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Published Date: 18 October 2007
DISAPPOINTED football fans were left drowning their sorrows last night as Scotland's dream of qualifying for Euro 2008 took a major blow.
Thousands of fans were in optimistic mood as they poured into Edinburgh's pubs to watch the big match - only for Georgia to take an early lead. Craig Bennett, 25, who had finished work early to watch the game in The Tron, in Hunter Square, said: "It's not a good sign going down one goal after ten minutes or so."

Later, fans in the Three Sisters pub on the Cowgate launched a deafening shout for a penalty when James McFadden was brought down in the box. Donna Smith, 25, from Northfield, said: "It was a stone wall penalty and the ref ignored it."

The mood threatened to turn ugly after Georgia's second goal, with one fan smashing his glass in anger and another spitting at the outdoor TV screen. But after the final whistle most had recovered and were looking for comfort in next month's must-win Italy match.

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1

Märiö Antoinette,

18/10/2007 11:19:38

Thanks for that.

2

Oscar2,

Hiding in yer basement 18/10/2007 11:38:10

Naw they went partying into the small hours?!?

Do people actually get paid for writing this rubbish? or is it work experience placement for a 4th year?

3

real factoid,

18/10/2007 12:01:21

and people wonder why alcohol and football dont mix?

why was there a need to smash a glass or spit at a T screen?

mindless idiots

4

Vandala,

18/10/2007 12:13:33

Some astute analysis there. Bravo.

What's next? The Evening News reports on a snooker tournament from inside a chippie? The Grand National seen from the point of view of lads in the bookies?

5

Hibernia,

18/10/2007 12:14:44

Im surprised the person spitting on the TV screen was not huckled away by a member of the local constabulary and charge with breaching some law!

The standard of journalism in this paper is utter garbage if thats the best sort of story they can come up with! 37p for the paper copy - no thank you.

6

GrahamL,

18/10/2007 12:19:45

Huh? What's this?
Did one of the EEN journos spend last night on the lash and decide he could charge it to expenses if he wrote a little story about it??

7

Arm in the back of a cow,

Slitsville, Wisconsin 18/10/2007 12:27:05

It really does amuse me how you Europeans get so worked up over such a stupid, boring game. Soccer has got to be the dullest sport ever invented.

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Märiö Antoinette,

18/10/2007 12:33:50

7. Everything is relative.

PS I've been to Wisconsin and you really should not have an opinion on anything.

9

Arm in the back of a cow,

Slitsville, Wisconsin 18/10/2007 12:46:34

At least in Wisconsin we play football the way God intended it to be played.

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18/10/2007 13:01:35
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Oh for the banter,

18/10/2007 13:03:41

It's called "foot"ball for a reason Wisconsin boy. Did the Amercians just steal the name because they couldn't think of their own. "crapball" seems like it would fit the bill. You like that name?

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Märiö Antoinette,

18/10/2007 13:05:14

Here we go , see what you did Yankee.

To us , your football is merely poofy rugby given the amount of padding they use , and ridiculous amount of players in each game.

You have to drive EVERYWHERE, there's no town centres just lots of pizza joints along the road and the oldest thing in town is a prefab about 10 years old.

Get a grip before you dare come on here and lecture us Europeans who actually have culture and history and dont automatcally believe in such a ridiculous notion as a christian god.

14

Dobber,

18/10/2007 13:05:38

Soccer hahahaha wtf is tht aboot lol

15

Märiö Antoinette,

18/10/2007 13:06:27

actually 7 is a windup.

16

Mercutio,

Falkirk 18/10/2007 13:10:37

#10 The "World Series" is named after a newspaper called yes you've guessed it.

17

Alternative (High Octane) Fuel Head,

Edinburgh 18/10/2007 13:11:24

"...with one fan smashing his glass in anger and another spitting at the outdoor TV screen."

And actions like that are really going to help Scotland's efforts to win the match aren't they? Prats!

#3:

"and people wonder why alcohol and football dont mix?"

It's not alcohol and football, it's pillocks and football. As far as I am aware, pillocks don't mix well with anything.

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Märiö Antoinette,

18/10/2007 13:13:37

Any night of the week they couldve taken a picture of someone "in despair at the Three Sisters".

19

GrahamL,

18/10/2007 13:16:57

#18 True. I always found that feeling hit me within about 5 minutes of entering the place...

