PERSPECTIVE can be hard to come by in football management, and particularly when the hopes and dreams of an entire country rest upon your shoulders. But every so often, even those at the top of the game are reminded of just what is really important.
Steve Clarke was devastated of course after Scotland’s defeat to Ukraine that ended the nation’s hopes of making it to the World Cup in Qatar, just as much as any member of the Tartan Army. But visiting his dad Eddie - who is suffering from dementia - after the game brought home to him that the defeat didn’t in fact represent the end of the world.
