"The Scotland fixture stands out as it's the oldest rivalry among football nations and if the friendlies are anything to judge by they will be very exciting games, and very tense and intense. The atmosphere will be unbelievable.

"If anyone wants to see what a really fanatic football atmosphere is like I would invite them to Wembley when we play Scotland or to the match up there and they will see what passionate football support is all about.

"Slovakia are doing very well at the moment, came out of pot two and that will be an interesting fixture for us as we haven't played them for a while.

"When it comes to Slovenia and Lithuania we have very recent knowledge of playing them which I think is advantageous although having said that a year's a long time in football and it could be a year and half before we play them and their teams could change enormously in that period of time.

"I think we could sell the stadium out twice over at least so from a financial point of view it's very good too."

England manager Roy Hodgson.

"They will be two really juicy games.

"Scotland will look back at that friendly with England last year and be disappointed, but England played very, very well that day.

"They won the game well, but Scotland shouldn't be disheartened from that and they will learn from it.

"Scotland are very much a team on the ascendancy.

"If you look at the group, then you would maybe have to fancy England to win it, but I think Scotland are more than capable of challenging them and certainly trying to get that second spot. They will fancy it.

"Look at Scotland in the Euros just now...they are doing great and have a good chance of getting to France. They're on the up.

"I think Scotland will look at the two England games and say anything out the two games at all would be a result. You have to say that because England are obviously very strong.

"But England know they will not have an easy 90 minutes against Scotland. They will be well aware of that all right. The games will be very close.

"Both teams know each other inside out. Yes, the tempo will be high, but the guys are well used to that week in, week out in the English or Scottish Premier League.

"When you play against other countries, it's different, the tempo is slower.

"So I think for Scotland and England - and like us against the Republic of Ireland - all the players will be used to the tempo. It will be breakneck, fast and furious and very physical.

"But all British players like that and everyone will know what's coming.

"We'll all in contention for the Euros. England are through and ourselves, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic have all got decent chances of qualifying.

"It would be great for us all to get to France and Russia.

"Scotland have a lot more experience than us though in tournament football over the past 50 years though.

"So it's an exciting time for football in our country and there's loads to play for."

Wales manager Chris Coleman

"Before the draw, we all said that Scotland were a team from pot three that we didn't want to draw.

"In my opinion, they should have been in a higher pot.

"Scotland are an improving nation. They have a good, young team and are a typically physical British-type team.

"I believe Scotland's games against England will be close matches.

"Overall, I think the draw wasn't too harsh, we could have got more difficult opponents.

"Of course England are very strong and they are always very good in the qualification campaign.

"But there are no reasons to believe we cannot compete for a place at the top of the group."

Slovakia assistant manager Stefan Tarkovic.

"We will look at this group in the same way we looked at the Euro 2016 group and England are clear favourites.

"But that's not to say we will be eliminated.

"We have a great chance of qualifying for France next year and there is no reason to think we cannot make it to Russia."

Slovakia midfielder Marek Hamsik.

"It will be great to play against Scotland again. We played them quite recently in a friendly and it was a good experience for us.

"We will be playing our qualification matches in either Ljubljana or Maribor and only those two stadiums will be used.

"We play Scotland at home in the last match of the qualifiers. We will decide early where the game will be played.

"Our ground in Ljubljana holds 16,000 and the stadium in Maribor has a 13,000 capacity so there will be no problem for Scotland fans to get tickets I think.

"It's a difficult group for us. We were in Pot Four this time so we knew it wasn't going to be easy.

"We're in England and Lithuania's group already for the Euro 2016 qualifiers so there are teams in it that we know well."

Slovenian FA general secretary Ales Zavri.

"England are one of the strongest footballing nations in the world and I’m sure our home game against them will be a massive event.

"I believe this is a nice thing for Maltese football.

"And playing Scotland too, who are an improving nation, will be very tough, but enjoyable for us.

"As for the group, it’s certainly a very difficult one as England and Slovakia are leading their Euro 2016 qualifying pools and Scotland, Slovenia and Lithuania are also strong.

"As always, we will be doing our utmost to give a good account of ourselves.

"The draw was positive for us and I believe playing countries like England and Scotland will help the development of football on our island."

Malta manager Pietro Ghedin.

"Everyone over here is very excited about the draw, especially having both Scotland and England in it.

"It is only going to do the game good here.

"But it would be a big mistake for anyone to think this will be a pushover for Scotland.

"Birkirkara had a lot of Maltese internationals in their side and they were very unlucky not to beat West Ham.

"Malta have a lot of experienced players in their side too. They have Michael Mifsud, who used to be at Coventry City and once scored two goals to beat Manchester United.

"The keeper, Justin Haber, is decent too and was in England with Sheffield United.

"The people here got a massive boost from seeing how well Birkirkara did and football on this island is getting better and better.

"The eventual aim is to become a progressive small nation, using the example of maybe Iceland who have gone in the right direction.

"Malta don't have anything like the number of the high-profile players Scotland have, but they work well as a team and it will be far from an easy game.

"The national stadium is big, it holds about 20,000, the facilities are good and the fans will love it in Malta.

"It will be very warm in September too and tourists are treated well here.

"Everyone here is thrilled at getting both Scotland and England here. It's an exciting draw for Malta."

Malta-based Floriana FC captain Gary Muir.