We are literally known for the incredible way we always manage to bottle qualifying for the Euros or World Cup as well as our horrifically unfortunate luck at times. The list of bottlejobs is endless. A few things you missed which I think are important to put into context how often this happens: We needed a point against the Czechs and manager at the time Craig levein decided to play a 4-6-0 formation which is just beyond embarrassing to still go on to lose the match. In 2008 we managed to beat a prime France squad both home and away with James Mcfaddens insane goal which is regarded as scotlands greatest ever goal and still managed to not qualify. In the 2010 World Cup qualifiers we actually managed to go out on goal difference to Norway thanks to us losing against Macedonia in our opening game. In 2016 euro qualifying we managed to lose to Georgia yet again meaning we finished below Ireland for a play off spot. In 2018 we yet again manage to finish 3rd in our group and yet again this is thanks to goal difference. Drawing with Lithuania didn’t help. We have finished 3rd in our respected group more times than any other country in international qualifying history….

As a croat, my main team during this qualification campaign has been Scotland from day 1. I absolutely loved the 2-0 win against Spain, and that comeback against Norway was simply glorious. I may not be Scottish but y'know what? I sure can boogie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Having friends in Scotland, I've been vicariously living through their reactions to the qualifiers the last few weeks - glad to see them make it. An absolute banger as always, Viz!

As someone who wasn't even born when Scotland last qualified for a major tournament (before Euro 2021) these last 3 years have been insane with regards to my experience of supporting the national team as this really is our 'golden generation' but not in the way that we have the best of the best in world football. Our highest profile player is a LB and captain of the side, our GK plays for Norwich, our defense is made up of lower end premier league or even championship level players, our midfield though probably our strongest area still doesn't boast the worlds best and the our strike force is an Aussie who plays for QPR and a relegated Southampton striker who scored 5 premier league goals last season. But its a team, a real team something i think we've absolutely lacked in the past of having great players never the right players or a manager who can knit it all together. Steve Clarke, though not my first choice when he got the job, has made us and the players believe in ourselves again in football and for that only good times can come from it.

Really happy for them! Took us, Wales, decades to even qualify. Whenever I see countries do well it puts a smile on my face. Good job, Scotland 👏🏻

Dont know if it was yourself or the original content but the "we dont let our clubs die so easily" then the pan to Ibrox made me spit out my coffee, absolutely hilarious

I think a big reason the National team isnt as strong or supported here as it could be (even though we still have great numbers) is there are certain people within both of our biggest clubs who dislike the team for different reasons. Certain Rangers fans (not all) view the team as being too Scottish nationalist and dont want to support something that represents independence. On the other hand being brought up a Celtic fan, my Father never really cared about the national team or watched the games with me, to him he had seen the national team in his eyes, disregard too many Celtic players for so called sectarian reasons, and a lot of Celtic fans in the older generations have supported Ireland more. Now this is falling out of fashion and both Club's fans are big into the national team, but its an interesting thing to consider.

Delighted for the Scots! good luck in the Euros , I'll be cheering for you from Ireland.

So glad we're back in the Euros again mate, now we need to wait for the draw in November, let's see if we can get past our group lads.

Being in oslo and seeing ex aberdeen man kenny mclean come off the bench and winning the game after me raging after he came on was a personal highlight of the qualifying campaign for me, that night in oslo will forever stay with me

Been waiting for this since scotland qualified love these videos and scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I live in New Zealand, but I've got a lot of Scottish ancestry and have started following the national team in the last few years (as well as the domestic league!). It's cool to see them doing so well!

as a scot, i find it funny that we qualified before england, i support hearts so im used to losing but not for scotland, UP THE SCOTS

As an Englishman I get second-hand pride seeing our neighbours in these tournaments! It's like when you and the rest of the squad all pop-off in the same round and you all come top of the table.

