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Hello! Lots of news this time for a change - I hope you all have your reading glasses on, or are they still in Paris?!


Friendly vs Croatia.

4 ITA foot soldiers made the journey through to Glasgow on the 26th March for the friendly against Croatia; N. Serge, Paddy, Thommo and A. Serge met up with an ITA blast from the past E. Serge in the weege to watch the 1-1 draw with Kenny Miller Scoring the equaliser. Having ITA in attendance at this game kept up the ITA’s record of not missing a home international match since its inception against Sweden at Easter Road in 2004.





Even More Friendly's Announced

The SFA have announced that Scotland are to play another couple of friendly games Vs Czech Republic and N.Ireland, before we kick off our World Cup campaign against the Macedonians.

Czech Republic vs Scotland -

Friday 30th May 2008, Prague. K/O and Venue TBA.

The most exciting game for the masses and this has been evident in the volume of supporters making the trip across. ITA details are posted later in this news.

Czech Republic

Population -10,381,130

Nickname - None

Head Coach -Karel Brückner

Team Captain -Tomáš Rosický (Arsenal)

FIFA Ranking - 6th

Ground -3 main grounds; AXA Arena, Na Stínadlech or Stadion Eden (in construction)

Famous For -C'mon, its the Czech Republic, what the hell do you think it's famous for... CHEAP BEER!!!!!


It's a toughie. Miss World 2006 from Czech or cheap cheap cheap beer. Tough decisions!




Scotland vs Northern Ireland -

Wednesday 20th August, Hampden Park.

This glamour game will probably cost about Ł5000 a ticket and sell out in a heart-beat...ahem... Never mind, the ITA will be there!!!

Northern Ireland

Population -1,741,600

Nickname - None

Head Coach -Nigel Worthington

Team Captain -Aaron Hughes (Fulham)

FIFA Ranking - 34th

Ground -Windsor Park

Famous For -Sheesh...Everybody's fave childrens TV presenter, Zoe Salmon hails from N.Ireland. That's it really. ---->







Travel Details for Prague

At the moment there are 5 ITA heros (Tyszko, A.Serge (NOT N.Serge), Thommo, Paddy and Bobby) booked on flights to Prague. If anyone else is interested in coming please let Paddy (Away Games Convenor) know. The flight details are below, accomodation is still to be booked, but who cares about accomodation!?

Going Out
Wednesday 28th May
Edinburgh - Luton 16:20 depart, arrive Luton at 17:35 on Easy Jet.
Luton - Prague 20:25 depart, arrive Prague at 23:15(local time) on Sky Europe.


Coming home
Sunday 1st June
Prague - Luton dept 19:00, arrive Luton at 19:55(local time) on Sky Europe.
Luton - Edinburgh dept 21:30, arrive Edinburgh at 22:45 on Sleazy Jet
Post Trip Pub 23:30 - 03:00 :-D

So we will arrive late on Wed night, get to hostel/hotel (TBC) have a drink/crash. Full day Thursday, match day Friday, full day Sat and recovery day on Sunday before flying home later that night. Flights (when booking on Saturday) were Ł150. If anyone else is interested please let us know and we'll see what we can do. All that needs sorted is accom, but that will be nae bother. Should be a good summer holiday lads!




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