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Scotland fans march on after Swiss rollercoaster at Euros

Scotland fans march on after Swiss rollercoaster at Euros

24 hours ago By Kevin Jackson and Mary McCool, BBC Scotland News Euros 2024: Fans react to Scotland’s draw with Switzerland The Tartan Army continue to march on in Germany after a 1-1 draw with Switzerland kept Scotland’s Euro 2024 dream alive. Steve Clarke’s side held on for a point after taking a first-half lead in Cologne....

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Billy Gilmour brings the calm to keep Scotland’s Euro 2024 dreams alive

Billy Gilmour brings the calm to keep Scotland’s Euro 2024 dreams alive

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter The party goes on, just, as Scotland restore some pride and give themselves a real chance of reaching the knockout stages of Euro 2024 thanks to this battling draw against Switzerland....

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Gritty Scotland give themselves a chance of making history with progress to knockouts still a possibility after outperforming Switzerland, writes IAN HERBERT

Gritty Scotland give themselves a chance of making history with progress to knockouts still a possibility after outperforming Switzerland, writes IAN HERBERT

The Tartan Army had amassed on the steps of Cologne’s monumental cathedral by lunchtime, belting out ‘No Scotland, No party’ – the joke being that there was no point heading into that vast place to pray, because it wasn’t big enough for the help the country needed. The sun came out as they drifted out...

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PLAYER RATINGS: Which ex-Chelsea starlet was Scotland’s best player? How did goalscorer Scott McTominay fare? And why Granit Xhaka only scored a six for Switzerland

PLAYER RATINGS: Which ex-Chelsea starlet was Scotland’s best player? How did goalscorer Scott McTominay fare? And why Granit Xhaka only scored a six for Switzerland

Scotland’s hopes of reaching the knockout stages of Euro 2024 are still alive after they secured a 1-1 draw with Switzerland on Wednesday. Steve Clarke’s men took the lead in the first half after Scott McTominay‘s shot took a wicked deflection past Yann Sommer into the Swiss net. Xherdan Shaqiri responded soon after in emphatic...

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Scotland keep knockout hopes alive after battling draw with Switzerland

Scotland keep knockout hopes alive after battling draw with Switzerland

Scotland came into this game with the sole aspiration of not being sent homeward to think again. Defeat in Cologne would have left them needing unlikely favours from other groups, even if they were to beat Hungary in Stuttgart on Sunday. On that front, it was job done. Scotland now know a win against Hungary...

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Scotland vs Switzerland player ratings: Xherdan Shaqiri produces stunner

Scotland vs Switzerland player ratings: Xherdan Shaqiri produces stunner

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Scotland earned a potentially valuable point against Switzerland as the two sides shared a 1-1 draw in their second Group C fixture. Steve Clarke had promised that his side would produce...

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Scotland draw with Switzerland to set up huge Hungary showdown at Euro 2024

Scotland draw with Switzerland to set up huge Hungary showdown at Euro 2024

Scotland 1-1 Switzerland (McTominay 13′ | Shaqiri 26′) RHEINENERGIESTADION — All day they had gathered in their thousands in the shadow of Cologne’s majestic cathedral, a tartan flecked show of faith in a national team that rarely answers their prayers. The blind devotion of Scotland‘s supporters is remarkable. It also lifted them to this, a tournament performance...

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Euro 2024: Scotland stays alive with 1-1 draw against Switzerland

Euro 2024: Scotland stays alive with 1-1 draw against Switzerland

Switzerland moved within touching distance of a place in the last 16 at Euro 2024 as Xherdan Shaqiri’s stunning strike earned a 1-1 draw against Scotland on Wednesday. Murat Yakin’s side trailed to an early Scott McTominay goal that took a hefty deflection off Swiss defender Fabian Schaer. But Shaqiri produced one of the goals...