The footballing gods have once again paired the two mighty nations of Holland and Scotland together in a vital football match. No doubt the thousands of Dutch heading over to Scotland will ensure a superb atmosphere - and we would make a plea to the Dutch masters to be a little lenient towards us Scots (not that we're desperate or anything) - they've won the group at a canter and have nothing to play for so why not just let us go through to the Play-Offs?

**UPDATE**

By a massive stroke of good luck i managed to get to the game on Wednesday night - it was a fantastic night despite the result. The atmosphere was amazing and im sure the Dutch supporters enjoyed themselves, hopefully Scotland will get some better luck in the next campaign.

As a native Scotsman there are few things that stir the passions as much as football - and it just so happens that my team is taking on the Dutch masters at the Amsterdam ArenA on the 28th of March. This puts me in a rather awkward position as the match features my two favourite countries, but of course - i am fully behind Scotland.

Historically, the Scot's have has their moments against Holland - in 1978 Archie Gemmill scored one of the greatest goals in World Cup history, although Scotland won the match 3-2, they still went out the tournament - yet another glorious failure.



In 2003, Scotland played Holland in the playoffs for the 2004 World Cup - Scotland won the first match 1-0 at Hampden, only to fall to a 6-0 thrashing in the return leg. The Tartan Army being a resolute buch however, ensures that we enter the next couple of fixtures with a degree of confidence, with Holland not perhaps the force they once were. One thing is guaranteed - the Tartan Army will be there in force - they have already booked almost an entire DFDS ferry from Newcastle to Amsterdam.

Good luck Scotland!