‘We don’t want Euro 2020 to be a one-off ’

John Mcginn wants this summer's European Championship to mark the start of a run of tournament appearances for Scotland.

The Aston Villa midfielder scored a brace in the Scots' 4-0 World Cup qualifying win over the Faroe Islands at Hampden Park on Wednesday night which took Steve Clarke's side into second place in Group F behind flawless Denmark with five points from nine.

It was the last competitive game before the delayed 2020 Euros where Scotland will face Czech Republic and Croatia at Hampden Park, with a trip to Wembley to play England in between.

It is the first major finals Scotland have qualified for since the 1998 World Cup in France but, while excited by the prospect, Mcginn, pictured, is looking to make it a habit.

"The excitement is a good thing but the manager stresses that we don't want it to be a one-off," he said. "We have the quality to get to Qatar in 2022, and get to Euro 2024. The manager was stressing that we don't want to be one tournament wonders and we all share the same belief.

"On Wednesday night we showed in spells what we could do, we have a lot of top quality players on the pitch.

"When the manager came in we just wanted to give the country a team to be proud of, we are not quite there yet butwearecertainlybuilding towards it."

Mcginn took his international goal tally to 10 in 32 appearances with a first-half strike and a second-half header.

The former St Mirren and Hibernian player described his achievement as "surreal" but after another game played behind closed doors due to coronavirus restrictions he is hoping to see some fans at the Euros.

He said: "It is exciting, it is exciting for everybody.

"We are just keeping everything crossed that things can develop, the vaccine can keep charging on and we can get some supporters in.”