1888 England - Scotland 5-0
13.04.1889 Scotland - England 3-2
06.04.1891 England - Scotland 2-1
04.04.1896 Scotland - England 2-1
02.04.1898 England - Scotland 3-1
07.04.1900 Scotland - England 4-1
21.03.1903 Ireland - Scotland 2-0
12.03.1904 England - Ireland 3-1
07.04.1906 Scotland - England 2-1
04.03.1907 Wales - Scotland 1-0
07.03.1908 Scotland - Wales 2-1
01.03.1909 Wales - Scotland 3-2
15.03.1909 England - Wales 2-0
02.04.1910 Scotland - England 2-0
05.04.1913 England - Scotland 1-0
14.02.1914 Ireland - England 3-0
13.03.1920 Scotland - Ireland 3-0
10.04.1920 England - Scotland 5-4
09.04.1921 Scotland - England 3-0
04.02.1922 Wales - Scotland 2-1
13.03.1922 England - Wales 1-0
08.04.1922 Scotland - England 1-0
16.02.1924 Wales - Scotland 2-0
14.02.1925 Scotland - Wales 3-1
02.04.1927 England - Scotland 2-1
22.10.1927 Northern Ireland - England 2-0
04.02.1928 Wales - Northern Ireland 2-1
27.10.1928 Scotland - Wales 4-2
05.04.1930 England - Scotland 5-2
28.03.1931 Scotland - England 2-0
16.05.1931 Austria - Scotland 5-0
07.12.1932 England - Austria 4-3
01.04.1933 Scotland - England 2-1
16.09.1933 Northern Ireland - Scotland 2-1
14.10.1933 England - Northern Ireland 3-0
15.11.1933 Wales - England 2-1
29.09.1934 England - Wales 4-0
06.04.1935 Scotland - England 2-0
02.12.1936 Wales - Scotland 2-1
17.11.1937 England - Wales 2-1
09.04.1938 Scotland - England 1-0
15.04.1939 England - Scotland 2-1
18.05.1939 Yugoslavia - England 2-1
04.06.1939 Italy - Yugoslavia 2-1
12.11.1939 Switzerland - Italy 3-1
31.03.1940 Hungary - Switzerland 3-0
06.04.1941 Germany - Hungary 7-0
20.04.1941 Switzerland - Germany 2-1
16.11.1941 Hungary - Switzerland 2-1
03.05.1942 Germany - Hungary 5-3
20.09.1942 Sweden - Germany 3-2
14.11.1942 Switzerland - Sweden 3-1
16.05.1943 Hungary - Switzerland 3-1
07.11.1943 Sweden - Hungary 7-2
25.11.1945 Switzerland - Sweden 3-0
07.07.1946 Sweden - Switzerland 7-2
19.11.1947 England - Sweden 4-2
09.04.1949 Scotland - England 3-1
15.04.1950 England - Scotland 1-0 WC q
29.06.1950 United States - England 1-0 WC
02.07.1950 Chile - United States 5-2 WC
20.04.1952 Brazil - Chile 3-0 Pan Am
19.03.1953 Peru - Brasil 1-0 CA
28.03.1953 Uruguay - Peru 3-0 CA
10.04.1954 Paraguay - Uruguay 4-1
02.03.1955 Argentina - Paraguay 5-3 CA
05.02.1956 Brazil - Argentina 1-0 CA
25.04.1956 Italy - Brazil 3-0
24.06.1956 Argentina - Italy 1-0
06.04.1957 Peru - Argentina 2-1 CA
09.04.1957 Argentina - Peru 4-1
10.07.1957 Brazil - Argentina 2-0
15.09.1957 Chile - Brazil 1-0
29.09.1957 Bolivia - Chile 3-0 WC q
27.10.1957 Argentina - Bolivia 4-0 WC q
06.04.1958 Uruguay - Argentina 1-0
30.04.1958 Argentina - Uruguay 2-0
08.06.1958 West Germany - Argentina 3-1 WC
24.06.1958 Sweden - West Germany 3-1 WC
29.06.1958 Brazil - Sweden 5-2 WC
12.12.1959 Uruguay - Brazil 3-0 CA
17.08.1960 Argentina - Uruguay 4-0
11.06.1961 Spain - Argentina 2-0
31.05.1962 Czechoslovakia - Spain 1-0 WC
07.06.1962 Mexico - Czechoslovakia 3-1 WC
24.03.1963 Netherlands Antilles - Mexico 2-1 CONCACAF
28.03.1963 Costa Rica - Netherlands Antilles 1-0 CONCACAF
04.09.1963 Colombia - Costa Rica 1-0
20.06.1965 Ecuador - Colombia 1-0 WC q
22.08.1965 Chile - Ecuador 3-1 WC q
23.02.1966 Soviet Union - Chile 2-0
25.07.1966 West Germany - Soviet Union 2-1 WC
30.07.1966 England - West Germany 4-2 WC aet
15.04.1967 Scotland - England 3-2 EC q
10.05.1967 Soviet Union - Scotland 2-0
15.10.1967 Austria - Soviet Union 1-0 EC q
