Fifteen twenty years
There's nothing to really talk about from when I was born
Like there's nothing that's happened
Yes I've got great memories
We were a decent team
Law
Dalglish
Just great players
And we had a lot of good players at the same time
The older generation they've seen Scotland compete
They've seen the top players for Scotland
play the World Cups and the Euros
People in my generation it's harder for them because
they just think we don't make it anyway so...
it doesn't really matter
I'm just kinda not gonna bother
It's easier tae be negative
Definitely is easier
Basically because
they have never seen Scotland doing well
I'm Andrew Redmond
and I've been following Scotland
since my late teens
My name's Craig Brown
I play for Montrose
and my grandfather is also Craig Brown
Obviously he was the last guy tae take us there
and I just see him as my grandpa really
that enjoys talking about football
I'm not expecting to beat the better teams
Whereas previously
we would have had a go at them you know
When I was younger it was just the hope
Like hoping that your nation can go and compete
And then after the game if you lose it's
You just feel so down
Disappointed deflated
I've been almost in tears at times
Just shakin my head after a defeat somewhere you know
A lot of my mates and that
They all get fed up and stuff and think aw
I can't be bothered watching them any more
and stuff like that
So I suppose it is easier to walk away
when Scotland aren't doing so well
I would say the results of the football not being great
is a slight understatement
It's been terrible sometimes
Really terrible
But being a Scotland fan
you've just got to have perseverance
The biggest lesson?
Patience probably
Even though Scotland have seen
twenty years of rubbish to be honest
You should still stick by them
See me and my family we are positive about Scotland
Like that comes from my grandad
You've gottae believe that
we can surely do better than the last competition
I remember we were round the pool
and he was sat wae his trunks flip flops top off
sunbathing and just having a snooze
And folk would come up and tap him and that
to get photos and I'm thinking
Dad what are they doing?
And he says it happens all the time son
He would speak for ten fifteen minutes wae them
Talking about Scotland
So he's positive and that kinda just
comes off onto me I think
So I'm always positive about Scotland
It's just...s
People are what you doin that for?
They're playing rubbish and so on
But I'm a supporter
I don't just support a team when they're playing good
Support them thick and thin
Italy Austria Faroe Islands
France
Georgia
This is probably one of the oldest photos
I've got of me and my grandpa
When I started playing football I was about seven or eight
and obviously you're kinda oblivious
to who my grandpa was
So it was only really when I got to the age of like
ten I kinda began to realise and
my teammates and coaches and stuff would talk about it
It was hard to kinda put together
that my grandpa took us to the World Cup
There's a few holes in that in it
because I put it up on my wall but
that's one of my favourite ones I've got
Norway again
Polska Poland England
I started doing this
maybe about 2010
Ireland Georgia Portugal Czech Republic
I would buy a badge in the country
that I was visiting and put it on
Russia and Cyprus again
In chronological order
The money you spend is probably the only downside
because I just enjoy it
It's just in my heart
It's just in my blood
They've never seen Scotland doing well in a tournament
they've never seen Scotland getting tae a tournament
It's been a long while
My advice
Just keep having hope
Just keep going to games
Keep supporting them
Well I hope that Scotland
aren't just there
I hope Scotland compete
And that could be me classic Scotland supporter
building theirselves up for a fall
But I think that we can go and compete against these nations
and give it a right go
A bit of positivity
Come on we can do this
Disnae always work but
come on we can do it