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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Jamie Braidwood

Why are Scotland playing Ivory Coast at Everton’s Hill Dickinson Stadium?

Scotland will be hosting Ivory Coast in the first men's international to be played at the Hill Dickinson Stadium - (Getty Images)

Scotland step up their preparations for this summer’s World Cup by hosting Ivory Coast - but the international friendly will be staged in England and at Everton’s Hill Dickinson Stadium in Liverpool.

Steve Clarke’s team faced Japan at Hampden on Saturday but the Tartan Army will be heading down the road and away from their traditional home on Tuesday night as Everton’s new ground hosts its first men’s international fixture.

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