Scotland v Austria
European Qualifiers for FIFA World Cup 2022 Hampden Park, Glasgow Thursday 25th March, 2021 | KO 7.45pm
European Qualifiers for FIFA World Cup 2022
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Thursday 25th March, 2021 | KO 7.45pm
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SCOTLAND v AUSTRIA / EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS / FIFA 2022 WORLD CUP<br />
HANDBAGS<br />
AND RED RAGS<br />
The history of tonight’s fixture includes an unusual pitch<br />
invasion and abandoned Hampden clash<br />
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<strong>Scotland</strong> begin their World Cup<br />
qualifying campaign with a triple<br />
header. A home game against <strong>Austria</strong><br />
tonight kicks off the quest for Qatar<br />
2022, before a trip to Israel and then<br />
a return to Hampden Park to face the<br />
Faroe Islands, all within a week.<br />
The last time the Scots played Das Team<br />
was in a friendly in May 2007 - and<br />
they were due to play the Faroe Islands<br />
the week later in a 2008 European<br />
Championship qualifier.<br />
As a reminder of how time flies in<br />
football, Rangers goalkeeper Allan<br />
McGregor, then in his first spell with the<br />
Ibrox club, made his international debut<br />
against the <strong>Austria</strong>ns and two more<br />
Gers players, Charlie Adam and Alan<br />
Hutton, replaced Shaun Maloney and<br />
Graham Alexander to make their first<br />
appearances for their country.<br />
However, it was a man returning to<br />
the international scene, striker Garry<br />
O’Connor, who grabbed the headlines<br />
when he bagged the only goal of the<br />
game in the Gerhard Hanappi Stadium.<br />
The Lokomotiv Moscow striker had been<br />
welcomed back into the international<br />
fold by Alex McLeish after going AWOL<br />
HAMPDEN PARK / THURSDAY, 25 MARCH 2021
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