Scotland Supporters Clubs
This page contains
details of some known tartan army clubs and associations. If you want
your club or group listed here, send an E-Mail to the TAHPs.
The known TA clubs listed along with any web-site and e-mail contact
details available. The end of the page identifies a number of general
Tartan Army web resources and also gives some information aboutthe
Tartan Army E-Mail Discussion List. The entires are as follows:
ETA - Edinburgh Tartan Army
Lunnain Albannaich (Scotland Supporters in London)
NOSTA - North of Scotland
Tartan Army
WESTA - West of Scotland Tartan
Army
PTA - Perthshire Tartan Army
Lochlann - Lochlann
Albanniach
EASTA - East of Scotland Tartan
Army
WWTA - William Wallace Tartan Army
(Ayrshire)
HTA - Highland Tartan Army
DTA - Dutch Tartan Army and
ATA - Alternative Tartan Army !?
FARTA - Far East Tartan Army
OTAs - Other Tartan Armies
Other TA Internet Links (many) -
Various Other Tartan Army Internet Links
Tartan Army
E-Mail List - Information regarding the Tartan Army E-Mail List
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Feel free to drop an e-mail to notify any changes to the information or to
nominate your TA web-site or club for a listing on this page to the Tartan Army
Home Pages.
Although the Edinburgh Tartan Army was founded by
Captial residents Tartan Army troops, we welcome members from everywhere and we
do have several members who live in far flung parts including Gothenberg,
Stockholm, Chippenham, Australia!, Fraserburgh, Aberdeen, Fife and even Glasgow!
As stated in the constitution, the object of the Club is to support Scotland
where ever and when ever they play and since our inaugural meeting, members of
ETA have been in attendance at all Scotland games. Members are given a Club
t-shirt on joining and receive our periodical newsletter +Just One Chance+. We
organise group travel, tickets and accommodation for away games and home games
where required (eg. Pittodrie last year). Members are offered free buses for
home games. We have also been able to offer members free accommodation and
tickets for special social events held by the Club which have included a visit
to a Tartan Army play in the 1997 Glasgow Mayfest, our celebration party after
the Latvia game and our Hogmanay in the Rock Cafe on Edinburgh's Princes Street.
ETA do not hold regular monthly meetings. However, meetings are arranged on an
infrequent basis. There are 3 regular social functions per year, a Burns night,
Summer party & St. Andrews night. ETA are also represented by their own football
team in the annual Tartan Army football tournament. Main club communication is
through an irregular newsletter, posted to members.
To join ETA costs a one off fee of £10 and monthly standing-order of £3 which
entitles members to free buses to home games & potentially subsidised match
tickets for games as funds permit. For joining instructions / other information,
send an E-Mail to the Edinburgh Tartan Army (ETA). The preferred e-mail
address for ETA seems to have become contact@edinburghtartanarmy.com. The
web-site is now up and running and is found on
http://www.edinburghtartanarmy.com.
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The Lunniann Alba Supporters Club are an
independant club for followers of the Scottish National Football team, who are
exiled from Scotland, primarily in London (Lunnainn Alba being Scots Gaelic for
London Scotland) and the South East of England, but with members throughout the
world.
The club evolved as follows : During the European Championships in 1992 in
Sweden, three Scottish football supporters, who had met up in one of
Gothenburg’s finest hostelries, discovered that not only did they share a common
love of Football and of the Scottish National team’s fortunes in particular, but
that they were all exiled Scots living in the Greater London area. Addresses and
telephone numbers were exchanged with the intention of getting together for a
beer or two. Finally, in May 1993 the decision was taken to put things on an
official footing and form a Supporters Club.
From the initial membership of eight, the club had grown by leaps and bounds
since its inception, with membership of over one hundred full and associate
members.
With an initial catchment area of Greater London, members who have been
recruited both at home and abroad come from all parts of the globe, except
Scotland. Membership is only open to exiled Scots. The club’s members represent
all walks of life from Barristers, Accountants and Surveyors to Publicans,
Policemen and the unemployed, and all ages too.
The club holds monthly meetings and other social events and tries to provide the
infamously invisible Scottish community in London with a focal point. A monthly
newsletter, containing opinion, gossip and news is produced. Members regularly
travel to all Scotland fixtures, both home and away and we continue to organise
where possible budget travel for members.
A joining fee of £5 and a yearly membership fee of 10 GBP is charged. If you are
interested in finding out more about Lunnainn Alba or to join them, contact
Craig McDowall using this link or have a look at the web site using this Loony
Alba link. There, you can find further information as well as order club
t-shirts and hear about meetings and organised travel.