16.06.1968 Soviet Union - Austria 3-1
06.08.1969 Sweden - Soviet Union 1-0
01.11.1969 France - Sweden 3-0 WC q
03.05.1970 Switzerland - France 2-1
15.11.1970 Hungary - Switzerland 1-0
19.05.1971 Bulgaria - Hungary 3-0 EC q
25.09.1971 Hungary - Bulgaria 2-0 EC q
12.01.1972 Spain - Hungary 1-0
02.05.1973 Netherlands - Spain 3-2
07.07.1974 West Germany - Netherlands 2-1 WC
12.03.1975 England - West Germany 2-0
30.10.1975 Czechoslovakia - England 2-1 EC q
17.11.1976 West Germany - Czechoslovakia 2-0
23.02.1977 France - West Germany 1-0
30.03.1977 Rep. of Ireland - France 1-0 WC q
01.06.1977 Bulgaria - Rep. of Ireland 2-1 WC q
16.11.1977 France - Bulgaria 3-1 WC q
02.06.1978 Italy - France 2-1 WC
21.06.1978 Netherlands - Italy 2-1 WC
25.06.1978 Argentina - Netherlands 3-1 WC aet
18.07.1979 Bolivia - Argentina 2-1 CA
01.08.1979 Paraguay - Bolivia 2-0
05.12.1979 Chile - Paraguay 1-0 CA
24.06.1980 Brazil - Chile 2-1
10.01.1981 Uruguay - Brazil 2-1
23.08.1981 Peru - Uruguay 2-1 WC q
23.03.1982 Chile - Peru 2-1
30.03.1982 Peru - Chile 1-0
22.06.1982 Poland - Peru 5-1 WC
08.07.1982 Italy - Poland 2-0 WC
27.10.1982 Switzerland - Italy 1-0
13.04.1983 Soviet Union - Switzerland 1-0
13.11.1983 Portugal - Soviet Union 1-0 EC q
02.06.1984 Yugoslavia - Portugal 3-2
13.06.1984 Belgium - Yugoslavia 2-0 EC
16.06.1984 France - Belgium 5-0 EC
02.05.1985 Bulgaria - France 2-0 WC q
04.09.1985 Netherlands - Bulgaria 1-0
16.10.1985 Belgium - Netherlands 1-0 WC q
20.11.1985 Netherlands - Belgium 2-1 WC q
14.05.1986 West Germany - Netherlands 3-1
13.06.1986 Denmark - West Germany 2-0 WC
18.06.1986 Spain - Denmark 5-1 WC
22.06.1986 Belgium - Spain 1-1 WC aet, Belgium win on penalties
25.06.1986 Argentina - Belgium 2-0 WC
10.06.1987 Italy - Argentina 3-1
04.06.1988 Wales - Italy 1-0
14.09.1988 Netherlands - Wales 1-0 WC q
16.11.1988 Italy - Netherlands 1-0
29.03.1989 Romania - Italy 1-0
12.04.1989 Poland - Romania 2-1
07.05.1989 Sweden - Poland 2-1 WC q
14.06.1989 Denmark - Sweden 6-0
23.08.1989 Belgium - Denmark 3-0
17.01.1990 Greece - Belgium 2-0
21.11.1990 Netherlands - Greece 2-0 EC q
12.02.1992 Portugal - Netherlands 2-0
03.06.1992 United States - Portugal 1-0
13.06.1992 Australia - United States 1-0
18.06.1992 Argentina - Australia 2-0
15.08.1993 Colombia - Argentina 2-1 WC q
07.04.1994 Bolivia - Colombia 1-0
20.04.1994 Romania - Bolivia 3-0
22.06.1994 Switzerland - Romania 4-1 WC
26.06.1994 Colombia - Switzerland 2-0 WC
13.07.1995 Brazil - Colombia 3-0 CA
21.01.1996 Mexico - Brazil 2-0 GC
07.02.1996 Chile - Mexico 2-1
01.09.1996 Colombia - Chile 4-1 WC q
23.11.1996 South Korea - Colombia 4-1
10.12.1996 Kuwait - South Korea 2-0 AC
18.12.1996 U.A.E. - Kuwait 1-0 AC
22.12.1996 Saudi Arabia - U.A.E. 0-0 AC aet, Saudi Arabia won on penalties
03.10.1997 China - Saudi Arabia 1-0 WC q
17.10.1997 Iran - China 4-1 WC q
24.10.1997 Saudi Arabia - Iran 1-0 WC q
12.12.1997 Brazil - Saudi Arabia 3-0 ICC
10.02.1998 United States - Brazil 1-0 GC
15.02.1998 Mexico - United States 1-0 GC
24.02.1998 Netherlands - Mexico 3-2
07.07.1998 Brazil - Netherlands 1-1 WC aet, Brazil won on penalties
12.07.1998 France - Brazil 3-0 WC
05.06.1999 Russia - France 3-2 EC q
23.02.2000 Israel - Russia 4-1
26.04.2000 Czech Republic - Israel 4-1
03.06.2000 Germany - Czech Republic 3-2
17.06.2000 England - Germany 1-0 EC
20.06.2000 Romania - England 3-2 EC
24.06.2000 Italy - Romania 2-0 EC
02.07.2000 France - Italy 2-1 EC aet
28.03.2001 Spain - France 2-1

