BARRY READY TO CAP COMEBACK; SCOTLAND v0020ARGENTINA TONIGHT, 8PM Fit-again Ferguson reaches milestone as skipper.Byline: By IAIN CAMPBELL Iain Campbell (born 28 June 1985 in Kirkcaldy) is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Scottish Premier League club Kilmarnock. He started his career with Dunfermline Athletic and joined Kilmarnock in August 2006 for an undisclosed fee. BARRY FERGUSON Barry Ferguson MBE (born Hamilton, Scotland, February 2, 1978) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays in midfield. He currently plays for and captains both Scottish Premier League club Rangers and the Scotland national team. will officially become one of Scotland's greatest skippers when he leads out George Burley's side against Argentina tonight. The Rangers midfielder will skipper his country for the 27th time - equalling the record set by Graeme Souness Graeme James Souness (IPA: ['suːnəs]) (born 6 May, 1953 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish former professional football player and manager. and Roy Aitken. It is a near perfect way for Ferguson to end his six-month exile from international duty because of a serious ankle injury. When informed that he would be joining two skippers who both led the nation in World Cups, he said: "I'll give Souness a phone. Not really, I haven't got his number! "It's great because I've missed so many games through injury. I made my debut 10 years ago and I haven't reached 50 caps yet which is disappointing. "Every time I've been fit I've wanted to play for my country at any level. Everyone should want to do that and I'm no different." Scotland have not won an international friendly at Hampden since beating Australia 1-0 in 1996 and Fergie admits that it will be a tough ask to end the run against Diego Maradona's team tonight. But he believes it will be ideal preparation for the World Cup qualifier with Holland in March. "They're not the easiest opposition to try and turn our record around," he said. "We're playing Holland in March and they're a fantastic team. It would be easy to take a friendly against a nation who aren't the best but when you play the best you can learn from them." "I know that a lot of people say that if it goes the other way then we could get a bit of a humping - but I don't think we will, the way we're going to be set out." RELATED LINKS WATCH GEORGE BURLEY bur·ley n. pl. bur·leys A light-colored tobacco grown chiefly in Kentucky and used especially in making cigarettes. [Probably from the name Burley.] WELCOME BACK SKIPPER a www.mirror.co.uk/video CAPTION(S): BACK IN BUSINESS Barry Ferguson |
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