SCOTLAND is currently in line to benefit from an extra Uefa Europa League place for next season along with Norway and Denmark.

SCOTLAND is currently in line to benefit from an extra Uefa Europa League place for next season along with Norway and Denmark.

The top SPL club in the domestic fair play league not already qualified for Europe will be entered into the first qualifying round of next season's competition, if Scotland can hold on to their current third position.

Uefa rank countries on matches at club and international level.

• Paul Scholes today said his drive for trophies burns as intense as it did when he was a raw Manchester United teenage recruit.

And the veteran midfielder will carry that ambition into tonight's Premier League clash with rock-bottom West Brom at The Hawthorns.

The hero of eight previous title-winning campaigns, 34-year-old Scholes said: "My desire to win more trophies is still strong. If you are just happy to go along and not earn medals there is no point in you being here."

Meanwhile, under-fire boss Tony Adams has called on the Portsmouth board to show some patience as the club strive to lift themselves away from the Premier League relegation zone, which they are three points above.

His side were booed off the Fratton Park pitch following a humbling FA Cup defeat by Swansea on Saturday.

Tonight, they face high-flying Aston Villa but Adams said: "Hopefully everybody will show a bit of patience with me because times have changed.

"I am not a runner and I am not going to run away from anything."