IT'D BE CHRISTIE CRYIN' PART II

Scotland star expects tears to flow again if they banish World Cup jinx

- By Anthony Brown

RYAN CHRISTIE is too young to remember Scotland's last venture to aWorld Cup, but he is desperate to ensure he is in the thick of next summer’s global showpiece in North America.

The 30-year-old Bournemouth midfielder was just three years old when Craig Brown’s squad went to France 1998 and — like most of his teammates — grew up accustomed to watching the national team fail to qualify for major tournaments.

But having broken the mould by making it to the last two European Championships, Christie is optimistic about the Scots’ prospects of coming through their quickfire six-game qualification group to make it to a World Cup for the first time in 28 years.

“I’m definitely too young to remember it,” he said of France 98.

“It was the same when we qualified for Euro 2020, I couldn’t remember the last one before that either (Euro 96).