Group F could be a very interesting group featuring Holland as top seeds with Japan the first qualifiers , Tunisia from African and the European Playoff winners Sweden who have come from a dismal qualifying campaign to impressive playoffs victories. HOLLAND – Holland had a fairly comfortable qualification winning 6 of 8 games and drawing …
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WORLD CUP 2026 – GROUP C
Group C sees 5 time World Cup winners Brazil joined by Scotland alongside Morocco and Haiti. Brazil – Brazil despite their unconvincing qualifying campaign will go into the tournament as clear favourites to win Group C . Brazil qualified from the South American group in fifth place and claimed an automatic spot. This was however …
WORLD CUP 2026 – GROUP B
Group B sees hosts Canada joined by Switzerland alongside Qatar and European Playoff Winner Bosnia & Herzegovina. Canada – Canada have played a series of friendlies, as hosts recently drawing 2-2 with Iceland and 0-0 with Tunisia. Last summer they played in the Concacaf Gold Cup beating Honduras 6-0, El Salvador 2-0 and drawing 1-1 …
WORLD CUP 2026 – GROUP A
Group A sees Mexico one of the hosts joined by the European Playoff D Winner Czechia alongside South Africa and South Korea. Mexico – Mexico go into the tournament with home advantage and a strong defensive record in recent friendly matches although they have not played a competitive game since they won the Concacaf Gold …
WORLD CUP – WEST GERMANY 74 Second Round – Final
The Second Round comprised two groups of four teams each playing a further three round robin games with the two winners meeting in the final and the runners up playing in the third / fourth place playoff. PART TWO – 26TH JUNE TO 7TH JULY 1974 Wednesday 26th June 1974 Group A – HOLLAND 4 …
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WORLD CUP – WEST GERMANY 74 First Round
The World Cup in West Germany was played just two years after the terrible terrorist attack when 11 Israeli athletes were killed during the Olympic Games in Munich 1972. The Jules Rimet trophy had been awarded to Brazil after their third success in Mexico 1970 so a new trophy was designed and used for the …
WORLD CUP – WEST GERMANY 74 First Round
The World Cup in West Germany was played just two years after the terrible terrorist attack when 11 Israeli athletes were killed during the Olympic Games in Munich 1972. The Jules Rimet trophy had been awarded to Brazil after their third success in Mexico 1970 so a new trophy was designed and used for the …
Scottish First Division 1975/76
In 1975 there was league reconstruction in Scottish Football with two leagues becoming three leagues. The initial format was a 10-14-14 structure and over the past 50 years the second tier of Scottish Football has been one of the most competitive in European and possibly World Football. It is a league which has also seen …
WORLD CUP 2026
PLAYOFFS MARCH 2026 The Playoffs took place recently to decide the final 6 teams to qualify for World Cup 2026 with 2 Inter Continental pathways and 4 European pathways. The semi finals took place on 26th March with the finals on 31st March 2026. Intercontinental Pathway 1 These playoffs took place in Guadalajara , Mexico …
WORLD CUP 2026 – Part 2
Scotland Opponents Qualification – Part Two MOROCCO CAF Qualifying saw the 54 countries divided into 9 groups of 6 countries with the 9 Group Winners qualifying for World Cup 2026. The four best runners up would play two semi finals and final to determine the one country to move forward to the Inter Continental Playoffs. …
Football is Academical 