Summary
THE oldest fixture in international football is every bit as special when it is contested exclusively by younger players. Paul Coutts, the Preston North End and Scotland Under-21 midfielder, set the tone for lunchtime's play-off round draw for the 2011 European Championships at that level when he admitted the one name he was desperate to see Scotland paired with next month was that of England.
Former Dundee defender Noel Blake's side can call upon the talents of Arsenal's Jack Wilshere, Manchester United striker Danny Welbeck and Chelsea's Daniel Sturridge but, having outlasted Belarus and Austria to finish top of qualifying Group 10, for once it is Scotland who are the seeds and the old enemy who are the lucky losers.See the full content of this document
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Coutts: Bring On the English
"I want England," Coutts said. "That would be a good one, especially with me playing down south. I know all their boys, not personally, but I know of them and ...
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