All 80 of the Scotland call centre's lines shut were down within a minute of opening. In the first hour only four of the one million callers searching for Euro 2000 play-off tickets managed to get through.
Less than two weeks after England supporters in search of tickets for the Euro 2000 play-off brought down Wembley's phone lines, their Scottish cousins were equally frustrated. All 80 of the call c...
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