I’ve loved watching them qualify! Glad to see it! Let’s go SCOTS

As a Scotsman that came across your videos in the last year can I just say thank you for you’re research and honest input into this video. You should maybe consider a wee collab with footy adventures and get to know the pyramid of our game, as a Burnley fan I know you are not just a glory hunter and see the bigger picture of the world of football so come up over the border and sample a few games at different levels I promise you will not be disappointed (as long as you like a good pie!).

As a spaniard i gotta say i really liked Scotland and i wish them the best.

And you have to remember that, in the recent friendly against France, a reserve Scottish side scored before France ever did

love the guy saying "we don't let our clubs die so easily" then it immediately cuts to Ibrox. Oscar worthy editing.

McTominay always turn into R9 when Scotland needs him.😭

it feels good to see a nation like scotland do good, its a nation that is underestimated but shouldnt be.

You should do a breakdown of the Bosnian National Team, insane stuff im willing to help out with current events and past situations of the team

Subscribed, nice to see a different perspective form other counties other than Scotland. great video.

I often compare being a Scottish person who follows the national team to what I imagine being a junkie is like - we hate it but we keep coming back for more🤦‍♂️ Until recently though.. stevie Clarke has worked wonders. Brought back a real team who will fight for every inch of ground. We’re not going to win the euros.. but we’re going to give it our best go to have a run at it. That’s all we have ever wanted.

As a Scotsman, I am so proud of the team! Their form in the first 5 games of the qualifiers was amazing, beating Spain and Norway, which was fantastic! I hope that we get a favourable draw in the Euros so that we have a chance of getting through to the knockout stages!

hey vizeh, you could make a video on the 2026 wc qualifiers, that'd be cool

England fans in general are more likely to identify their nationality as British rather than English, so generally there is a sense of support for Scotland, Wales and N Ireland from England fans. As an England fan I would happily support one of the other UK teams if England got knocked out, if a team like Scotland went on to win the euros I wouldn’t exactly be partying in the streets for them, but I would be happy for them and would certainly rather see them win it than a country like Slovenia which I have zero connection to. The rivalry from England fans to their UK neighbours has always been more playful and banter based rather than actual hatred. Scotland, Wales and Irish fans do have plenty of fans that genuinely have a serious hatred towards England, but it doesn’t really exist the other way around.

I like to see a Scotland and Iceland to do well in major tournaments.

Not gonna lie, our game (cyprus) vs scotland was kinda painful to watch from our end However Scotland really did surprise me

Scotland has a population half the size of London. We also have had huge social issues with alcohol and lack of investment in sport in comparison to south of the border. Ps nailed the story of the national team in the last few years pretty well.

Walter Smith and Alex McLeish had quite good spells managing the national team.

Really appreciate videos like this that take notice of how our National team’s doing. As someone that was born after 98, I grew up watching Scotland fail to deliver and start players that couldn’t care less about their country. It was the same in other sports like rugby, which meant that my entire generation grew up with a loser mentality. As soon as Steve Clarke took the job, the atmosphere instantly began changing. It almost brought a tear to my eye to see so many Scottish jerseys walking around the streets during Euro 2020, as many thought they’d never see the day of us being at another tournament! Looking forward to Euro 2024. Even if we get knocked out of the groups again, this Scottish side has brought joy to an entire generation of Scots that knew nothing but humiliation.

Just came across your channel bud, awesome content. As a Scottish guy its great to see an English man speaking highly of us. New subscriber. Oh and aye we might not be the best right now but we are on our way to being able to compete against the better teams. Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇮🇪

I have cried 3 times in the last 5 years. Once when my daughter was born. The other two times were during that game vs Serbia

I’m old enough to remember exactly where I was when Scotland opened the World Cup against Brazil in 1998. At the time, it didn’t seem a stretch to say ‘we’ll be back again in 2002’. Then we went into decline. There became this expectation that we’d drop silly points somewhere, usually against a team from the former Soviet Union or Yugoslavia. We were sometimes able to pull off an upset against a superior team (Holland at home 2003, France home and away in 06/07, Croatia home and away in 2013), but that was the best we could do. We regularly finished 3rd, maybe a point or two off the play off spots, which made those silly lost points all the more galling. It’s quite incredible to see us qualify for back to back Euro Championships. Knowing the kind of man Steve Clarke is, he won’t want us to settle for this. He’ll want us winning those final two qualifiers so we’re in the best position to avoid a group of death for the finals. Plus, a win against Georgia in Tbilisi would help banish some old ghosts

I saw now the doc from Copa 90, very good👏🔥 thanks for recomendation👍

It's shite being Scottish is one of the best documentaries I've ever seen. This video was amazing as well. Love ya and appreciate all the hard work Viz!

