Darren Fletcher has said he attempted to persuade the Scottish Football Association to abandon their controversial pink away strip for last November's World Cup qualifier against England at Wembley and insisted it would be 'disgraceful' if FIFA rules force the Scots to wear the same colours against the 'Auld Enemy' at Hampden Park in June.
Scotland captain Fletcher led the team out at Wembley in the fluorescent pink outfit after FIFA ruled that the white sleeves on their predominantly dark blue home shirt clashed with England's white kit.
The apparent colour clash has raised the prospect of England being forced to wear their change colours in Glasgow for the return game on June 10, but with the Football Association unveiling a new all-blue away kit against Germany last week, both teams could yet be forced to turn out in their change colours at Hampden to avoid falling foul of FIFA's directives.
A FIFA World Cup match commissioner will have the final say on the colours worn, but with the two countries previously wearing their home colours in each of the previous 112 meetings, West Bromwich Albion midfielder Fletcher admits he made an unsuccessful attempt to call for an alternative strip to be made to prevent Scotland wearing pink at Wembley.
"When I saw the pink kit, I did everything I could to stop us wearing it," Fletcher told ESPN FC. "I was asking 'what are we doing?'
"I said you have to speak to somebody to make a one-off kit instead, but it didn't happen.
"Scotland should never have worn pink against England, but it was apparently because we had white sleeves on our blue shirts.
"FIFA have crazy rules and it should never happened.
"It might come to it again in June, but it would be disgraceful if Scotland were forced to wear their away kit at home. It should just never happen."
Fletcher, meanwhile, added he will fight for his place in the Scotland team after being dropped by manager Gordon Strachan in favour of Celtic's Scott Brown for Sunday's qualifier against Slovenia.
"I found myself out of the team and I was disappointed, but that's the way it goes," he said. "It's all about Scotland winning, which they did, and qualifying for the World Cup.
"I'm 33 now and don't know how long I have left in the game, but I am there as a captain and leader for my teammates, so even when I am not selected, that won't change.
"But I want to play and I am disappointed when I am not playing. I will always do everything I can to play for my country and be there when I am needed.
"It is all about Scotland qualifying and I will give my all for that.
"The next game is England at Hampden Park and it is a massive game because we need to get something from it to keep our hopes alive."