
AS someone who has been involved in two of the nine play-off matches that Scotland have played in their history, James McFadden should be well placed to offer an opinion on next week’s eagerly-awaited encounter with Ukraine.
Unfortunately, the former Tartan Army favourite has fuzzy memories of the Euro 2004 qualifying double header against the Netherlands back in 2003. “Was there two games?” he asked with a mischievous smile.