So, now the countdown begins for Saturday's World Cup Qualifier against Holland in Amsterdam. (This is soccer, by way of explanation, for American readers.)

My last jaunt to Amsterdam with the Tartan Army saw us beaten only 6-0. However, boy, did we party afterwards? Being sober, (I think I was the only one), I got talking to policemen who said that Scotland were the only nation the Dutch played that didn't require them to be togged up in riot gear. "Even when PSV, (a Dutch league team and rivals to Ajax Amsterdam), come here, we need riot squads and vans, but you people in skirts and bagpipes only want to party. It's good fun!"

My Scottish Pride went up a notch that night! Who lets a 6-0 drubbing get into the way of a good party!


We'll Be Comin'