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Il vice allenatore della Scozia Butcher ha chiamato a raccolta i fans della “Tartan Army” per riuscire nell’ impresa di superare l’ Olanda ad “Hamden Park”, conservando, così, la possibilità di ottenere la qualificazione alla prossima Coppa del Mondo del 2010 che si disputerà in Sud Africa. Intanto il club del St. Mirren, che milita nella “Scottish Premier League” è stato posto in vendita dall’ attuale proprietà. La società, per ripianare i propri debiti ed immettere denaro fresco, ha già ceduto il proprio vecchio stadio alla catena di supermercati “Tesco”.
Butcher bullish over Scots hopes
Scotland v Holland, World Cup qualifier
Venue: Hampden Park, Glasgow Date: Wednesday, 9 September KO: 1930 BST
Coverage: Live on BBC Radio Scotland, with highlights on BBC One Scotland @ 2245 BST
Butcher believes Scotland’s character can drive them on to victory
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Scotland assistant manager Terry Butcher insists the national side are capable of keeping their World Cup hopes alive by beating the Netherlands.
The Scots must win Wednesday’s qualifier at Hampden to stand a chance of securing a play-off place.”If you look at history, it’s been done before. Scotland have upset the odds before,” said Butcher.”It doesn’t have to be a spectacle or a great game, it’s the result that matters and how you achieve it.”
Scotland know that a win at Hampden may not be enough to see them book a place at the finals in South Africa.They must finish as one of the top eight group runners-up to secure a play-off place.If George Burley’s side do pick up maximum points, they would also need Northern Ireland to fail to beat Slovakia and a draw between Slovenia and Poland.A draw would leave the Scots on 11 points, with a play-off place unlikely and depending on other results going there way.
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History shows Scotland don’t do particularly well in double headers, but a lot of records have been broken so far
Scotland assistant manager
Terry Butcher |
The Netherlands travel to Glasgow having already qualified for the World Cup finals as Group 9 winners.“They’ve got a very impressive record – played seven, won seven,” said Butcher. “I’m sure they’ll want an unblemished record going into the World Cup finals.
“No matter the circumstances, the Dutch always fancy playing football and fancy themselves to win.”It will be a tall order, no matter who they will play. But it’s a lot about what we do and how we approach the game.”Butcher said that the Scots could call upon attitude and character to pull them through such a tough fixture.”History shows Scotland don’t do particularly well in double headers, but a lot of records have been broken so far,” he added.”We aim to do that on Wednesday and will be going all-out to get that win.”With James McFadden unavailable through suspension and Calum Davidson out with a hamstring injury, Gavin Rae and Graham Dorrans have received call-ups.”There are a couple who aren’t available to play on Wednesday, so we have added Graham and Gavin to the squad, so that gives us more bodies and options in midfield,” Butcher added.
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Scotland defender Stephen McManus, who was in impressive form alongside David Weir in the 2-0 victory over Macedonia, said he was relishing the prospect of facing the Dutch.
“Collectively, we know it’s going to be a hard game, but we certainly believe we can win it,” the Celtic defender said.”It’s a one-off game and it’s at home for us, which is great. We’re lucky we’ve got players who’ve been handling pressure for four or five years.”So pressure situations are not a problem.”Meanwhile, striker Kenny Miller is confident Scotland can once again upset the odds and defeat the Netherlands, who lost 1-0 on their last visit to Glasgow in 2003.
The Dutch recovered from that first leg defeat in the Euro 2004 play-off, crushing the Scots 6-0 in the return.During the present campaign, in March, the Dutch cantered to a 3-0 triumph over Scotland in Amsterdam.”We’ve beaten France at home, we’ve gone close against Italy a couple of times and we beat Holland before,” said the Rangers striker.”So there is no reason why we can’t do it again. You have to ride your luck in these games.”
( BBC Sport )
St Mirren up for sale – Gilmour
Gilmour said St Mirren would benefit from fresh blood in the boardroom
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St Mirren chairman Stewart Gimour has put the Scottish Premier League club up for sale after deciding to step down.
Gilmour and vice-chairman George Campbell have formed a consortium with other board members to sell their 98,000 shares in a single block.A 52% stake is available, with the club hoping to find a buyer by January.Gilmour told BBC Scotland that it was the right time to sell, adding: “There’s a fresh input required of finance and, more importantly, energy.”The St Mirren chairman revealed that the consortium had been mulling over the move for the past 12 months and that it had achieved its objectives of making the club debt-free.
The news comes less than nine months after the club moved to their new stadium from Love Street – which was sold to Tesco – thus clearing debt and allowing the Buddies to trade profitably.That move also funded a new training ground and youth academy in Ralston, near Paisley.Gilmour, the club’s longest serving chairman, said the directors in the consortium were content to have cleared St Mirren’s debt.”In doing this, we have sacrificed much of our business and personal lives for St Mirren, putting in a considerable number of years of hard work and financial investment and overcoming many a crisis along the way,” he added.”We have been successful in making sure St Mirren is one of the very few teams in the country with the financial stability to progress in the future.
The club sold their old stadium to supermarket giants Tesco
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“We believe it is now an appropriate time for us to move on, for someone else to take St Mirren forward and for the club to benefit from an injection of new energy, new ideas and new expertise.”And Gilmour has assured supporters any potential buyer must have St Mirren’s best interests at heart.”We won’t necessarily accept the highest offer. Before we sell to anyone, we will make sure the people buying a controlling interest have the good of St Mirren at heart and the resources and expertise to take the club forward,” he said.”We would hope to conclude the sale of shares by the opening of the next transfer window at the beginning of January 2010.”We are not disappearing. If asked by anyone who takes a controlling interest, we would be quite happy to remain individually or collectively to help run the club for a time after we have sold our shares.”This would make sure there was continuity.”
(BBC Sport )