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Thursday, 15 August 2013

Scotland want 2015 England clash

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Scotland fans Scotland fans celebrate during the friendly between England and Scotland at Wembley Stadium. Photograph: Laurence Griffiths – The FA via Getty Images

The Scottish Football Association hopes to build on the success of Wednesday night's friendly with England at Wembley by hosting the fixture themselves in 2015.

The first meeting of England and Scotland since 1999, which Roy Hodgson's team won 3-2, was arranged as part of the Football Association's 150th anniversary. Now, the governing body's equivalent north of the border has made it known, including to the English FA, that it would like the match to be staged again at Hampden Park in two years' time.

That much was briefly discussed when Wednesday's game was initially arranged. The SFA believes England's schedule represents the only meaningful drawback to the return game coming to fruition. The draw for the Euro 2016 qualifying campaign will take place in February and will give both nations a better idea of potential dates.

More than 80,000 were in attendance for a pulsating encounter at Wembley, with those in both the England and Scotland camps afterwards praising the return of the fixture.

The crowd figure and general interest level marks a Scotland versus England clash as highly lucrative in commercial terms. That much is pertinent to the SFA, especially given Scotland's absence from major international tournaments which stretches back to 1998.

The Metropolitan Police said Wednesday's match passed without significant incident with just two arrests made at Wembley for public order offences. It was reported on Thursday morning that around 10,000 empty beer cans were left by the Tartan Army in Trafalgar Square, the traditional party zone for Scotland supporters when matches take place at Wembley.

Ed Argar, Westminster Council's cabinet member for city management, said: "This was one almighty clean up. Our crews worked hard around the clock to get London back to normal for our residents and businesses this morning.

"I'm glad to say it is Westminster 1, litter 0. It was a triumph to vanquish the Auld Enemy of litter once again, and we even found one or two weary Scotsmen in the square this morning."


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