Monday, October 22, 2007
Scotland Named Dirtiest Team In Europe
Scotland have been tagged the dirtiest national team in Europe.
Alex McLeish's men have one more game to play in the European Championship qualifying campaign and a win at home to Italy next month would take them to the finals.
But official UEFA statistics have put Scotland top of a table they didn't want to win - they have committed more fouls than each of the 50 other teams in Europe.
Records show 175 fouls in their 11 games so far - an average of almost 16 a game. That's three more than Estonia in second place and 30 ahead of England.
And Scotland have given away 95 more free-kicks than Euro 2008's cleanest team Spain.
Alex McLeish's men have one more game to play in the European Championship qualifying campaign and a win at home to Italy next month would take them to the finals.
But official UEFA statistics have put Scotland top of a table they didn't want to win - they have committed more fouls than each of the 50 other teams in Europe.
Records show 175 fouls in their 11 games so far - an average of almost 16 a game. That's three more than Estonia in second place and 30 ahead of England.
And Scotland have given away 95 more free-kicks than Euro 2008's cleanest team Spain.
