Scotland manager Gordon Strachan says that his players don’t need to train like marines, because they have got the Tartan Army.

England boss Gareth Southgate took his squad to the Royal Marines Commando Training Centre in Exmouth ahead of the Auld Enemy clash for a two-day boot-camp last weekend.

But Strachan doesn’t believe that his men need any such team-building exercises, with the bond between the players stronger than ever.

And he feels that if the supporters and the team can come together, then the Scots can pull off a famous win at Hampden this evening.

“I am sure [England] enjoyed themselves at boot camp,” Strachan said. “We have got the Tartan Army anyway so we will use them. We will get together with them and see what we can do.

“The best bond is when you are on the field and in the dressing-room. That’s it.

“I’ve seen it all before. The go-kart days, nights out, golf days. All that happens is they get drunk and start fighting with each other.

“Anywhere I’ve been it’s been about winning games of football and enjoying that 20 minutes after a game when you celebrate as a group.

“That’s what makes you into a team. That’s what’s happened with Celtic. I don’t think it’s go-kart days, drinking days – it’s all about winning games of football to bring team spirit together.

“And when you see the six Celtic boys together their team spirit is fantastic.

“If you’re talking about team spirit, I’ll take you back to training on Monday. I’d set out for eight players to do extra running, and the whole group said they would do it as well.

“That’s team spirit, that’s looking after everybody and pushing each other on. That’s what you call good team spirit.

“When everybody wants to do the running when they could easily have walked away, much to the concern of the fitness coach I might add, that’s the wee things that show team spirit.

“You could have 20 nights out and it wouldn’t have brought the feeling of that Slovenia winner.”

Strachan’s own future could hinge on the result this evening, depending on how results elsewhere leave Scotland’s chances of qualification for the World Cup in Russia next summer, with some of his players stating they want to win the game for their boss.

But he insists that his own position is the last thought on his mind as he goes into the game, as he tries to get a win that would mean so much to the nation’s fans.

“Funnily enough I want to win for everyone bar myself,” he said. “So, we’re looking after one and other.

“As long as you have something that makes you want to win games. Some I’ve known it’s all about money, others its pride, some it’s to play as long as you can.

“You have to have a target and something that makes you want to win a game of football.

“It’s entirely up to the player. It could be pride, wanting to win for family and friends.

“When the players come out here there are fans and you play for them. But you play for family, friends and anyone who has helped you.”