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SCOTLAND v AUSTRIA / EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS / FIFA 2022 WORLD CUP HANDBAGS AND RED RAGS The history of tonight’s fixture includes an unusual pitch invasion and abandoned Hampden clash 28 Scotland begin their World Cup qualifying campaign with a triple header. A home game against Austria tonight kicks off the quest for Qatar 2022, before a trip to Israel and then a return to Hampden Park to face the Faroe Islands, all within a week. The last time the Scots played Das Team was in a friendly in May 2007 - and they were due to play the Faroe Islands the week later in a 2008 European Championship qualifier. As a reminder of how time flies in football, Rangers goalkeeper Allan McGregor, then in his first spell with the Ibrox club, made his international debut against the Austrians and two more Gers players, Charlie Adam and Alan Hutton, replaced Shaun Maloney and Graham Alexander to make their first appearances for their country. However, it was a man returning to the international scene, striker Garry O’Connor, who grabbed the headlines when he bagged the only goal of the game in the Gerhard Hanappi Stadium. The Lokomotiv Moscow striker had been welcomed back into the international fold by Alex McLeish after going AWOL HAMPDEN PARK / THURSDAY, 25 MARCH 2021
SCOTLAND v AUSTRIA / EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS / FIFA 2022 WORLD CUP 29 Top: Garry O’Connor provided the winner in 2007 against Austria Left: Allan McGregor made his debut... Opposite: ...as did Charlie Adam ahead of an earlier qualifier against Ukraine, just days after a remarkable victory over France during Walter Smith’s reign. The former Hibs forward had been omitted from McLeish’s first squad for the double header against Georgia and Italy, but was reinstated into the team and secured the win in the 59th minute when he pounced on a Kris Boyd flick before beating ‘keeper Helge Payer from eight yards. HAMPDEN PARK / THURSDAY, 25 MARCH 2021
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