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Article: Around; the world in a daze; A-Z OF LIFE WITH TARTAN ARMY.(Sport)
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- Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
- Article date:
- June 7, 1998
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A is for Argentina. The name still conjures up pain 20 years after the debacle of Ally MacLeod's ill- fated campaign. The results were disastrous but some fans pulled off a stunning victory by pretending they were players and conning the foreign press into buying them loads of drink.
B is for Brussels where I first heard the ditty "We'll Support You Up To Four" during a 4- 1 defeat by Belgium in 1987. At least the Stella was in top form.
C is for Calais, the last port of call on homeward journeys and used mainly as a loading point for the duty frees. On one ...