Dundee’s pride over local links to FIFA World Cup

The Courier Daily

Monday, 21 November 2022 - 6 minutes

With the FIFA world cup kicking off in Qatar yesterday, we’re looking at the tournament’s links to Dundee.

Despite Scotland not qualifying, there is a lot of local pride circulating as a few players from Tayside have been called up to play in the FIFA World Cup this year.

Sports reporter George Cran is here to tell us why it's about more than the prestige for these local clubs.

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