With their World Cup absence extending to 24 years, Scotland fans are again likely to adopt a new team to follow in Qatar - but this time, it might not just be whoever England are facing.
The Tartan Army will instead be represented in green and gold with as many as 11 of Australia’s squad having a connection with Scotland. The links between the two countries stretch right back to 1770 and James Cook, the first Brit to land Down Under, who was infact the son of a Scottish ploughman.
Many have since settled in Australia and continue to do so, with around 10 per cent of Aussies population reported to have Scottish ancestry, and there is now an extraordinary theme across the Socceroos' squad. Among the inclusions are a host of players currently plying their trade in the Scottish Premiership, a handful who have done previously and others whose first trip Down Under was to play international football.
