Making sense of one of the craziest nights in Scottish football's history - and what it means for World Cup 2026

Scotland supporters are already starting to plan their World Cup party after the men's team qualified for the tournament for the first time since 1998. Steve Clarke's squad wrote themselves into national folklore with a 4-2 win over Denmark.

Scotland qualified for the World Cup for the first time since 1998, scoring two stoppage-time goals in a wild 4-2 victory over Denmark.

Scotland is finally going back to the World Cup following a 28-year wait after a wild win capped a truly weird qualifying campaign

Facing Denmark in a pivotal World Cup qualification match, Scotland scored four, including a Scott McTominay bicycle kick, a goal from the halfway line and a dramatic stoppage-time curler, to send the nation to its first World Cup since 1998.

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Denmark were downed. Hampden was hysterical. And Scotland are heading back to the World Cup. For Robertson it marked probably the most important milestone on his 90-cap journey in dark blue. The 31-year-old said ahead of the qualifying campaign this was probably his last chance to make it to football’s greatest show on earth.

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Scotland’s World Cup flame is burning more brightly than at any point since 1997. One win away from securing a berth back at a tournament where participation once felt like a birthright, everything is building towards an undoubtedly fraught but hopefully rewarding climax.