PARS star Ryan Williamson won his fourth cap as Scotland's under-21s cruised to a win over Andorra last night.
The 22-year-old, who made his debut for Scot Gemmill's squad last summer, played the full 90 minutes as a hat-trick from Everton's Fraser Hornby earned them a European Under-21 Championship qualifying victory at Tynecastle.
📸 | Here's your Scotland Under-21s side facing Andorra this evening. #SCO21s #YoungTeam pic.twitter.com/m5iARZnHbA
— Scotland National Team (@ScotlandNT) September 6, 2018
The home side began brightly and, with the clock ticking towards half-time, were rewarded when Hornby tucked home a penalty after a foul on Ryan Porteous.
Chelsea's 17-year-old midfielder, Billy Gilmour, provided the assist for Hornby's second in the 69th minute before the striker sealed the match ball by turning home Chris Cadden's centre.
Scotland Under-21s recorded a comfortable 3-0 win over Andorra at Tynecastle Park this evening, as @fraser_hornby bagged a memorable hat-trick.
— Scotland National Team (@ScotlandNT) September 6, 2018
➡️ Full match report: https://t.co/DfzC8Njzgf#SCO21s #YoungTeam pic.twitter.com/s3bx0UVVJK
Williamson has now played in two Scotland under-21 victories, the other coming against Latvia last October, and two defeats since his debut as a substitute in a 3-1 reverse to England.
He has missed just three Athletic games so far; a Betfred Cup win over Stirling Albion, an Irn-Bru Cup success at Inverness, and the Championship opener at Dundee United, for which he was suspended.
The full-back will be missing for tomorrow's trip to Boreham Wood in the Irn-Bru Cup as he will fly out with the under-21s for their next qualifier against the Netherlands on Tuesday.
After his call-up was confirmed last month, Williamson said he knew nothing of it until the Press told him, commenting: "I only found out when the Press came in to see me.
"I really enjoyed the last couple of times I have been away with Scotland, I have been keen to impress and do well and it looks like I have done that."
Scotland, who travel to Ukraine before hosting England next month, are third in Group Four after seven matches.
Gemmill's team have 11 points, one adrift of the second-placed Dutch, while England top the section with 17.
Meanwhile another Pars youngster, Lewis McCann, was also in international action this week after being called up to Northern Ireland's under-19 squad for friendlies with Slovakia.
McCann, who is eligible for Northern Ireland through his father, could not prevent them slipping to a 2-0 defeat on Wednesday.
They play the second match tonight in Newry.
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