He's already surpassed McLeish and McStay... now he’s got King Kenny firmly in his sights. Andy Robertson may be captain of his country and a Champions League winner with Liverpool.
But the boy from Clarkston still cannot quite believe the company he’s keeping when it comes to Scotland caps. In Warsaw on Monday night, he decided to celebrate his 80th with a winning goal in injury time. From left-back, the skipper grabbed the game by the scruff of the neck to seal a 2-1 victory over Poland. The result was the most important thing for Steve Clarke’s side as they set up a Nations League play-off in March to try to remain in the top tier.
But for Robertson personally, it was a landmark night. He’s now joint third on the SFA’s all-time cap list beside former team-mate Darren Fletcher. And with only Jim Leighton between himself and Kenny Dalglish, who is on 102, the 30-year-old wants to overtake a national icon. The pair are close friends, of course, with Dalglish being particularly welcoming to a fellow Scot when he arrived on Merseyside just over seven years ago.
Robertson still has a bit to go to catch the Anfield legend. But after hitting the 80-cap milestone at the same venue as he got his first in 2014, he admits it’s surreal even seeing his name on the Scotland Roll of Honour.
He said: “There’s a part of me that still has to pinch myself when I look at the names there, of course there is. I try to live a very normal life in a kind of abnormal world.
“Look, I love playing for my country. But I see me taking over the likes of Alex McLeish and Paul McStay, you do look and think, ‘These guys were greats of the game’. They are players who my dad and my grandad would always talk to me about. For me to be in the same room as
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