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NOSTA (link to NOSTA site) was formed in late
1997 and has grown significantly in numbers since then. They intend to run buses
to all home games and are normally represented on all away trips. NOSTA members
are predominantly from the Aberdeen area, although we have a number of people
from Peterhead, Stonehaven and even some from Shetland. (Sheep Shaggers Utd was
even considered as a club name!)
If anyone is interested in joining the club membership is £10 and there is a
Standing order of £5 a month. This allows the running of free buses for members
to all qualifying games and organise other social events.
Contacts :
Contact using e-mail to Ally MacIverby e-mail.
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Founded in January 1997, the West Of Scotland
Tartan Army has progressed at an alarming rate. There are well over 100 members.
They meet in the basement of the Iron Horse bar in Glasgow on the last Sunday of
each month. All Scotland home games held in Glasgow will be hosted by WESTA and
all associated clubs and guests are welcome to join before and after the game.
A coach will be organised for all home games that take place outwith Glasgow.
Exclusive T-shirts will be available for each match in our European Championship
and World Cup campaigns.
Membership is from January to January and, at present, £5 gives you membership
of the club. A regular newsletter is distributed to members.
WESTA is recognised by the SFA and both the Security Advisor and Travel Club
organiser have attended our meetings. the have their own web-site, giving some
useful infomation about the club.
For further information contact Tommy Madden (0141 770 6669), Craig McKechnie
(0141 336 7699), Greg Kain (0141 948 0442), Jimmy Cormack (01389 763 795) or
contact Andy McArthur by E-Mail by clicking on this link or Scott Crawford by
clicking on this one.
The ultimate aim of the club is to use their numbers to exclusively book or
charter transport to away games. Join now - be fast don't be last!
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The Perthshire TA has a growning membership and
conmsists of members from Perth and its environs. Contact person is John Kaylor
JKaylor@UAP-Europe.com. Meetings are held at the Jeanfield Social Club in Perth.
A regular club newsletter is produced and distributed to members.
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Lochlann members are from Sweden, Denmark, Norway
& Finland. Main contacts are: Tam McTurk (tartan.army@mcturk.dk) for Denmark,
Lars Hallgreen - alias Sgt Sponge (lhallgren@bjservices.co.uk) for Norway, Steve
Crockatt (steven.crockatt@kolumbus.fi) and Davie MacDonald (h6davmcd@aloe.stud.slu.se
or Dave_J_McDonald@hotmail.com) for Sweden. No regular meetings are held. The
Lochlann Albannaich web-site is on http://www.lochlannalbannaich.suite.dk/.
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Contact person is Tam Ferry who is available by
e-mail on tam_t_bam@yahoo.com. Club Secretary, is Simon aka "Chewy",
01382-400095 or by email at chewy_si@yahoo.com.
EASTA Membership is centred on Dundee/Angus/North Fife. The club was formed in
Jan 2000. Objective: To support the Scottish National Football Team, wherever
they play and to return home with roughly the same number of the people that
they left with! Joining fee is £10 and monthly dues of £4 (you get a Club
T-shirt, membership card and regular newsletter). Clubs funds should support
running free buses for members to home matches and occasional subsidised social
events.
The EASTA Home Page is at http://www.geocities.com/eastofscotlandtartanarmy/ or
now also available on http://www.easta.com/
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Contact person is (Red) Bill Austin who is
available by e-mail on bill@lainshaw.freeserve.co.uk or Lorraine on lorraine@williamwallaceta.com.
Based in Burns country, WWTA members attend all Scotland matches. They meet in
the Pandora bar in Glasgow before matches at Hampden or other Glasgow venues.
The WWTA also have their own web-site which is hosted at
www.williamwallaceta.com.
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HTA (not to be confused with NOSTA!) are based
around the Inverness area and comprise fans from all over the general Highland
area. Members come from "Lochinver to Invergordon, Helmsdale to Dunkeld and from
Fife to Keith". Meetings take place every couple of months at Chieftan Hotel in
Inverness (also, busses leave from there to all home games). A regular club
newsletter are prepared. More information from Dougall McDougall
(01463-224948)or contact by e-mail to HTA - Highland Tartan Army Craig MacLean
on craig.taffy@talk21.com.
