England v Scotland: Gordon Strachan wants return of regular clashes with Auld Enemy I think everyone would accept it - the players would love it, the fans would like it and I think grassroots football would benefit from it. A lot of people would like to see it happen more regularly, that's for sure. Strachan took England on four times as a player but his sole victory came at Hampden in 1985. However, his personal memories of a game won by a Richard Gough header stretch only to his own disappointing performance. He does have happier recollections of the 1977 meetings of the teams, which saw the Wembley turf torn up and crossbar snapped by celebrating members of the Tartan Army after Gordon McQueen and Kenny Dalglish struck in a 2-1 win. "It's a special occasion for everybody and, yeah, I'm going to enjoy it," said Strachan, the first Scotland boss to lead a team south since Craig Brown's side registered a 1-0 win in an ultimately unsuccessful Euro 2000 play-off campaign in 1999. I've enjoyed every game so far as a manager. It's been a great experience for me and I'm lucky. There's not too many that get to manage their national side down there at Wembley against England. I was there as a supporter in 1977 - I was there on my honeymoon actually. There's a bit of turf in some house in Broughty Ferry in Dundee that the [current owner] doesn't know comes from Wembley. I was invited on the pitch by a policeman, actually. Me, my wife and my best man were the only ones left stood on the terracing. He just looked at us and went 'On you go,' so we went on. I was there in 1996 and I was at the game in 1999 when Don Hutchison scored a header. I've enjoyed every occasion so far. I hope to enjoy this one too. And Strachan, who will be backed by a 20,000-strong travelling support, added: "I remember having a real bad game here at Hampden in '85. I was taken off but we were 1-0 up at the time but I was poor. Richard Gough scored. I never won with Scotland at Wembley but I was part of the group that won in '77. Honestly, I felt part of it. When you are there as a supporter, you feel part of that win. You feel at one with the players. You are part of the victory, the occasion. I've done it all in these games - I've been a supporter, I've played and now I'll manage in it and I know fine well that it has to be a collective attack. But that's not a problem, we will be together as a group - supporters, players and staff. The players are not stupid, they know that this game is important. But everyone will enjoy it. Whether you are doing anything, playing table tennis even, playing against England is an occasion that we have to win. Celtic captain Scott Brown will return for the Wembley trip after missing last month's World Cup qualifying win in Croatia with a hip injury. But the injured trio of captain Darren Fletcher, defender Gary Caldwell and striker Steven Fletcher will all miss out. Sunderland forward Steven Fletcher is nearing a return from ankle injury while his Manchester United namesake Darren is hopeful that the colitis that has plagued him for the last two years is nearly at a manageable state. However, Strachan was reluctant to speculate on when he will be able to call up either player again. "I'll leave it to the clubs to tell you what is going on rather than me," he said. But they are top players and top blokes. They will be missed, that is for sure. The quicker they get back the better. Scotland squad.-Goalkeepers: Matt Gilks (Blackpool), David Marshall (Cardiff), Allan McGregor (Hull) Defenders: Gordon Greer (Brighton), Steven Hammell (Motherwell), Grant Hanley (Blackburn), Alan Hutton (Aston Villa), Russell Martin (Norwich), Charlie Mulgrew (Celtic), Andy Webster (Unattached), Steven Whittaker (Norwich) Midfielders: Charlie Adam (Stoke), Barry Bannan (Aston Villa), George Boyd (Hull), Liam Bridcutt (Brighton), Chris Burke (Birmingham), Scott Brown (Celtic), Craig Conway (Cardiff), Graham Dorrans (West Brom), James Forrest (Celtic), Gary Mackay-Steven (Dundee United), James McArthur (Wigan), James Morrison (West Brom), Steven Naismith (Everton), Robert Snodgrass (Norwich) Forwards: Leigh Griffiths (Wolves), Shaun Maloney (Wigan), Kenny Miller (Vancouver Whitecaps), Jordan Rhodes (Blackburn) Strachan leads tributes to Reilly Scotland manager Gordon Strachan has led the tributes to former Hibernian striker Lawrie Reilly, who has died at the age of 84. The Edinburgh-born centre-forward was a member of the Easter Road club's 'Famous Five' forward line alongside Gordon Smith, Bobby Johnstone, Eddie Turnbull and Willie Ormond and helped the side win three league titles in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He was capped 38 times for Scotland and scored five goals against England - more than any other Dark Blues player. Strachan, who grew up a Hibs supporters, took time out of his preparations for next month's meeting with the Auld Enemy at Wembley to pay tributes to a man idolised by the Leith club's faithful. He said: "I used to see Lawrie regularly when I went to Easter Road. He was a big hero of my father and it's not great news. But he has left us with some fantastic memories. He scored five times [against England] but, even though I met him so many times, he never mentioned that. It's a measure of how much a gentleman he was that he never mentioned that. Great players never tell you what they did - people already know. And he was a great player, that's for sure. In a statement released by Hibs, club chairman Rod Petrie paid tribute to Reilly, who netted a record 187 league goals for the club. Petrie said: "We all feel the loss of a true Hibernian great, but our hearts must go out first to Lawrie's widow Iris and to his family. Our thoughts are with them at this sad time. The term 'legend' gets bandied about, perhaps too easily, but Lawrie was a genuine legend. He grew up as a Hibernian fan and he spent his entire career with the club he loved. He was undoubtedly one of the club's greatest ever players, revered by all who loved attacking and entertaining football. He was also one of Scotland's greatest ever strikers. Lawrie retained his lifelong passion for the club he graced as a player and was a regular attender at matches, a matchday host and was one of the club's champions. He will be sadly missed.