The nature of cruelty for Scotland supporters demonstrated how far their team has progressed. With a point needed from this game to seal promotion from Nations League B, to pass England and to leap into pot two for the upcoming Euro 2024 draw, Steve Clarke’s makeshift team scrapped in a manner which deserves the highest of praise.
Not so long ago the Tartan Army were continually watching international football’s equivalent of a lost cause. In Clarke the Scottish FA have landed upon a coach who has raised standards and aspirations.