Aiming to net a hit with Scottish World Cup album

For those long-suffering supporters fed up with the inevitable talk of the Auld Enemy's 1966 triumph, however, a local music company may have created the perfect antidote.

The talents behind Scotland! Scotland! Scotland! (Remember '67) are hoping to score a massive success.

The album has been put together by The Music Kitchen, a small company based in Causewayside.

Managing director Gordon Campbell said he was approached by EMI a month ago asking if he would be interested in the project, and since then had been working flat-out to create the finished product.

"The idea was to release something to go up against the England World Cup album, so obviously we were delighted to do that," he said.

"We'd had a bit of experience, putting together a few compilation albums before. This is all very tongue in cheek of course, but I'm sure the idea of remembering '67 will appeal to a lot of Scottish football fans."

The '67 of the title is, of course, the match between Scotland and England at Wembley in 1967, when the Scots humbled the World Cup winners 3-2.

The most memorable moment came as Jim Baxter played keepy-uppy, taunting the English players.

There's plenty of nostalgia on the album too, with the Tartan Army's rendition of their favourite chant "We'll Be Coming" included, along with Scotland the Brave, Amazing Grace and, of course, Scotland's most ill-fated World Cup Song, Ally's Tartan Army.

"It's been a hectic five weeks in order to get it out in time to go up against the English album," said Mr Campbell. "I've been told there's every chance the album will be a big seller ahead of the Euro qualifiers as well, so we're really pleased."

The album has already found its way into several retailers' top ten charts, and is expected to be a bestseller over the next few weeks.

Mr Campbell, 54, of Colinton, was even able to give his football-mad son Robbie, ten, the chance to play "alongside" some Scottish legends, like Baxter and Kenny Dalglish, for the TV advert.

Filmed in a local park, footage of Robbie was inter-cut with clips of classic Scotland stars, and Mr Campbell admitted his son had been getting a kick out of the whole experience.

"He's pretty pleased by the whole thing and he's had his friends round to show them some of the rough cuts," he said.

"He's a huge football fan, and we just thought it would be a great idea to get him out to the park and use that for the advert."