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Steve Clarke wants his Scotland stars to blow the Old Firm off the back pages - by putting on a headliner performance on centre stage at Hampden. ‌

The build-up to a crucial World Cup qualification double-header has been completely overshadowed by Celtic’s internal civil war and the hunt for a new Rangers boss following the binning of Russell Martin. ‌

That’s meant Clarke and his men have been largely flying under the radar as they prepare to face Greece on Thursday night and Belarus on Sunday in back-to-back Group C games which could fire the national side to within touching distance of a first World Cup Finals in almost 30 years. ‌

And even the manager admits these potentially history making matches appear to have crept up on a football mad country which

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