AS an avid football watcher, Huddersfield Town defender Murray Wallace will be in his element now that the World Cup has commenced.

The Scot, whose nation takes on Haiti on Sunday, also viewed proceedings at the end of the last domestic season.

That said, he would have much preferred it if he was involved in the League One play-offs personally.

Wallace admits that watching did at least provide inspiration for the next campaign, when Town are tasked with getting their act together after two disappointing third-tier seasons.

Huddersfield Town's Murray Wallace keeps tight on Cardiff's Omari Kellyman in the League One game in April. Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe

placeholder image — Huddersfield Town's Murray Wallace keeps tight on Cardiff's Omari Kellyman in the League One game in April. Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe

Wallace said: "I enjoy watching football and watch a lot over the off-season such as the Champions League, Championship and League One (play-offs) and the Premier League.

"You can use that as motivation by watching the play-off competitions and you are jealous that it was not us competing. The winners go up and we also have that jealousy that it was not us and we can use that as fuel.

"It's just about having a better level of consistency, performances and emotional state. I think if we get that, we can definitely get a lot better results than we got this year."

Despite an injury-hit start to his second spell at Town, Wallace made up for lost time and was one of their better performers last term. So much so that he was named as the club's player of the season.

Wallace tusses with former Rotherham United striker Jordan Hugill. Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe.

He added: "I joined coming off the back of an injury and pre-season was about getting up to speed and then just before the season started, I picked up another knock and had a little bit of a setback.

"It's just about persevering, getting in the team and performing as well as you can when you are picked."