SPECIAL EDITION: Scotland qualify for the World Cup!!
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The Times
3.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 19 November 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
There was magic in the air said Scotland manager Steve Clarke as his team won a dramatic winner takes all qualifier against Denmark at Hampden Park.
The victory means Scotland are going to a World Cup – for the first time in 28 years.
It was a night which will never be forgotten and that’s before mentioning the three worldie goals that were scored.
Tom Clarke is joined for former Scotland under 21 international Gregor Robertson and Scottish football correspondent Michael Grant.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to this very special bonus episode of the game football podcast from |
| 0:09.8 | The Times. Scotland are going to the World Cup. I repeat, Scotland are going to the World |
| 0:16.6 | Cup. Steve Clarkside produced an incredible four-to2 win against Denmark at Hamden Park on a night |
| 0:22.8 | packed with emotion, stunning goals and last-minute drama. |
| 0:27.3 | I'm Tom Clark and I'm joined by the former Scotland Under 21 International and Times |
| 0:31.2 | Writer Gregor Robertson and the Scottish Football Correspondent for the Times and Sunday Times |
| 0:35.4 | Michael Grant. |
| 0:36.6 | Chaps, that's already far too many words from an Englishman. |
| 0:39.8 | Michael, you were there. |
| 0:41.3 | You wrote a brilliant and moving match report on the Times website. |
| 0:44.5 | How are you feeling this morning? |
| 0:47.2 | Oh, yeah, good question. |
| 0:50.0 | Weary, excited, dazed. |
| 0:55.6 | I was just saying before we came on earlier, |
| 0:57.4 | you don't sleep well after these matches, you know? |
| 1:00.1 | And that's certainly the case for writers |
| 1:02.2 | are covering it on deadlines, but also I think for fans, |
| 1:05.2 | because it was just so much to take in last night. |
| 1:07.9 | It was almost overwhelming, Tom. |
| 1:10.5 | And I don't say that lightly. I've been going to |
| 1:12.6 | Scotland games since the mid-80s and covering them since the mid-90s. And there has not been |
| 1:18.0 | anything like that last night. For various reasons, just you had the momentous circumstances |
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