Thank you for this video!

a fact most people don't know about Scottish football ,is Scotland has the highest attendances per head of capita in Europe , must say i didnt believe myself till i looked it up ..

We're all British. Nothing weird about wanting to see each other do well.

Still can't believe McTominays perfectly good wondergoal against Spain was chalked off. 1-0 up with half an hour to go I don't see Spain turning it round. Probably get a draw at worst. The England friendly made us look average but then England just cruised past Italy tonight so nothing to be embarrassed about. Just knocked Haaland and Odegaard out. Playing some great stuff. Things are looking up.

As a Scotland fan, who lived in England for a long time. I’ve felt comfortable wanting all the home nations to do well. Finally Scottish players are playing in EPL, Italy and some players are getting runs on Europe. That’s definitely helps.

As a Scot I have seen many great Scottish Players in my time but never a great Scottish Team until this one. Looks like Spain will win the group because of the goal difference but all the countries who finish 1st will be hoping they do not get us at the finals especially as all the games will be a home game for us given Tartan Army will snap up any ticket going.

Dykes has a role in the team. He fits. He's a big physical guy who can press a defence and bully them. Against Spain 1 and Norway 1, he was the mvp imo.

Banger as usual, Viz!!!!!

Always quality uploads bro keep it up

Scotland are a proud nation, and are proud to be Scottish. We now have a TEAM to be proud of not a nation to be proud of. We are already a proud nation.

Scotland qualifying has been a regular in my lifetime. I'll be surprised if Scotland make it as far as the Quarter Finals of the Euros. Their players are decent despite them playing in lower divisions but it doesn't matter in international football

I feel like the british countries are like brothers. We will happily take the piss out of each other but if someone else tries to take the piss out of one of us we'll go for them

I know as Englishman I shouldn’t say this but it’s hard not to enjoy the atmosphere at Scotland matches as their supporters are passionate. 👍

We did have a strong team in 07/08 that had an outside chance of winning Euro 2008. Were in not for the fact the fact we also had two World Cup finalists and a quarter finalist in our group.

A finisher in the mould of a Kenny Miller would make the world of difference to Scotland.Dykes and Adams are good honest pro's,but you don't expect them to put the ball in the net every other game in dark blue.

great video Vizeh!! Maybe you can make a video on albania’s national team being really close on qualifying for the Euros for the second time in their history! They have been brilliant under Sylvinho and Zabaleta

Fine video. Can’t disagree with any of that analysis.

I'll never forget, or forgive, Craig Levein playing that 4-6-0 formation against the Czech Republic! I still don't know what he was thinking!

as someone born after 2000 i began to think i'd never see a scotland good enough to make it, i fuckin love scott mctominay roll on germany

Not only will they have made 2 back to back euros but they will undoubtedly make 3 back to back to back euros since their co hosting the euros in 2028 I have strong faith they’ll b there for that 1 as well

You failed to mention , the time Italy put them out , was a foul to Scotland , the Czech game, the penalty was a dive

Nice video. As a Scot I will be cheering on England for the remaining games in the Rugby World Cup.

Clarke's appointment was a bit of a perfect storm. For the first time since probably McLeish's first stint in charge we have a manager that was in touch with the game as it stands, as opposed to being a bit of a has been (McLeish mkII, Burley, and, to some extent, Strachan), combined with some of the best Scottish talent emerging since probably the late 80's/early 90's. BUT the away defeat to Spain, along with the hefty friendly losses to England and France are a reality check to where we're at. Hopefully we can establish ourselves as a top 20 side globally, and on the fringes of the top 10 within UEFA. We ought to be capable of reaching the last 16 in Germany next year, and maybe the QFs with a favourable draw.

