Articles by Scott McIntyre

About Scott McIntyre

Scott McIntyre is a football journalist based in Tokyo who, in addition to reporting on the game, enjoys looking at the human element of the world’s most popular sport. He’s covered three FIFA World Cups, four AFC Asian Cups and numerous other club and national tournaments right across the planet and has travelled extensively across Asia for the past two decades, from Iraq and Palestine to Guam and Southeast Asia.

England embarrass Iran in 6-2 humiliation

November 22, 2022 Scott McIntyre

The Asian Game’s coverage of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 is proudly sponsored by SMC. A day after Qatar set an unwanted record in the becoming the first host nation to lose their opening […]

Match Preview: England vs Iran

November 21, 2022 Scott McIntyre

The Asian Game’s coverage of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 is proudly sponsored by SMC. Barely two months since he returned to lead his former nation into the World Cup finals, Carlos Queiroz will […]

Moriyasu springs World Cup selection surprise

November 1, 2022 Scott McIntyre

The Asian Game’s coverage of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 is proudly sponsored by SMC. At the end of pretty much every friendly match that Japan plays there’s a collection of giant cardboard cut […]

Mauk and Okayama channel Momotaro in promotion push

October 27, 2022 Scott McIntyre

Okayama, nestled between Osaka and Hiroshima in central Japan, is a prefecture that’s far more often associated with one of the nation’s most beloved fables rather than its football team. The story of Momotaro is […]

Remembering Korea-Japan 2002: Legacy

September 9, 2022 Scott McIntyre

The Asian Game’s coverage of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 is proudly sponsored by SMC. Legacy: it’s one of the most talked about elements in bidding for any major sporting event yet often just […]

Danish Reds eyeing Asian success

August 18, 2022 Scott McIntyre

One of the lesser known historical quirks about Japan is that it’s actually the final resting place of none other than Jesus Christ. The story goes that it was actually Jesus’ little known brother, Isukiri, […]

Haddow’s heart always with Japan

July 29, 2022 Scott McIntyre

Jay Haddow’s journey to international football was far from a straightforward one: born in Hong Kong to parents from the United Kingdom and Japan, he moved to England, alone, as a 12-year-old, had overtures to […]

Japanese World Cup hopefuls given chance to impress

July 13, 2022 Scott McIntyre

Along with having one of the most unnecessarily complicated names in world football, the EAFF E-1 Football Championships has, in recent years, been relegated to a position as one of the more obscure international tournaments, […]

2022 J.League season preview

February 18, 2022 Scott McIntyre

The J.League returns for its landmark 30th season as things, hopefully, start to get back to a semblance of normality across the nation. With four teams relegated to J2 and a pair – Jubilo Iwata […]

Is Vietnam’s ‘golden generation’ going to waste?

January 27, 2022 Scott McIntyre

Nguyen Quang Hai, Nguyen Hoang Duc, Ho Tan Tai, Ha Duc Chinh and Nguyen Tien Linh. All five were starters for Vietnam in their final outing at the recently completed AFF Suzuki Cup, where they […]