Happy New Year Everybody!

Happy New Year to everybody.

We've just added a couple of new pages to the site - hopefully they're pretty self explanatory

• How to Start Up a Local Tartan Army?
• How to find a bar showing the game?

Let us know if you have any suggestions on making these better.

Also just wanted to post some thoughts on where we are with the TA of NA. The Italy game saw unprecedented buzz and demand and we should all try and build on that. Keep trying to get organized in your area - the more organized we are, the more people we can reach out to, the better situated we are to negotiate with Setanta and the likes.

A few promising signs from the Italy game:

• Nevada Smiths in New York (500 capacity) sold out with Scotland fans. Several other bars in city reporting 100+ crowds
• 300+ reported in Vancouver, 150 in Seattle
• New groups forming in San Francisco and Dallas
• We think Toronto and Houston are seeing big numbers, but through the local Old Firm clubs

Setanta has told us they need to make $15K+ to carry the games, which is certainly do-able given the demand we've seen, but we should consider all alternatives. If anybody happens to work with DISH, DirectTV or one of the cable providers, any insights on what it would take to get Scotland games on PPV. If we could be organized enough to ensure enough money then maybe we could make a proposal.

Thoughts?