SCOTLAND’S World Cup qualifying campaign gets underway against Denmark on Friday.
And the BBC are bringing in a big-hitting broadcaster to lead the live TV coverage.
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Scotland are in Group C alongside the Danes, Greece and Belarus in a rather more compact than normal qualification group.
The group winners will advance directly to next year’s World Cup with the runners-up heading into the play-offs.
It all means there’s little margin for error if Steve Clarke’s men are to make it to the world’s biggest stage for the first time since 1998.
The group campaign will all be over in just a couple of months, and it gets off and running with the huge double-header against Denmark and Belarus during the next week.
The BBC will be presenting live coverage of both matches.
And the broadcaster are certainly bringing in the big guns to front their coverage.
Top Sky Sports presenter Kelly Cates has been announced as the host of the studio coverage for the Denmark clash.
The daughter of Scotland icon Kenny Dalglish, she’s been one of the the leading football broadcasters for several years.
As well as being one of Sky’s main Premier League presenters, Cates also took over from Gary Lineker as one of the new presenters on Match of the Day this season.
She rotates the role with Mark Chapman and Gabby Logan.
Cates will be joined in the studio by three huge names.
Former Celtic and Scotland captain Scott Brown will be one of the studio pundits and he’ll be alongside ex-Rangers and Scotland star Neil McCann.
McCann’s ex-Gers teammate Peter Lovenkrands, who won 22 caps for Denmark, will be there to analyse the game from the Danish perspective.
Liam MacLeod will be joined in the commentary box in Copenhagen by former Scotland strikers James McFadden and Steven Thompson.
The big game might be one of the last football-related commitments ex-Light Blues striker Lovenkrands will have for a while.
That’s because he’s confirmed he’ll be competing in the upcoming series of Strictly Come Dancing in Denmark.
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