20

Crazy Buffalo,

In a little place called, THE REST OF THE WORLD! 18/10/2007 13:24:52

#7, #9, Once again an American is out of touch with the rest of the world!
Football (not soccer) is the national sport of the vast majority countries on planet earth. Over 700 million individuals watched the world cup final in Germany last year (a ninth of the entire population of the planet). But you being from America probably didn’t watch it and went off and done your own thing as usual, like playing Baseball (Poor mans rounders), or American Football (A rip off of Rugby), even Basketball (A less girlie version of Netball)!
Oh Almighty U.S. of A, please don’t bomb me now cause I have a difference of opinion!?!

21

Märiö Antoinette,

18/10/2007 13:28:47

20 Dont worry he doesnt know where Europe is and - due to fox news and the like , they are too scared to travel (and dont have passports anyway).

22

Arm in the back of a cow,

Slitsville, Wisconsin 18/10/2007 13:37:10

It's not America's fault that the rest of the world thinks a bunch of namby-pambies throwing themselves to the ground every time they're touched and winning games 1-0 is great entertainment. For your information, more people watch the Super Bowl than some stupid penalty kick shoot-off that you have in soccer just because nobody knows how to end the game.

As for my country, I am proud to have voted for a President who is prepared to make tough decisions like stand up to terrorists and promote democracy, freedom and capitalism. Need I remind you who saved you all from Hitler during WWII and bombed Japan into submission? Without us, you'd all be eating sauerkraut or raw fish or something.

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Dobber,

18/10/2007 13:41:17

ere mate. Bunch of grown men and women watching WWE I.e a bunch of men dressed in Y fronts jumping around and gettin sweaty together looking like retards. dont think you can slag us .

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Märiö Antoinette,

18/10/2007 13:53:14

22. The russians helped to end the war too you know.

Football is the biggest sport on the planet (and I'm not even that crazy about it) don't you dare try to compare your stupid "world series" (which involves in country.

Your currency is a joke , I could buy your house ten times over for a tenth of my scummy edinburgh property. Your people are ignorant and persist in feeling righteous about some god which may or may not exist. you are no a super power , bush will spend so much money on this "war" that China will overtake you.

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Arm in the back of a cow,

Slitsville, Wisconsin 18/10/2007 14:00:18

Oh, excuse me, I forgot that soccer in Scotland is such “passion” with you Scots, particularly as the only two clubs of any size are patronised by religious bigots who fill the air with sectarian grunting and the rest of the panty-waist teams are too scared to do anything about it. Well, we don’t stab each other with broken beer bottles whenever the Green Bay Packers happen to be playing the Chicago Bears, and we certainly wouldn’t sing blasphemous songs about the Pope. We actually go to church on Sundays instead of just pretending to be “religious”.

26

Dobber,

18/10/2007 14:00:49

Is it true that if you correctly fold up a $20 bill it looks like the twin towers on fire .... google it and find out

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Dave2384,

EDINBURGH 18/10/2007 14:03:45

Hey Arm in the back of a cow, u say you saved us in WWII, well at first you did not want to join in the war saying it was nothing to do with you and that you were too far away for anything to happen, well how comes you do not do that now, you start wars now, you dont save anybody.

Yeah wining games 1-0 is entertainment and you talk about no body knows how to end a game, well i thought in baseball the game can go past the 9th inning and i have seen baseball games won by 1-0.

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George F,

Michigan 18/10/2007 14:05:51

#22 Arm in the back of a cow, Slitsville, Wisconsin
you said " Need I remind you who saved you all from Hitler during WWII and bombed Japan into submission? Without us, you'd all be eating sauerkraut or raw fish or something".

Little bit of info for you mate, number of US servicemen Killed in WWII in all theatres = 407,000. Number of British servicemen Killed in WWII - 403,000. Spare us who saved who crap, the Japs were knocking on your back door. Just stick to making cheese as you know nothing about soccer

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George F,

Michigan 18/10/2007 14:18:07

P.S. #22, you may have helped defeat the Axis powers uring WWII but you ain't won squat since, ooops sorry I forgot about Grenada. Really up against it there.

Wisconsin is a great melting pot, where people of German, Scandinavian, and Irish heritage gather to drink beer and eat cheese. This does not contribute to any alleged weight problems. Wisconsin folk are well known to have larger than average skeletal structures (like badgers).

What a typical day of a Wisconsinite is like
1. Wake-up at 8 a.m. to consume a breakfast of a whole pig, cow, or chicken with a barrel of Miller beer to wash it down.

2. Watch tapes of the '66 and '67 Packers to remember the "good ole days" like all Wisconsinites should.

3. At precisely noon they consume a lunch consisting of all non-American sausages as a way of intimidating those other countries that are not American. Then they drink another barrel of Miller beer to wash it down.

