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I am delighted at the news that the Scotland under-21 team will play a friendly international against Hungary at Tannadice Park in March. I've been campaigning for a number of years to get the SFA to bring international matches to Dundee.
I am delighted
that the SFA are bringing an under-21 international match to Dundee. I think
that Dundee is an excellent venue for such matches and I have been surprised
that there haven't been under-21 matches in Dundee for some time. I welcome the
decision and I am looking forward to getting along to Tannadice on the night to
cheer on Scotland. I hope that there will be a big crowd there which would tell
the SFA that the public in Dundee and the surrounding area would support
Scotland playing here in Dundee.
I am pleased that SFA have listened to me and the
many people who supported the idea of bringing a Scotland international match to
Dundee. I hope that this is a warm-up for a full international match being
played in Dundee. Hampden Park is out of commission for the next year due to
the Commonwealth Games and I think that Scotland should seriously consider
playing a full international match in Dundee. There hasn't been a full
international match in Dundee since 1936. That is so long ago that Edward VIII
was still the king and Dundee had a Tory MP. In sporting terms the last time
Dundee hosted a full international match Fred Perry was the Wimbledon champion,
I am glad to say that the very long wait for another British male Wimbledon
singles champion is over and I think that it is time to end the long wait for
another full international football match to be played in Dundee.
Hosting an under-21 is good for the city of Dundee, it will attract attention to our city and hopefully bring some visitors from Hungary as well as from other parts of Scotland. A full international would bring even more attention to the city and that is why I support Dundee hosting a full international.