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When you read the rule it is open to interpretation as to what would constitute a disturbance in a match. It also would not be a rule that would be front of mind in the heat of the moment when this event occurred. The referees that commented on and criticised the decision later in the day had the advantage of being able to refer back to the rule book before commenting. They also had the advantage of having the moment replayed back to them on TV. When the goal was scored even the commentators covering the match did not notice what had happened until they had seen the replay. Thus on the spur of the moment I think he made the right call. The ball was in the back of the net.

caley100 - i think you definitely have the better idea, a North Sea/Atlantic Zone that would include as you say Iceland, Norway and the Fareo Islands. Could also extend it to Greenland. I still reckon we would struggle given our record against the Fareos. If ICT played the NZ national team it would be a close run thing, so that gives you an idea of the standards down here.

New Zealand take on Bahrain down here in NZ in a couple of weeks time for a place in the world cup finals in Sth Africa. New Zealand qualified through the Oceania zone group where they took on the heavyweights of international football -- Fiji , New Caledonia and Vanuatu. Six games in all! Bahrain have played eighteen games to get where they are. The Scottish Football Association should apply for a transfer to the Oceania Group then we might have a chance of qualifying next time around. We seem to play at the equivalent level of Fiji and Vanuatu so maybe this is where we belong in world footballing terms.

Hilarious! Liverpool fans get their comeuppance. Dorks! Mind you they discover later that the ref. should have stopped the game and restarted with a bounce up where the "outside disturbance" occurred - more or less on the six yard line. That would have been interesting. I reckon the ref. made the right call in the end. Sunderland deserved a goal and the win.

Mentioned this before after their last victory that England really do look the business for the World Cup. Found myself in the odd position of supporting their cricket team last month to win the ashes. Never done that in my life before for cricket anyway - great series. Mind you I was supporting England in the World Cup final in 1966 against Germany - fantastic game. About the last time I found myself supporting their football team. Feel very tempted to support them this time around and will have to face the ridicule and disbelief of all my English friends if I do. Hmm. What to do? Anyone on here going to support England?

My prediction Scotland 0 - 3 Holland

I would be suprised if anyone has any interest left in this team or in this fixture. Big snore.

Hate to say it but England are looking the business for winning the World Cup. Might get good odds at this time - has to be worth a bet !?!

Sorry that should read Norway three points from four games!

Here we go again! Triumph of hope over experience springs eternal. Scotland's chances of coming second in our table in the World Cup qualifiers just improved markedly with the results from last night's games. Our main opponents Norway now in last place with four points from four games. We are on seven from five. Can we do it? Or will Iceland finish ahead of us. Does anyone care anymore? I want to care, I really do but something deep inside me tells me, don't get fooled again! Ignore it all and avoid the deep disappointment of another Scottish football team failure. Experience tells us we will go into our last game of the qualifiers needing to win by three clear goals just to make the play-offs. If that happens, like many, I can see me getting fooled again. Does anyone out there have any advice on how I can cope with the next six months of Scottish hope?

As they the solution is in their hands. Lets hope they are up to it on Saturday. As they say, better to stay up than to go down.

Well done Sir Alex and the boys! You stuck it to Liverpool and that prat Benitez. With any luck, next week Newcastle will be relegated to where they belong. Now to make my season complete all that is needed is i) a victory over Falkirk for ICT; ii) a victory for Man U over Barcelona in the CL Final - what odds?

The guy's toast !

I agree Kenny Dalglish. Saw him play quite a few times. Remember a battle royal between him and Alan Hansen in a Partick Thistle vs. Celtic game a season or so before they both went to Liverpool. Hansen was a great player in his position. Had " Jim Baxter " style about him. If I had ever have seen them play I woud have opted for Denis Law or Jim Baxter.

Hope it is not "famous last words"

Walter Smith and Rangers welcoming back Ferguson and McGregor into the squad. Hope SFA do not submit to pressure and welcome them back into Scotland squad. Soon we will be reading about how they are the innocent party and have been hard done by. No excuse for their childish antics. Behave like a spoiled child get treated like a spoiled child.

Gosh, if we had applied the country of birth rule to cricket we would have had a number of Scots who would never have been allowed to Captain the English Cricket Team.

I reckon he will last five games and then they will bring back Keegan.

Supporting Scotland is the triumph of hope over experience. Why do we keep doing it ? We just managed to beat Iceland 2-1 - wow! The piece in Trainspotting shoud have been " supporting the Scottish team is s***e because they are c**p".

The guy's a chamelion. The only thing missing are the independently rotating eyes. Though you can imagine him having them.

That would be Billy Nelson. He still does the Clach PA and often plays tracks from his own CD, including the legendary "Westering Home To The Ferry." Thanks for that Charles. You are right Billy Nelson was his name. I remember playing football against him in my yoof. He was an o.k. player as I remember. Did he end up playing for Clach ?

Makes for sad reading when you remember the days of Dalglish - Liverpool Hansen - Liverpool Souness - Liverpool etc. and many other players from top sides. What has happened to all the great football talent we used to generate. Not one world class player in the squad and there has not been for a very long time.

I was home two and a half years ago and went to a pre-season friendly match over at Clach Park. ICT were playing Clach and ICT won 6-0 or something like that. The Clach announcer that day was hilarious. Throwing in really funny comments and quips as he did the announcing. He kept the crowd on their toes wondering what he was going to say next. At half time he announced the attendance of the crowd at the match. From memory it went something like this - today's attendance is 760 people, two dogs and a bike! You had to be there. It was very funny because you could see the two dogs running around the park and the bike parked over by the exit. I think someone said his name was Billy. Can't remember his surname but he had a grand old Inverness accent. Maybe they should recruit him for the job at ICT.

Hard to tell. Looks like most of them on a good day!

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