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The 'Dutch Tartan Army' can be found in a small
Dutch holiday town called Valkenberg (it is about 10 Kms Maastricht in Southern
Holland) and can only be described as a bunch of totally mad bastards. The HQ is
a bar by the name of the Queen Victoria (slightly unfortunate name however)
which is run by Neville, a Scottish chap from Motherwell. The bar itself is
decked out with all sorts of Scottish garb (bagpipes, match programmes, tickets,
etc.) and all Tartan Army footsoldiers passing by are gauranteed a good welcome
and a decent selection of Scottish beers. However, beware of Nevilles curries,
they have a reputation for strength.
They number approximately about twenty fans and have a presence at away games in
the qualifying games and are more than ready to act as a potential staging post
for fans in Euro 2000 which takes place in Belgium and Holland. They are hoping
to expand and take on fans from all over the Netherlands as people get to hear
more about them.
Everyone is welcome to join and the only stipulation was that you also have to
be a SCOTLAND Travel Club member.
DTA Membership costs DFL.25,- per year (which includes a DTA T-shirt). For more
information, contact Neville Pinchbeck or Peter Wheeler (the Club Secretary) c/o
the Queen Victoria, Plenkertstraat 11, 6301 GK VALKENBURG, Limburg, The
Netherlands.
The DTA have their own web-site which can be located at either: http://members.tripod.com/~pubqueenvic/dta.html
or at the newer address of http://pubqueenvic.tripod.com/
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The little known ATA is a group of about a dozen
individuals who go to places when on tour which are 'off the beaten track'.
Their main goal is to search out mayhem and frivality. They enjoy the TA around
game time but other than that they try to check out other sights ! They consist
of a range of nutters from various far flung places (identities are withheld and
membership is select) !
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A range of other tartan army clubs are in
exsitence:
Tallinn Tartan Army hail from Estonia where a number of Scots have settled.
Contact: Chris MacLean at balt-con@uninet.ee. Meeting point is Molly Malones
bar, Tallinn.
LTA - Luxembourg Tartan Army travel to some matches. Contact Paul Murray by
e-mail for more information. Meeting point is the Pygmalion Irish Pub,
Luxembourg. This is found in the valley, in the old town of Luxembourg (in
Clausen). LTA web-site: http://members.xoom.com/tartanarmy/tartanarmy/.
Hand of God Squad (Borders, based in Peebles). Contact Steven Brockie by e-mail
for more info. Meeting point is the Green Tree Hotel.
TAP - Tartan Army de Paris also exists. Find them at The Pure Malt bar (http://www.thepuremalt.com/
in Rue Caron, Paris 75004 (tel: 42-72-90-40). The Auld Alliance pub is fairly
closeby as well.
The Tap Shop Tartan Army. Some lads from the Mid Calder Inn in West Lothian have
started a small TA club and have a band of travellers. They have a web-page with
some information about themselves on it at http://www.geocities.com/hack_it_uk/index.html.
Contact Craig at csboyle@orange.net for more information.
Armadale Sons of Wallace. The Armadale Sons Of Wallace (a sort of mid Scotland
TA branch) are now on-line at http://www.armadalesonsofwallace.co.uk. We are
reliably informed that they will be running a bus to the 2002 World Cup finals
and that bookings are now being taken! Contact person is Chris Dunne who is on
e-mail at dunney@hotmail.com.
GERTA (German Tartan Army). A German guy, Ulli Weigmann from Frankfurt, and a
small band of friends, have been to a considerable number of Scotland matches
over more than 10 years (e.g. Sweden '92), etc. They have made a small web-page
and both Germans and Scots in Germany and other neighbouring States with an
interest in following Scotland are welcome to get in touch with them. The
Web-Site URL is at http://members.aol.com/ullitanja/index.html. Ulli can be
contacted by e-mail on UlliTanja@aol.com. Further updates are planned to this
site.
ANZTA (Australia and New Zealand Tartan Army). A couple of guys down under Ross
(ross@free.net.au) and Davie (David.Alexander@interco.com.au) are the main
contacts. They now have a web-site hosted at http://www.geocities.com/anzta/.
Cambeltown Tartan Army. A regular bunch undertake TA activities and travel from
their base in Cambeltown. Find out more about them at http://www.geocities.com/campbeltownta/.
E-mail contact is Dave Paterson.
Vancouver Tartan Army (VATA). One wing of the Canadian TA is based in Vancouver.
Find out more about them at http://communities.msn.com/vancouvertartanarmy/.
E-mail contact (and club chairman) is Sean Sneddon. There are lots of pictures
of their 20+ members.
