Andy Robertson has spent the better part of a decade trying to drag Scotland back to football’s biggest stage. After a 28-year exile from the World Cup, the captain believes the nation owes his squad something rare in Scottish football: genuine belief.
Scotland’s qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, co-hosted by the USA, Mexico, and Canada, ended one of the longest droughts in European football. Robertson, the Liverpool left-back who has become the face of Scottish football’s revival, is now preparing to lead his country into a Group C that includes Haiti, Morocco, and Brazil.
The night that changed everything
Scotland punched their ticket on November 18, 2025, with a 4-2 victory over Denmark. Robertson called it “one of the greatest nights of my life.” For a player who has lifted the Champions League with Liverpool, that’s not a throwaway line.
Robertson, who is approaching the record for the second-highest number of caps in Scottish football history, was at the center of it all.
