SCOTLAND will face England at a sold out Hampden Park next month after the Scottish FA announced that there are no tickets remaining for the 2018 World Cup qualifying clash. 

The governing body revealed on Monday that a limited number of seats were to be made available for public sale, but the final batch were snapped up in less than two hours.

Gordon Strachan’s side were beaten 3-0 by the Auld Enemy in November’s meeting at Wembley Stadium in London, the first competitive clash between the two nations in 17 years.

However, Chris Martin’s late winner against Slovenia in March has given the Tartan Army a glimmer of hope that qualification for Russia 2018 can be achieved ahead of the visit of the English on Saturday 10 June at 5pm.

Gareth Southgate’s side currently top the group on 13 points, six clear of the fourth-placed Scots at the halfway stage of the qualifying campaign.

The win over Slovenia in March gave Scotland a lifeline by narrowing the gap with Srecko Katanec's side to one point, while Slovakia occupy second spot with nine points.

Strachan’s side face a double header away to Lithuania and at home to Malta in September following the Hampden date with England, before finishing the campaign with a home game against Slovakia and a trip to Slovenia in October.

News of the England clash being a sell-out will come as a welcome boost to the national boss, who saw his side defeat the Slovenians at a half-empty national stadium two months ago.

Next month’s qualifier will mark the first competitive meeting between the two countries on Scottish soil since Craig Brown’s side fell to a 2-0 defeat against Kevin Keegan’s England in November 1999.