4. If baseball season is occuring then they all flock to Miller Park to Consume three barrels of beer, this is a ritual performed weekly so they are able to share Miller Beer with the rest of the fellow Americans.

5.Whether it'd be Football season or not, they all drive to Green Bay to Tailgate for Supper. If you are a lost Minnesotan or Illinoisian and you find yourselves caught during this tradition, drop to the ground and prepare yourself for a severe beating. As any good patriot would do if a foreigner were to be in this country, the Wisconsinites are mearely defending their territory from invaders.

6.Around 10 p.m. Families across Wisconsin lay in bed with a nice, ice cold beer by their bedsides as they go to sleep in preparation for the next day.

Other Activities

a.When not watching football, Wisconsinites kill deer. Sometimes deer may be killed with vehicles, although this is not recommended as it can be expensive. This removal of bear food severely inhibits population growt

30

Dobber,

18/10/2007 14:23:36

#22 are you Kurt Angle by any chance ?

31

Crazy Buffalo,

18/10/2007 14:45:24

#22 #25, Bla bla bla, just another Yank trying to justify his countries actions, “it’s all for the common good and to promote a free world”. No one buys that nonsense anymore, even patrons of your own country are starting to question your presidents decisions/motives (past and present). The US is only interested in making itself richer and more powerful, you's really couldn't give a "Green Bay Fudge packer" about anyone else!
And I like your style though, If in doubt throw in the “we saved your ass’s in WWII” line again, I give you’s one thing, you’s certainly don’t need to be asked twice when offered to get involved in a war, the land of cowboys eh??

P.S. I question your figures about the ‘Supper’ Bowl having more viewers than the 2006 WC.

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Arm in the back of a cow,

Slitsville, Wisconsin AND PROUD OF IT 18/10/2007 14:55:27

To be quite honest Americans aren't too bothered about what effete Europe thinks. We've saved the world from a few tyrants, and we'll keep doing it whether you thank us or not.

Notice all these comments we've received on how wonderful European soccer is: how it's safe to take your family, how there's never any violence, how it's such an exciting game that your stadiums are filled with 60,000 people every weekend, and how a bunch of men falling over and crying every few seconds is legitimate entertainment.

And oh yes, I'm really sorry not to come from Michigan - the state responsible for Michael Moore.

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Ten Gallon Hat,

The Big Apple 18/10/2007 15:10:04

#31
What is "green bay fudge packer" rhyming slang for then?
Do us yanks not give a 'cream cracker' about anyone else? Makes no sense?

I think Arm's figures on Super Bowl vs World Cup viewing figures are correct if you don't include China. They're a bunch of commies so don't count and probably all just watched the game on one television in Red Square.

And if I'm not mistaken you Brits are currently also helping us win the war on terror!

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Märiö Antoinette,

18/10/2007 15:10:41

I have family from the states , who are liberal and intelligent. They would shoot you through the eye for being such a backwater jerk.

Wisconsin ?! Give us a break you silly clown.

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George F,

18/10/2007 15:12:10

#32 Arm in the back of a cow, Slitsville, Wisconsin AND PROUD OF you said.

To be quite honest Americans aren't too bothered about what effete Europe thinks. We've saved the world from a few tyrants, and we'll keep doing it whether you thank us or not.

Fool, Bush Jr is the tyrant who is slowly but surely eroding all your civil liberties the only problem is your to dumb to see it but I expect nothing else from a cheesehead. "And oh yes, I'm really sorry not to come from Michigan - the state responsible for Michael Moore". Is that it? is that the best you can do? Pathetic. Incidently I live in Michigan though I'm Scottish born and bred (and spare me the go crap as well). I've probably been in the US as long as you if not longer depending on your age.

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Märiö Antoinette,

18/10/2007 15:13:49

33

A) red square is in Moscow.
B) there are about 375 Million Television Sets in China.
C) equating that to the US , means that your average farming program about combine harvesters is more popular than the world series
D) Just for arguments sake, the world cup is watched by Billions. Get over it , The USA is not the centre of the world, and if we moved there we would enjoy a better standard of living than half you jokers, mainly due to the strength of the GBP and the EURO.
E) each of your houses costs about 50p

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Märiö Antoinette,

18/10/2007 15:18:33

And at least the BBc gives us TV programmes that last for more than 5 minutes without a commercial break.

