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Netherlands win group 9 and qualify for World Cup Finals

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Wednesday August 12th Norway v Scotland

KO 7pm, Ulevelli Stadium, Oslo

Scribbler's picnic - 5 a side tournament - 30th August

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12 August 2009, Uluveaal Stadium, Oslo, Norway

History

Norway was first exposed to football in the late 19th century and was an enthusiastic adopter of the sport, however the harsh weather conditions and Norway's adherence to amateurism restricted their growth internationally and they have only qualified for 3 World Cup Finals (1938, 1994 & 1998) getting as far as the 2nd round in 1998 (from Scotland's group!). It is their woman who have greater achievements, winning the Women's World Cup twice.

You boys took one hell of a beating

Norwegian football flourished in the 1990's with a large number of players including Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (Man Utd), Tore Andre Flo (Chelsea & Rangers) & Stig Inge Bjornebye (Liverpool) moving to England & Scotland. Before this the most famous Norwegian connected with football was commentator Bjorge Lillelien, who could not contain his delight after Norway achieved a historic 2-1 win over England in 1981

Click here to listen to his famous commentary.

Scotland

Scotland have a good record against Norway having won 8 times and only lost twice out of 16 meetings, although Chris Iluwemo would probably agree that we should have 9 wins against them! Our full record against Norway is -

P-16 W-8 D-6 L-2 F-33 A -17

Our last visit to Norway was in 2005 when a brace from Kenny Miller gave us a comfortable win despite Norway pulling back a late goal for a final 2-1 scoreline

Kenny Miller 1st Goal

Kenny Miller 2nd Goal

Norway currently sit bottom of group 9 with 3 points, after drawing 0-0 away to Macedonia and losing 2-0 to Netherlands in June meaning they need to beat Scotland in August to have even a slim chance of finishing 2nd