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  1. 'No-one better than Robbo to play behind you' - Conwaypublished at 12:24 BST

    Japan's Yuito Suzuki and Scotland's Tommy ConwayImage source, SNS
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    Tommy Conway (right) made his first Scotland start against Japan

    Tommy Conway believes "there's no-one better in football to have behind you" than Andy Robertson as he tries to cement his place on the left side of Scotland's attack for this summer's World Cup finals.

    The Middlesbrough striker realises he is one of those in the current squad who are in the position of "not knowing if we are going to go" to the Americas and face a "massive couple of months" to prove themselves to head coach Steve Clarke.

    But he believes he "made an impact" as he made his first Scotland start despite the 1-0 defeat in Saturday's friendly at home to Japan.

    "I really enjoyed it out there," 23-year-old Conway said. "I felt like it took me a while to get into the game, but once we got to grips with it, I naturally got into the game.

    "We were unfortunate to lose the game, but we'll take the positives from it and go on Tuesday.

    "Obviously it's been a while since I played for Scotland, but I like to think I took into the game what we've been working on in training.

    "It wasn't too dissimilar to what I'm doing at club level. That's more or less where I've been playing - off the left and trying to come in and make things happen."

    Conway said captain Andy Robertson, the Liverpool left-back, was "talking me through the game".

    "There's no-one better in football to have behind you," he said. "Hopefully it is a combination on which we can build.

    "When you are not having an impact in possession, you've got to have an impact out of possession and I feel like me and Robbo did that in the first half.

    "In the second half, I thought our press was a lot better and allowed us to get up the pitch and in someone's face and that is a strength of mine."

    Conway thought Saturday's match against Japan, and Tuesday's against Ivory Coast, would be good preparation for facing "players from three different continents" at the World Cup.

    "Some of it I feel I have ever come across before, in terms of what they pose physically - they are sharp and they are fast and tactically they are good as well," he added of Japan.

  2. Gateshead bring in Middlesbrough duo on loanpublished at 16:25 GMT 27 March

    Gateshead have signed Middlesbrough's Shea Connor and Rio Patterson-Powell on loan for the last month of the National League season.

    Goalkeeper Connor, 20, has played for Boro's under-21 team this season along with winger Patterson-Powell, also 20, who has been on the bench for the first-team in the Championship.

    They join a Gateshead side, 20th in the table, two points clear of relegation with six matches to play.

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