Scotland will take on a familiar foe on Saturday when they face Lithuania in their second World Cup qualifier.

Indeed, the Baltic nation has formed a big sub-plot in the Scots’ trials and tribulations on the world and European stage.

Not because they boast a particularly good record against the side now coached by Gordon Strachan – they have only beaten the Scots once.

But because they have been there since day zero; that being Saturday 5 September 1998.

Scotland’s first qualifier for a place at Euro 2000 happened to be their first competitive match since the St Etienne slaughtering dished out by Morocco at the World Cup in France less than three months previously.

Source: BBC Sport

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