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Billy Bremner is carried shoulder high after victory against the Czechs

Kevin McCarra, Chief Football Writer, The Guardian

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How can a match where you can barely see the action, in which the identity of the goalscorer is shrouded in mystery and your life is at risk with every surge of the Hampden crowd be the one that lives longest in the memory? Kevin McCarra explains…

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Amy Macdonald

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This is the life – watching Scotland in the opening match of a World Cup against Brazil. What could possibly go wrong for Amy Macdonald?…

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Socrates and Souness. Two great midfielders and two tremendous 'taches

Graham McColl , sports writer for The Times and author

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Following Scotland at the 1982 World Cup in Spain provides Graham McColl with rich memories of Spain, the Tartan Army and another near miss on the big stage…

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Denis Law is congratulated by an ecstatic fan

Ron Scott, chief football writer, The Sunday Post

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1967 and all that. Ron Scott joins the exodus to Wembley and comes back with no sleep, a winning bet and memories he will never lose…

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John Collins

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A cheeky wink to the camera and, later, a calmly slotted penalty made Scotland’s 2-1 loss to Brazil in the opening game of World Cup 98 the most cherished moment of John Collins’ career…

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Dougie Donnelly

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Dougie Donnelly has seen and done it all – Opens, Grand Slams – but Scotland v France at World Cup 1998 proved the most emotional and uplifting experience of his career…

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Jon Fratelli

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Who needs Maradona when you have King Kenny? Jon Fratelli recalls marvelling at “the greatest player our country has ever produced” on the night Kenny Dalglish won 100 Scotland caps…

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Brian Scott, The Daily Mail

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A 400-mile trek to Wembley in a battered Austin A40 … madness, right? Well, not if a 3-2 victory over the Auld Enemy and some Jim Baxter ball-juggling lies in wait. Brian Scott’s memory is still fired by that famous victory over England in 1967…

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Alan Nelson Dick

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50-years of highs and lows…then Faddy belts it from miles out…

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George Greig

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George Greig and his three friends endure freezing temperatures and thick fog to watch Scotland play England at Wembley…

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