The glove rivalry stretches back 10 years to a seven-a-side park in Hong Kong. But Liam Kelly reckons renewing a friendly goalie war with Angus Gunn that previously crossed the border will have massive benefits on home soil.
The Motherwell skipper could have been forgiven for taking the hump when Gunn was convinced to switch allegiance from England to Scotland and was instantly handed the No.1 jersey for the Euro 2024 qualifiers against Cyprus and Spain. Especially as Kelly has been involved in squads for over four years now without getting a single minute on the park.
But the 27-year-old shotstopper holds no grudges towards the Norwich ace, whose international career at youth level had all been for the Three Lions rather than the Lion Rampant. One of those was in a Victory Shield clash where Gunn’s England shot down Scotland 4-2, with Kelly sitting on the bench for the Scots. Around the same time the keepers faced off in the Hong Kong Citibank International Soccer Sevens with Kelly in goal for Rangers and Gunn between the sticks for Manchester City.
