Mainly, though, their thunder was reserved for Alex McLeish, the beleaguered manager at the heart of another horror-show. Only now - in September 2018 - did McLeish get his first competitive game, a Nations League tie at home to Albania that Scotland won 2-0. A month later, they collapsed to a 2-1 loss in Israel, a nation with a world ranking that was 55 places below Scotland. Scotland went to Kazakhstan without some important players, most notably Kieran Tierney, Robertson and Ryan Fraser. McLeish said that Scotland had started the game brightly, a jaw-dropping claim given his team were already a beaten docket before a dozen minutes had been played.

Source: BBC April 18, 2019 15:00 UTC