And we have passports :P

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Dave2384,

EDINBURGH 18/10/2007 15:22:31

"To be quite honest Americans aren't too bothered about what effete Europe thinks. We've saved the world from a few tyrants, and we'll keep doing it whether you thank us or not. "

World Police in action, so which tyrant didyou save the world from then in Vietnam?

By the way you supplied Iraq with weapons in the 1st place and showed them how to use em.

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Märiö Antoinette,

18/10/2007 15:29:55

They dont like it up em.

And they are fat.

Thats it , not another word.

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Arm in the back of a cow,

18/10/2007 15:52:24

I made a post to this thread pointing out what nobody seems able to defend: that European soccer is a stupid, boring, waste-of-space game. All that's really happened is that a bunch of Limey wussies have attacked my country. Well, I've had enough. Sort Osama out on your own, then, and see how far you get. Or do you want to give him a big kiss?

George F says, "I've probably been in the US as long as you if not longer depending on your age". This may be the most asinine thing I've ever read in my life.

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Märiö Antoinette,

18/10/2007 15:54:21

sshush. We dont find out boring, you do.

Your media is ridiculous sir, stop believing it.

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Märiö Antoinette,

18/10/2007 15:54:47

sshush. We dont find it boring, you do.


Your media is ridiculous sir, stop believing it.

44

Ham Shank,

18/10/2007 15:58:29

*39

The Brits did actually during the 50's

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A Friend of Fernando Poo,

Newington 18/10/2007 16:42:26

#7 from the US : Yes, it's puzzling why my fellow countrymen get so excitable over a simple ball game.

As for the behaviour of those in the pub shouting, spitting and smashing glasses : that's just the kind of behaviour that will allow the Licensing Committee to pass rules about 50% standing and an early curfew on pubs. They're a menace to the freedoms of those of us capable of handling our beer.

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A Friend of Fernando Poo,

Newington 18/10/2007 16:45:34

#24 Mario : In fact more people go fishing than play football.

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George F,

18/10/2007 16:45:35

#41 Arm in the back of a cow, you said "I made a post to this thread pointing out what nobody seems able to defend: that European soccer is a stupid, boring, waste-of-space game.

Well that isn't an opinion shared by Billions around the world. You made a comment on a sport you know nothing about. Like American football isn't boring? They make a play, stop for five minutes while they change the players and then do the same thing over and over again, it's like watching paint dry. At least with what you call soccer the players have the stamina to play a whole game skillfully. Look mate if you know nothing about the game it's better to keep your mouth closed or you fingers off the keyboard then to run both and confirm that you know nothing with your dumb comments.

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A Friend of Fernando Poo,

Newington 18/10/2007 16:52:59

The Yank is quite right. Scores of nil all and one-nil are boring. What soccer needs is wider goals to get the scores up a bit. The offside rule should be dropped too as the point of it seems to be to reduce the number of goals.

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Serekundas Cousin,

18/10/2007 17:18:38

More people go to art galleries than football, but the fact remains, tha yank is fat , imperialist , badly travelled and ill informed - and he brought it on his fat self.

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iant61,

perth, 18/10/2007 17:28:18

stupid game 22 men chasing a ball,just give them one each,lol

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A Friend of Fernando Poo,

Newington 18/10/2007 17:48:23

It seems that in the US the most-watched sport is neither Football nor Rounders, it's NASCAR.

52

Takes things at face value and is amazed,

18/10/2007 18:02:01

Does this means we have to go to war again with the Italians? It really is a funny old game. Go Britain. You can do it.

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Malcolm_Argentina,

Buenos Aires 18/10/2007 18:37:22

Lads dont even bother about that yank, i live in south america, (with ironi)but not in America because America means US since they started thinking they are the only country in the continent, they keep thinking they are the only people living in the world, thank god we can kick their asses every time they play football(soccer) with Argentina.

good luck with italy!!!! ps sorry abaout my english.

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Malcolm_Argentina,

Buenos Aires 18/10/2007 18:55:59

some yanks stink!!
and they only qalify for the world cup because they
play in the zone with countries that the hole population is the football team.

Leonel Messi's feet have more talent that all their american football players!!!!


greetings from south!!! souther than you think.

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Malcolm_Argentina,

Buenos Aires 18/10/2007 18:58:07

#54 with no intention to diss or offend central american countries.

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Perseverance in Leith,

Under Cowboy Joes hat. 19/10/2007 02:18:02

Whats the problem with the good ol' USA guys? After all we Scots give their WMD's a fine home and they raped us for our oil just as effectively as our lovely neighbours. I still have to say though that it would be funny if other countries demanded entry into the world series of baseball.


 

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