Clarke’s time at Reading and WBA was definitely something to speak about. Gave WBA their best finish (8th) since 1981 and took Reading to their first FA Cup final in 88 years. Not sure how you can dismiss that. Also, didn’t really touch the surface of our failings in qualifying. Ok video though

I remember kind of between 2015-2021 people around me felt apathetic, it’s now nice to see people looking towards international breaks excited

You love to see it!

Lovely video m8! Scotland are the best in the world 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Up the tartan army 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I've been said the official anthem for the Scotland 2024 campaign shall be "Just don't Come Home Too Soon"... again. Bad jokes aside, scottish football fans are good people and i wish them and their team all the best.

“At least we know, we’re shite” this phrase is so often used by Scotland fans it actually got sad.

Thanks for that brother 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

McGinn heading for the scotland all time goal record

respect from a scot mate ✊🏼

Stevie Clarke did good at Westbrom he got them ever there highest ever finished in the primer league. Also he can take a Scottish team and win the league title outside the old firm. When he done with Scotland i would like him to take one of the Edinburgh team's or the Aberdeen job.

Sa a spanish fan but polish man (Pls make a video about polish football (top content)) But i thin spain will make to final with porugal or england and scotland will make to quarter/semi

Only thing I’d argue with, in an otherwise great doc, is that Scotlands don’t play an attractive style of football ‘by any means’. Couldn’t disagree more. Watch our goals over the few qualifications. Superb football at times, especially through Gilmour/McGregor and down our left side.

I'm loving this video and I haven't even gotten 5 minutes in

As a scot, it's nice to be recognised

It's been a class few years for us

Off topic but Scotland is getting better in crickt too they are doing good in sports department

We'll be coming down the road!!!!

Things i'd do if Scotland get out the group-stage

Can you please make a video about Polish national team crisis in recent months?

This video really shows how little our English neighbours know about us. The lad sounds clueless and has had to frantically do basic research just to understand our previous qualification experiences and who Steve Clarke is. 😄 Compared to the constant noise we have to listen to about the English national team up here.

thing a lot of people don't understand is scotland and england are for the most part only sport rivals(nowadays), when it comes to sport we get very passionate and patriotic, most of us have absolutely no bad blood for english people but we love the rivalry. I have tonnes of english friends that support scotland over even england when they play but us scots will never be seen supporting england over north macedonia never mind us

Born in scotland live in scotland and my blood is pure scottish

thing is though we don't expect the national team to win anything or be in competitions but fuck me when we win and qualify you know for a fact the full country is partying!!

vizeh I love your content but I'd really like you to make a Ultimate team RTG or a general return to ea/fifa i guess

It will be the fail and rise and fail i feel it

Can you do a vid about poland and how they fell of?

With an English mum and a Scottish dad, I’m at a crossroads here

Steve Clarke took West Brom to there highest ever prem finish I'm sure

Scotland is pretty cool

Good video mate but when you talk about how you like to see Scotland, Wales and Ireland do well, it sounds like you're saying Ireland is in the UK. I think you mean Northern Ireland.

I have been surprised at the expressed indifference Sottish football supporters have for international football... They often seem to resent internationals as a disruption of their clubs pursuit of the SPL.. It's like how English football once was like.. Back in the early history of the World cup The English did not take it seriously.. When England had probably the best national team and could have won a few world cups they did not but in any serious effort.. Of course later the English did end up wanting World cup success but by that time other nations had developed good professional players and teams like Brazil Argentina and Germany took turns at holding up the World cup...

you didnt have to do us 🇸🇰 like that bruv

Up the Scots 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Just to let you know no Scottish top league fan don’t see rangers as a decent team becides the much smaller clubs

"predominantly England" nah lad its exclusively England

You should do a vid on the fall and rise of the United States

They’ve been found out the last 3 games though…..

McTominay gonna be captain one day

We are fucking massive 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