These results along with succesful defences of the 'title', give the
following statistics:

Team - title matches won - number of victorious days as Champion

Scotland 102 title matches (12 999 days)
England 89 title matches ( 7 651 days)
Brazil 56 title matches ( 1 468 days)
Argentina 55 title matches ( 2 377 days)
Netherlands 39 title matches ( 1 296 days)
France 34 title matches ( 1 333 days)
Colombia 26 title matches ( 1 355 days)
Sweden 26 title matches ( 1 434 days)
Italy 25 title matches ( 852 days)
Soviet Union 25 title matches ( 940 days)
Hungary 21 title matches ( 1 008 days)
Spain 21 title matches ( 1 161 days as of 18/02/02)
Chile 20 title matches ( 1 273 days)
Austria 16 title matches ( 816 days)
Czechoslovakia 16 title matches ( 391 days)
Saudi Arabia 15 title matches ( 334 days)
Switzerland 13 title matches ( 1 125 days)
Uruguay 13 title matches ( 876 days)
Wales 13 title matches ( 1 820 days)
West Germany 13 title matches ( 397 days)
Peru 11 title matches ( 308 days)
Paraguay 10 title matches ( 452 days)
Bulgaria 9 title matches ( 422 days)
Belgium 7 title matches ( 188 days)
Germany 7 title matches ( 168 days)
Romania 7 title matches ( 81 days)
Costa Rica 6 title matches ( 160 days)
Greece 6 title matches ( 308 days)
Ireland (pre-1922) 6 title matches ( 2 576 days)
Russia 6 title matches ( 263 days)
Bolivia 5 title matches ( 55 days)
Poland 5 title matches ( 41 days)
South Korea 4 title matches ( 17 days)
United States 4 title matches ( 18 days)
Denmark 3 title matches ( 75 days)
Ecuador 3 title matches ( 63 days)
Mexico 3 title matches ( 316 days)
Portugal 3 title matches ( 314 days)
Yugoslavia 3 title matches ( 28 days)
China 2 title matches ( 14 days)
Israel 2 title matches ( 63 days)
Kuwait 2 title matches ( 8 days)
Northern Ireland 2 title matches ( 133 days)
Rep. of Ireland 2 title matches ( 63 days)
Australia 1 title match ( 5 days)
Czech Republic 1 title match ( 38 days)
Iran 1 title match ( 7 days)
Netherlands Antilles 1 title match ( 4 days)
United Arab Emirates 1 title match ( 4 days)
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Simple really.

 

[Dapotayto]

Does that mean Canada will be world champions after tomorrow?

 

[ginger tours]

Brilliant....

Its amazing how a far a little creative thinking will go these days

 

[Walks]

Jinky's on the piss .......

Jinky,

You never cease to amaze me.

 

[sensei_hanson]

Berti's second win was almost as impressive as the first. Another dream start from Canada. Shame the following 81 minutes got in the way.

I'm still in shock that Daniel Imhoff was passed over for MOTM honors. The pride of the Smithers Soccer Association couldn't check his bloody coat today.

Sportsnet should seriously consider pairing up Derry Gobson with Craig McEwen for their next broadcast. That would be incredibly amazing.

 

[Willy]

Imhoff??? I'm surprised Holger wasn't shouting "You'rehoff". Devlin had his way with him up and down that flank.

In all honesty, the Canucks were unlucky not to be granted another PK after Wilkie's flawless impression of Dominik Hasek on the edge of the six yard box

Ah well, given the lack of starters in the line-up (Lambert and Ferguson missing from central midfield) and the eventual parade of U21 players who were subbed in during the final 15 minutes, its a reasonable result for the Scots. And likely a good bit of experience for the Canadian lads as well.

Piece 'a piss. Who's next ???

Willy McBandwagon

 

[Walks]

Scotland / England

I can almost hear collective sighs of relief around training pitches in the Lower Mainland and throughout TTP as many Scots probably are thanking God above and of course Berti Vogts as the Scottish turn over the Canadians.

If it had gone the other way, TTP would never be the same ........

 

[Regs]

Sportsnet should seriously consider pairing up Derry Gobson with Craig McEwen for their next broadcast. That would be incredibly amazing.

I know Craig and I'm pretty sure he doesn't "swing" that way...

Gobson - "He certainly is the best looking Canadian out there, especially with that new hair cut"

Lennord Bobbaduzzi caught on quick and produced a classic TTP moment by calling Gobson on what he just said

Probably the only good thing to come outta the broadcast

Why the hell is poodlehead still on our national team? He's our creative general? Please... you might as well have Dazza in there

~Regs.

 

[Dapotayto]

Why wasn't Craig Forrest on the broadcast team? I'm guessing it's because after the world cup they didn't have any makeup left to do him up in his favored "chinadoll" look. Fcuking guy blew the whole cosmetics budget for the year already.

 

[Jinky]

What an odd remark?

 

[Guinness]

World Champs!!!

Northern Ireland 2 title matches ( 133 days)

(Jinky are you sure)???