Scotland v Portugal: Nations League – live
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Pre-match postbag. “Portknockie has a charming ring to it,” writes the MBM’s resident paronomasiac Peter Oh. “As for the match, I shudder to think how many goals Port. will knockie into the goal.” Aye, here’s hoping Scotland manage to stay Afloat. (A niche reference there for the Banffshire cognoscenti.)
Meanwhile Simon McMahon adds: “I’m extremely hopeful that Scotland can secure a famous victory tonight. If nothing else, the law of averages says that we’re due a result, but then again the same law convinced me that we were winning Euro 24, that we’d elect some politicians who weren’t completely out of their depth or lining their own pockets, and that I’d stay sober for at least one month this year. We’ve still got November and December, right? Undoubtedly the two best months for sobriety. If you include Anthony Ralston’s loan spell, there are three (former) Dundee United players in the Scotland starting XI tonight. Plus Ryan Gauld on the bench. You can do this, Scotland. Just like you did back in 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1992 1996 1998 2021 2024. What was I saying about the law of averages?”
