Tartan Army veteran Hamish Husband looks forward to Euro 2024 and explains what puts Celtic and Rangers fans off supporting Scotland.
Scotland fans applaud the national team after their draw with Finland at Hampden last night, main picture, and Tartan Army veteran Hamish Husband, insetHAMISH Husband has experienced many euphoric highs as major footballing nations have been vanquished against all the odds during the 59 years he has been cheering on“The win over Czechoslovakia in 1973,” said Husband without hesitation when asked what his most memorable victory is. “That was a night of grown men greeting, it really was.
“The McGinns, the McTominays and the Robertsons are now of the right age. It is almost now or never for them. But these guys play at the top level, they don’t fear anyone, they really don’t. “It was awful three years ago,” he said. “I ended up having to go to Wembley for the England game by myself. I was the only one of us who got a ticket because the size of the crowd they were allowed to let in was so small.
“I think that is what turns some of the Celtic and Rangers fans off of Scotland. They will never be the teams they once were, but their fans will still go to the Nou Camp to play Barcelona and secretly believe they can get a draw. They have this in-built belief they can win. “When you go to Hampden for internationals now it has definitely changed. In the 1970s or 1980s it was tens of thousands of drunk men peeing down your trouser leg. It is far more family focused these days, there are far more women and children there. It is a bit more sanitised, but football in general is like that.”
“The charities are always amazed and grateful when you get in touch. I went to the Peru and Mexico friendlies in 2018 and we made a donation to a charity called Project Peru which was set up in the favellas in Lima to assist children who came from difficult families. It was quite an emotional experience.
“The other thing I remember about that game was the sheer size of Hampden and the size and noise generated by the crowd. We were down near the corner flag and Willie Johnston took the corner.“The only England game I have missed at Hampden since then was the centenary game in 1973. The weather was atrocious and we were living in Carlisle at the time. My father didn’t want to drive even though we had tickets.
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