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| Hundreds of football fans have had trouble getting into Scotland's World Cup qualifier against Macedonia. | Hundreds of football fans have had trouble getting into Scotland's World Cup qualifier against Macedonia. |
| Riot police arrived at the stadium after up to 1,000 supporters were told their tickets were not valid. | Riot police arrived at the stadium after up to 1,000 supporters were told their tickets were not valid. |
| Jenny Watson, from Musselburgh, was given tickets by player Kenny Miller but was not allowed in and said disappointed fans headed back to town. | |
| The SFA said some fans had bought briefs for the Macedonian section and were refused entry. | |
| The first qualifier of Scotland's World Cup campaign was taking place at the City Stadium in Skopje, with Scotland losing 1-0. | The first qualifier of Scotland's World Cup campaign was taking place at the City Stadium in Skopje, with Scotland losing 1-0. |
| Ms Watson told BBC Scotland a few of her friends got in ahead of her but then police began turning fans away, telling them their tickets were invalid. | Ms Watson told BBC Scotland a few of her friends got in ahead of her but then police began turning fans away, telling them their tickets were invalid. |
| She said: "At one point we were stuck between one set of riot police and another just outside the stadium and we couldn't move, we were just kind of stuck there. | She said: "At one point we were stuck between one set of riot police and another just outside the stadium and we couldn't move, we were just kind of stuck there. |
| "One of our friends was on the other side and when he tried to move through to join us he had a baton held to him. | "One of our friends was on the other side and when he tried to move through to join us he had a baton held to him. |
| "We all like to make comments about the SFA being disorganised but the SFA are a dream compared to this - the way that the police were behaving was completely out of order." | |
| Ms Watson said that with four lines of riot police fans had tried waving their tickets but were still turned back and headed into town to get a beer and watch the game on television. | |
| Macedonian riot police were in place at the City StadiumSFA security advisor Derek Kirkwood said travel club members had been allowed entry with no problems. | Macedonian riot police were in place at the City StadiumSFA security advisor Derek Kirkwood said travel club members had been allowed entry with no problems. |
| But he added: "There's probably about another thousand who have come over to Macedonia in the hope of maybe getting tickets for the match and they've been buying them off people in the street. | But he added: "There's probably about another thousand who have come over to Macedonia in the hope of maybe getting tickets for the match and they've been buying them off people in the street. |
| "Unfortunately, they're for the Macedonian section of the stadium and the police commander in charge of the event is not allowing these people in." | "Unfortunately, they're for the Macedonian section of the stadium and the police commander in charge of the event is not allowing these people in." |
| Mr Kirkwood said the SFA had made representations before the game to let these fans in but the efforts were refused on safety grounds. | Mr Kirkwood said the SFA had made representations before the game to let these fans in but the efforts were refused on safety grounds. |
| The stadium has had building work ongoing meaning only part of the ground was in use. | The stadium has had building work ongoing meaning only part of the ground was in use. |