Davie Weir has admitted that he will have a battle with the butterflies in his stomach as he gets set to start against minnows Liechtenstein at Hampden tonight.

The Rangers skipper became the oldest ever Scottish international when he played a key part in the 0-0 draw in Lithuania on Friday night.

But the 40-year-old still surfs an adrenaline rush of nerves before every match, despite playing in his 18th season in the senior game and collecting what will be his 67th cap.

Weir said: “I was actually a bit nervous on Friday. I hadn’t been involved for the last two or three games internationally and you don’t want to let anyone down and make a mistake.

“Even now I am still a bit nervous before every game, but I think it is important to retain that excitement and hunger for the game.”

After the frustrations of Friday’s goalless stalemate, Weir reckons victory against the makeweights of Liechten-stein is the only acceptable outcome at the National Stadium.

He said: “We have to win this game, but Liechtenstein are not going to roll over.

“Ideally, we wanted to win in Lithuania, but we have not achieved that and now we must make sure we take full points at Hampden tonight. That is vital.”

The veteran warhorse was keen to accentuate the positive from the Lithuanian game ahead of tonight’s pivotal qualifier.

Weir said: “The Lithuania game was frustrating for us as we were the only team trying to win the game.

“We felt we put a lot more into it than them and we were disappointed not to take full points.

“But the first thing you look for as a defender when you are away from home is keeping a clean sheet and then you try and nick something at the other end and I felt we created enough to do that.”

Despite the physical nature of the Lithuanian side in Kaunas on Friday, Weir says that we can’t bank on them taking points from the more fancied teams in the group like the Czech Republic who many see as the Scots’ main rivals for a play-off place behind world champions Spain.

Weir said: “You have to look at the Czechs and say they have the quality of player to damage Lithuania. We can’t expect any favours from the Lithuanians there.”

Regarding his own longevity at international level, Weir refused to look any further ahead than tonight’s game.

He said: “Football is a funny game. When you start looking further down the road it has a habit of cutting the legs from underneath you.

“So you have to stay focused on the present and just worry about the next game. If I can’t be motivated for a match in my own mind then it would be time to worry.

“There is no way you should be needing someone else to motivate you and that certainly is not the case with me.”