Defender Andy Robertson will make his first appearance for Scotland at Hampden Park this week still feeling the frustration of his last match at the national stadium.
The 21-year-old full back started his career with amateur outfit Queen’s Park, who play at Hampden, and his last game there before joining Dundee United in 2013 was a Second Division play-off fixture against Peterhead.
Andy Rodgers’ stoppage-time penalty gave the visitors a 1-0 first-leg win.
The Blue Toon, who had finished the 2012-13 campaign as runners-up to champions Rangers, scored a dramatic winner in the third minute of injury time at Hampden on May 8, 2013, when Rodgers went down in the box under a challenge from Spiders’ defender Blair Spittal.
Robertson, who played for Queen’s Park along with current Aberdeen attacker Lawrence Shankland, was among those who protested the decision before Rodgers converted the spot kick.
The Blue Toon went on to secure their place in the play-off final with a 3-1 win in the second leg at Balmoor Stadium but missed out on promotion following a defeat to East Fife. Robertson, who moved to English Premier League club Hull City last summer from United for £2.85million, has been capped five times during his rise in the game, but Hampden was out of commission for his three appearances at home which meant he pulled on the dark blue once at Ibrox and twice at Parkhead.
Ahead of the friendly against Northern Ireland tomorrow night and the Euro qualifier against Gibraltar on Sunday, he looked forward to returning to Mount Florida to bury a play-off ghost.
“Two years ago Hampden was my home ground,” he said. “I can’t wait to be back at the national stadium.
“My last game there was against Peterhead in the play-off, we got beat by someone diving in the box at the end. It is still in my head.
“Obviously that was a bad experience, hopefully there are many more good experiences ahead.
“I want to play where Scotland should play.
“We played at Ibrox and Parkhead which were two great experiences, especially Parkhead as it was packed to 60,000 and they got right behind us.
“I am sure it will be the exact same at Hampden, the Tartan Army always make a good noise.”