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| Hundreds of football fans have had trouble getting into Scotland's World Cup qualifier against Macedonia. | |
| Riot police arrived at the stadium after up to 1,000 supporters were told their tickets were not valid. | Riot police arrived at the stadium after up to 1,000 supporters were told their tickets were not valid. |
| Jenny Watson, from Musselburgh, who was given tickets by Kenny Miller, was not allowed in and said disappointed fans were now heading away from the game. | Jenny Watson, from Musselburgh, who was given tickets by Kenny Miller, was not allowed in and said disappointed fans were now heading away from the game. |
| The SFA said some fans had bought briefs for the Macedonian section and were being barred entry. | The SFA said some fans had bought briefs for the Macedonian section and were being barred entry. |
| The first qualifier of Scotland's World Cup campaign was taking place at the City Stadium in Skopje, with Scotland losing 1-0. | |
| Ms Watson told BBC Scotland a few of her friends got in ahead of her but then police began turning fans away, telling them their tickets were invalid. | |
| She said: "At one point we were stuck between one set of riot police and another just outside the stadium and we couldn't move, we were just kind of stuck there. | |
| "One of our friends was on the other side and when he tried to move through to join us he had a baton held to him. | |
| "We all like to make comments about the SFA being disorganised but the SFA are a dream compared to this - the way that the police are behaving is completely out of order." | |
| Ms Watson said with four lines of riot police fans had tried waving their tickets but were still turned back and headed into town to get a beer and watch the game on television. |