ADAM Priestley is a teacher by day but hopes to be educating Scotland when Gibraltar take to the Hampden Park pitch on Sunday evening.

The 24-year-old forward, a part-timer with non-league Farsley AFC, travelled up from Yorkshire ahead of the Euro 2016 qualifier looking to show how far he and his Gib team-mates have come since the start of their Group D campaign.

After four games, UEFA's newest members are still looking for their first point, having shipped 21 goals – including seven in the matches against Poland and Republic of Ireland – without scoring any, although restricting world champions Germany to four has given encouragement.

Scotland are overwhelming favourites to pile on more misery but Priestley, who was born in Gibraltar, where his father was posted with the RAF, is hoping to leave Glasgow with a positive progress report.

"The training sessions are going well so fingers crossed we can go there and do ourselves justice," he said.

"We have gone from a couple of big defeats to only losing 4-0 to Germany, so I think we have shown that progression already and that is what we are aiming for; to keep progressing as games go on and hopefully, who knows, get a result along the way.

"It has been a massive learning curve for us. Going into competitive games is different to international friendlies but it is something we knew was coming and we have to all embrace it and, fingers crossed, we can get to where we want to be as quickly as possible.

"At times we have given a lot of respect to the other teams and you understand that. But at times we need to try to assert ourselves on the game and hopefully, if we do that, we can keep progressing and pick up results along the way."

Priestley, who started his career with Leeds United's youth team, is hoping he will have support from his students – even those with Scottish blood – at Morley Academy, where he primarily teaches PE.

"They're all really supportive and have been asking questions," he said.

"We have a few students with Scottish backgrounds, so they have been giving me a little bit of stick. But from what I am told, they will all be watching the game and supporting me rather than Scotland."

Priestley is a Manchester United fan and is blown away by the possibility of playing against former Old Trafford midfielder Darren Fletcher, who recently moved to West Brom.

He said: "I have been to see Darren Fletcher play so it is quite surreal, really, going to watch him at Old Trafford and now potentially gracing the same field as him.

"But it is an experience that we have to embrace and enjoy as much as we possibly can.

"Success will be a good team performance, making sure we play the way the manager wants us to play, hopefully frustrating Scotland for as long as we possibly can – and who knows?"