Brown: ‘Fair play to Ireland, but it was a hard one to take’

Skipper Scott Brown remains determined to qualify for a major finals with Scotland but knows it will not get any easier.

The Scots’ last appearance on the main stage was at the 1998 World Cup in France and to widespread dismay throughout Scottish football they lost out on qualification for the expanded 2016 Euros in the same country after finishing fourth in their six-team section.