They'll be wearing kilts next...

Once upon a time, when Scotland used to qualify for the football world cup, the Scottish run-up to the tournament was invariably plagued by difficulties. The England team appear to be metamorphosing before our eyes into a Scottish version. The Guardian reports:

"England's preparations for the World Cup, already derailed by the curse of the broken metatarsal, have suffered another equally predictable setback - the unseemly nightclub brawl.
Just hours before he was selected by Sven-Goran Eriksson for the 23-man squad for next month's tournament, the Chelsea defender Wayne Bridge suffered a head injury in a disturbance outside a club in Mayfair, central London.
Police were called to the Embassy club when a fight broke out at 2am on Monday. Bridge, 25, who had been at a party with Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham and Fulham players celebrating the end of the Premiership season, received a cut and bruise to his face."

So added to the rash of injuries and the bizarre managerial decision-making, we now have the shenanigans in a night club. How Scottish can you get? All that remains to complete the metamorphosis is elimination in the first round.