The waiting is over and the SFA have launched the new Scotland home shirt for the upcoming campaign. Not many surprises in the shirt with a fairly straightforward design although the most obvious change from the previous version is the white shorts and red socks, as opposed to the all blue version.

Personally I like it, although there's not usually much to dislike about Scotland shirts.

Discuss the new strip on the forum.

So Scotland lost in Prague, although I must admit I wasn't surprised by that given the circumstances of the game. We travelled with an extremely under strength squad and were playing a team only 8 days away from their opening Euro 2008 match.

Still, there were some positives with three debuts handed out to McCormack, Morrison and Clarkson with the latter scoring a peach of a goal as well. So despite the 3-1 scoreline there was some positives to take from the match.

We've received this email from Mark O'Brien, the owner of The Lions Bar in Prague, and thought I would share the information.

"Hello Guys i am the Owner of The Lions British Pub in Prague
if any of your guys re coming for the game you are more than welcome in fact
we would love to offer you the chance to make it HQ for you guys obviously i
will do you a good deal, i hail from Wakefield myself being here for 10 years

www.thelionsbar.cz

The SFA have released a statement outlining further details about the ticket application process for the Czech Republic match at the end of May.

"A new system of allocating away match tickets for Scotland Supporters Club members is being trialed by the Scottish FA for the upcoming friendly against the Czech Republic in May.

Scotland National Team Coach George Burley today confirmed that the Scotland A Squad will play Tennent’s International Challenge Matches against the Czech Republic and Northern Ireland later this year.

The match against the Czechs – currently 6th in the FIFA Rankings – will take place on Friday 30 May 2008 in Prague. We will then welcome Northern Ireland to Hampden on Wednesday 20 August 2008.