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Can't find a reference to this anywhere on the net. Surely news like that deserves a source reference? gav-ffc?

You don't think it's anything to do with the football quality do you? Seemed like the National Stadium was quite lively for today's match. Anyone who attended Euro 2008 qualifiers, when we were winning, will testify how rowdy and intimidating Hampden is. Unfortunately we've been fairly shite ever since. The game against Georgia in 2014 at Ibrox was equally dull. Splendid research. Here's a few more figures for the debate. Seven of the twelve stadia used in the 2014 WCF had capacities less than Hampden. Hampden seats 52k. Scotland's population is c5.4M. For most tournament games Hampden is near to a sell-out. Even midweek games against smaller countries than ours attract gates of c45k. If you pro-rata that, England should have a national stadium with about a half-million capacity; Germany about 800k; Italy 700k etc. We already punch well above our weight with fan loyalty and I for one doubt we could squeeze much more out of it. When Hampden sells out for every home fixture in any tourney then it's time to ask for more. And if it did need expanded I'd convert the North stand into one of those clever standing/sitting set ups. Nobody sits in that stand anyway. Access/egress. This is a great one. I can only assume anyone commenting on this supports a team who has such low numbers their stadium is empty five minutes after the whistle. I've been to full houses at Ibrox and Celtic Park. And Wembley, old and new. And the SECC. And the O2 in London. And the NEC in Birmingham. St James, Old Trafford, Etihad. Never got away from any of them in less than 30 minutes. Sharing Scotland games between Ibrox and Celtic Park. FFS! Seriously? Murrayfield. Never going to happen. Just won't. Ever. Rugby chaps won't let it. Comparison with other British Isles nations. If Hampden doesn't look as sexy as some others here's a few points I like to reflect on. The building of Wembley put the construction company, Multiplex, out of business in this country. The Millennium stadium put JohnLaing Construction out of business. No such horrors at Hampden. Windsor Park is still in it's final phase after several years of reconstruction. Hampden was rebuilt long before any of the others. Innovative and forward-thinking at the time it still looks good and nearly two decades on is still in good nick. SFA has long had a policy of taking the national team around the country, especially for U21 and Ladies etc, and so it should. But for the big games in the big tournaments Hampden is the spiritual home. Emotionally or practically, it's still the best option.

I enjoyed the packed bar today. Gave it more of a big-match feel. Nice atmosphere.

Willie Rennie. Waste of fresh air. John Candy's love child - she polled 1400 or so votes at the last election. What does she represent?

You mental? Guaranteed three points at the great Hampden giveaway. Was it you lot that did the Hippo in?

Falkirk's a good club for developing young potential. Good opportunity for an exciting young player. Good luck to him. Good deal for EF keeping him until the summer.

Not for everyone

Quite sad that a BBC correspondent has only got a 3G phone. London bias!

That was the best team I've seen at this level since Alloa got promoted. Better than both the Forfar and Dumbarton selections we played this season. So your club is probably living in a special time. Just go.

I'm sure it'll all be good fun and community spirited......

Just been up the toon. Absolutely buzzing. Great to get two towns like these two represented today. Guid luck to both sets of fans, especially those that travel away regularly and are there in darker times. May the best team (with an FK postcode) win :

I witnessed their 20 minute farce in Falkirk on Saturday. Their proposition to the people was to abolish the Barnett; scrap the NHS in Scotland and take us out of Europe. That was it.

...subject to change for live TV coverage...from the SPFL website. Hampden's always a soft touch for TV companies. dates might stay the same but times could vary.

Berwick Mad, like so many in Northern England, doesn't know what a legitimate third option really is. Maybe he could make a difference to the future rather than just belittle those who have a pair.It was a master stroke by Cameron to buddy up with his old Oxbridge chum. The Liberals/Social Democrats/LibDems dealt in rhetoric for decades. As soon as they were given a little responsibility they proved to be even more useless than was imagined. It's one of the great things about being in a very small minority; you can say what you want without fearing you'll ever be called to account. Bit like the Tory party in Scotland.

Doubt it. Spelling looks fine