LIFELONG Rangers fan Ikechi Anya is looking forward to attending his first ever game at Ibrox - as a Scotland player.

Watford winger Anya grew up in Castlemilk in Glasgow in the 1990s supporting the Light Blues.

But the 26-year-old has never actually been to see his heroes in action in their own stadium. And now he is set to play for the national team in a Euro 2016 qualifier at the famous Govan ground next month.

"It is a bit crazy," admitted Anya at Ibrox today as he helped to promote next month's Euro 2016 qualifier with Georgia. "I used to watch the Rangers games on television. My first game at the ground could be for Scotland.

"This is the first time I've actually been in the stadium. This is quite a big deal. As I got closer to the ground I went: 'Wow!'

"As a kid, Rangers was the team that I supported. Hopefully I will be involved against Georgia."

Anya scored a stunning goal for Scotland in their opening Group D match against world champions Germany in Dortmund a fortnight ago.

And he will, if fit, be one of the first names down on Gordon Strachan's team sheet for the game against Georgia on Saturday, October 11.

The player has enjoyed the response to his strike against the newly-crowned World Cup winners in the Westfalenstadion. However, he described the experience as "bittersweet" as his side ended up getting their qualifying campaign up and running with a 2-1 defeat.

And the seven-times capped forward is determined to help them pick up maximum points from their double header with Georgia and Poland.

Anya said: "We went into the Germany game with the intention of trying to win it. And we are going to go into these two games to win them.

"I read an interview with Stevie Naismith in which he said this Scotland squad has more quality than any other one he has been in.

"I haven't been in previous squads, but I know when I come here that there is such intensity and quality in training. I am always impressed.

"I cannot compare it to anything else. It is all relatively new to me. But I think we have as good as chance as anyone to qualify.

"There is a progression going on in Scottish football and it will be regarded as a failure if we don't qualify. We need to assume that responsibility and qualify.

"Naismith is more experienced than me. If we use the performance from the Germany game as the bar then we are going to win a lot of games."

He added: "When you have that feeling of scoring against Germany you want to work twice as hard to relive it.

"I don't just want to be the person who scored against Germany. Ultimately we lost the game so it wasn't even a winner.

"I'd like to be remembered as one of the team who qualified for 2016. The work ethic stays the same and nothing changes."

Anya has revealed how he has the self-belief to perform at international level thanks to Scotland manager Strachan.

"Having the confidence of a manager of that pedigree is only going to give you confidence," he said. "There is no fear when you walk onto the pitch and that is the best thing a player can have.

"That particularly applies to a player in my position, where you have to make things happen."