Mark McGhee says Scotland players and fans can bring the best out in each other
Scotland assistant manager Mark McGhee has urged his team to fire up the Hampden roar against England.
McGhee feels the home crowd could give Scotland an edge in Saturday's World Cup qualifier against Gareth Southgate's team.
But he has warned that the players must feed the crowd's enthusiasm in order to feel the benefits.
"Because it's England, the supporters come along wanting to support you, they come along with a desire to get behind you," said McGhee, who scored in a 1-1 draw against England in 1984.
"But you have to give them something to get behind, give them reasons to believe something special could happen.
"I played in a lot of big games but I'm on record as saying that the noise when I scored against England was the loudest I have ever heard. It reverberated around Hampden, it was more than just a noise.
"It's got that potential because of the stadium and the nature of the game."
Scotland are aiming to improve on their 3-0 defeat at Wembley in November last year.
"I think we have got to try and keep the ball better, particularly when we are in the opposition half," McGhee said.
"It's important that we don't think we can score every time we have the ball in their half. We have to be a bit more careful and build more possession.
"And we have to take more chances. Just after half-time at Wembley we had a couple of great chances and we didn't take them and they got their second moments later.
"But we take confidence from how we played for an hour, or the 50-55 minutes at least. For that part of the match we gave them problems and I think we will take belief from that."
::Mark McGhee was speaking at the McDonald's & Scottish FA Community Football Day in Strathaven, encouraging youngsters to play football at a grassroots level and celebrating Quality Mark clubs in the area. For more information visit www.mcdonalds.co.uk/betterplay