The Scottish Football Association will make their top stadiums available for England's 2006 World Cup bid if required, according to local reports on Wednesday.

Celtic chief executive Allan MacDonald has urged the English FA to include the 50,000 plus capacity stadiums at Parkhead, Ibrox and Hampden Park to ensure success in their campaign.

MacDonald said that Glasgow should become "a temporary extension of England" for the duration of the tournament. World governing body FIFA will make their final decision next summer, with South Africa and Germany the strongest challengers.

Scottish FA president Jack McGinn has already declared his support for England but previously accepted that there are enough suitable stadiums south of the border for the entire competition to be held there.

SFA spokesman Andy Mitchell has admitted the chances of Scotland hosting World Cup matches were slim but said there would be spin-offs if England did win the battle - and that Scotland could yet pitch in for other competitions.

"There is no realistic likelihood of Scotland's stadia being part of England's bid at this advanced stage," he said.

"They have invested very heavily in a large number of World Cup qualifying stadia of their own.

"England quite clearly feel confident in bidding with their own stadia and see no need to extend into Scotland. If they needed to use our grounds we would be delighted to make them available but I do not think it will be necessary." (Xinhua)