New York City Tartan Army. Also known as EVTA (East Village Tartan Army), a some
of the lads in New York are remarkably regular travellers to Scotland matches,
considering the distances involved. The NYC-TA will give you more information
about them and their travels. Contact is Colin reid.
LOBTA - Land O' Burns Tartan Army. LOBTA (Land O` Burns Tartan Army) hail from
North Ayrshire. They are based in sunny (aye right!) Saltcoats, covering Largs
to Kilwinning / Irvine and Garnock Valley. Contact LOBTA using this E-Mail Link.
Sporran Legion (West Lothian). You can find the West Lothian (Seafield) based
Sporran Legion on-line using this Link to their web-site. Based at the Seasfield
Arms Hotel and the contact is Graeme McGinty.
Airdrie Tartan Army. The Airdrie Tartan Army are now on-line at http://members.madasafish.com/~westendbar/tartan.htm
and the contact is Scott Rae who can be e-mailed on westendbar@madasafish.com
(does that address mean "mad as a fish" or in Glasgow slang, "ma' da's a
fish"?).
Netley Abbey Tartan Army. The England based Netley Tartan Army (near
Southampton) are now on-line at http://www.netleyabbeytartanarmy.freeservers.com/
and the contact is Paul who can be e-mailed on fatman@netleytartanarmy.com.
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A TA "Message Board" forum was set up in Mid-2000
and very quickly became a popular resource with regular and up to date traffic
and discussions. Point your browser to http://taboard.com/ where you will find
forums for general TA discussion,
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The following list identifies a few links for
some of the various Tartan Army web sites that are appearing all the time.
Official SFA Web-Site
The SFA are of course now On-Line. Their web site at http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/
was considerably revamped and extended in late 1999.
An interesting feature is a searchable archive of information about Scotland
international matches. They say they are still building the database and it
currently spans 1970 to 2000 but… "This database will continue to grow,
eventually stretching right back to the first international in 1872". It
includes team lists from most of the games (with captain), attendance, match
referee, H/T & F/T. It also shows yellow and red cards picked up in each game
but this is mostly incomplete.
Other sections include forthcoming international fixtures, current international
squad(s) information and player stats, latest news (reasonably well updated).
There is the obligatory link to sponsors such as Scottish Gas, lists of dodgy
Scottish referees, coaching, affiliates, the museum at Hampden and some SFA
publications.
The publications bit is not that extensive and is basically a scan of each
separate page of the annual report scanned in as a graphic - no attempt to
provide the file in .PDF format or similar!!
The site also gives information about the Scotland Travel Club and takes its
first tottering step towards the modern age - you can get an STC application
form on-line! Sadly however, the technology stops there, you have to print the
form out, fill it in manually and post it to the SFA along with your cheque!
The SFA site is still developing. They have intentions for further improvements
- so keep an eye on it.
Scottish International Football Archive
Find an archive of many Scotland International results at http://www.sfu.ca/~maxwell/scot_results.html
(- a university in Canada!).
Wembley Park (England) site
Strange to list an England site here but these lads appear to have a sense of
humour and can see the funny side of being a footbal supporter. Link to it
through http://www.wembleypark.com/ (well worth a visit!!).
Bosnian Fan of the Tartan Army.
Mirza the Bosnian from Sarajevo has made his own Tartan Army tribute web-site.
He made friends with some of the TA during the 1999 visit to Sarajevo. His
Scotland and TA web-site is at www.geocities.com/albagubrath2000. Loads of
pictures are provided on this web-site. Besides that, he recently started a new
web site www.scotlandia.com - sarajevo tartan army
Any Missing
Feel free to drop an e-mail to notify any changes to the information or to
nominate your TA web-site or club for a listing on this page to the Tartan Army
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There has been a Tartan Army E-mail discussion
list operating since 1996 and its membership has grown to well over 100 members
with the growth of the Internet since then. The list is based on the free list
server at www.topica.com and discussion is quite open about Scotland,
travelling, the team, etc. Message volume varies between 15 and 30 messages per
day, depending on issues of the moment and forthcoming trips. Digest option (1
message per day) is also available.
The list is loosely administrated by ScottK and TomS. Both people can authorise
new members onto the list and other administrative actions as necessary. The
only pre-requisite is that list members are regular TA travellers and that they
are not members of the press. If mailing to request that you are added to the
list, mention the TA club that you are a member of or mention someone you know
that is already on the list.
Only list members are allowed to post to the list. This prevents SPAM problems
and other privacy issues affecting the list.
An MS Word format list FAQ is also available from ScottK by e-mail on request.
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