Andy Robertson celebrates 100 Scotland caps after Nations League win in North Macedonia

Andy Robertson says reaching 100 Scotland caps "means everything to me" after he hit the milestone in Saturday's Nations League win in North Macedonia.

Goals by Kieron Bowie and John McGinn ensured the Scots recorded their first win under new head coach Sebastien Pocognoli and gave the captain a victory to make his flagship appearance.

"It means everything to me, it means everything to my family," Tottenham Hotspur's Robertson told BBC Sport Scotland. "I've been away now 100 times... I've got to feel sorry for my wife!

"It's been an unbelievable journey, I remember my first game and it's been a process since then. It's emotional for me. I love this country, there's only one person before me in the men's game to do that, it's a pretty special achievement."

That person is Kenny Dalglish. Robertson is now just two caps behind his fellow Liverpool legend and could eclipse him during November's Scotland double-header.

"I thought Kenny was gonna be worried about his goalscoring record in the first five minutes because I had about six shots," Robertson said of the early stages of Saturday's game in Skopje.

"The squad did a nice presentation for me, but I told them I wanted the win. The lads did so well and it'll be a special one for me and my family."

Robertson has been a constant presence since Gordon Strachan gave him his Scotland debut in 2014 when he was a fresh-faced left-back with Dundee United.

He has defined a generation of the Scotland national team but what do the numbers tell us about his international career?

The great Dalglish is the only man to have pulled on the navy blue of Scotland more times than Robertson.

'King Kenny' still tops the list on 102 caps, but that could be eclipsed by his friend come November should the 32-year-old feature in each of Scotland's remaining three Nations League games this year.

It is fitting that it will be Robertson who surpasses that long-standing milestone, given the pair have forged a friendship over his time with Liverpool.

Not that Dalglish is having that.

"He always says 'you've got millions more games; Nations League, what's that? They didn't have that in my day!'", Robertson joked on the Stick to Football podcast recently.

"I think he might bring up a ratio for years-to-games-played so he's still on top.

"It's obviously something that's been on my radar for a while now. When you get to 80-odd caps, you start to look up."

Dalglish can console himself that his record of 30 goals - held jointly with Denis Law - is safely out of Robertson's reach.

Of current players, John McGinn is lurking only eight behind Robertson on the all-time list, though, so the Scotland men's centurion club could have three members soon.

Since being given the armband by Alex McLeish after Scott Brown retired in 2018, Robertson has captained Scotland 30 times more than any other player.

At the time, he had earned just 22 caps and was just 24 but had established himself as Liverpool's left-back as they reached the Champions League final.

Now, he is the only man to have lead Scotland out at three major finals, reaching the milestone at the World Cup this summer.

Scotland and Napoli midfielder Scott McTominay enthused: "He's such a great captain and he's got that good balance between being one of the senior players and saying you need to wake up if you're not playing well.

"Then he's also got the personable side, organising things with the manager, helping young players and stuff. He's brilliant with that, brilliant."

Another man who has led his country, John Collins, is most impressed by Robertson's consistency.

"It's not just the number of caps, it's the quality within those caps," he told BBC Sport Scotland. "He always performs and gives everything from first minute to last minute. A great leader and a great player."

Robertson has played under four different permanent Scotland team bosses in his 12-year international career.

It was Strachan who plucked him from the under-21s to hand him his debut as a 19-year-old in a win over Poland in March 2014.

McLeish made him captain in 2018, calling Robertson the "outstanding candidate" and an "inspirational figure" - and now he has played twice for new boss Sebastien Pocognoli.

He even played one game under interim manager Malky Mackay in a friendly against the Netherlands at Pittodrie in 2017 as the Scottish FA searched for Strachan's replacement.

However, it is Steve Clarke's seven-year stint that Robertson will be mainly associated with, as the pair lead Scotland to three major tournaments.

Robertson played 68 times for Clarke, all of them as captain, and the recently departed head coach consistently praised his figurehead.

"He's been a fantastic captain for Scotland," Clarke said at the World Cup.

"He's worked ever so hard for the country and he leads the group like the leader he is - and he's very, very important to me and the squad."

Over the piece, Robertson's caps are spread fairly evenly among friendlies and qualification games.

Crucially, though, he has also played nine times in major tournaments. What will rankle with him is there is only one win among those nine - June's victory over Haiti in Boston at the World Cup.

Overall, though, Robertson's Scotland career can be characterised by consistency.

He has started 98 of his 100 caps, rarely ever being substituted. He has not missed a camp in three years.

The only question seems to be how many Scotland caps will Robertson end up with? At 32 and still playing in the Premier League, it appears there will be plenty more to come.