Helping Zand

Last updated : 07 October 2005 By Stand Free Ed
Young Dons centre-half Zander Diamond is likely to feature in tonight's Under 21 international between Scotland and Belarus at Broadwood.

With qualification now beyond the youngsters, they will want to continue their form of recent games, particularly the victory in Norway - their first in almost 2 years. A win would take the Scots off bottom place in their qualifying group and continue the game's resurgance in Scotland in recent months.

Under 21 boss Rainer Bonhof said: "While qualification is no longer possible, the team remains bottom of the group, and realistically our aim is to win the final two matches against Belarus and Slovenia to move as high as possible up the table.

"Those two matches, as well as the win in Austria, showed me that the team has turned the corner and the players have matured into a very good combination. My aim, as always, is to develop promising young players into potential full internationals. I think several of the current group could find themselves at Hampden Park before too long."

Admission to the match at Broadwood is just £5 for adults and £2 concessions, and the SFA have issued a reminder that the match will not be televised, so the only way to see the action is to come along.