Steve Clarke says Scotland's meeting with England at Euro 2020 will only enhance excitement for next year's meeting between the sides.
It has been confirmed by the Scottish FA that the pair will collide at Hampden on September 12 next year in a special 150th Anniversary Heritage Match to mark the first meeting between the two sides in 1872. The original contest is recognised by FIFA as football’s first-ever international match, as 4000 supporters packed into the West of Scotland Cricket Club in Glasgow.
Gareth Southgate's side coming to Mount Florida forms part of the national team's 2023 schedule, which has Euro 2024 qualifiers at the heart of it. Scotland head coach Clarke says drawing 0-0 with the Three Lions in London last year has wet the appetite for more derby matches: “This fixture is enshrined in world football’s history – the first-ever international football match.
