Jun 28, 2026 · 27 min · 11 segments
Steve Clarke's time as Scotland manager has come to an end following the 2026 World Cup. In this episode of *Improving Scottish Football*, Kieran Hennigan explores the leading candidates to replace…
Kieran HenniganHost
I am so thankful, so thankful for where he has taken the national team As someone who has watched Scottish football relentlessly for pretty much 30 years, and I say relentlessly, I have watched every qualification match, every friendly.

I remember, like yesterday, the 2-1 win against Liechtenstein when Stephen McManus scored a 96-minute winner.

uh goodness knows what year that was in i'm going to take a punt about like 2007 or something like that but we have seen some really really shocking lows and the denmark game was simply the greatest game of football i have ever seen in my life and i don't think it'll ever be topped and i i'm just so thankful i was there to witness that I mean, it truly, truly was incredible.

I was watching it in a pub, obviously I would have loved to have been in the stadium, but I was watching it in a pub and when Tierney scored, I obviously jumped up and jumped around and I knocked a tray of pies out of the hand of the manager who was coming around with some food for everyone.

And I knocked a bunch of pies to the ground, which I was very apologetic about.

But honestly, just thinking back to that moment, somehow I still can't believe it happened because of all the disappointment that's come before it and then also the night in Belgrade and that penalty shootout that was unbelievable I was living in Edinburgh at that time and I couldn't bear to watch it on the TV.

I couldn't watch it live because who wants to watch a penalty shootout when you're supporting one of the teams.

So I was listening to it on the radio just pacing around the streets at night time in Edinburgh and when we'd won I was just leaping, shouting, running through the streets I couldn't believe it.

And loads of other people were shouting out their windows and just, you could hear how much it meant to everyone.

I am so thankful, so thankful for where he has taken the national team As someone who has watched Scottish football relentlessly for pretty much 30 years, and I say relentlessly, I have watched every qualification match, every friendly.

I remember, like yesterday, the 2-1 win against Liechtenstein when Stephen McManus scored a 96-minute winner.

uh goodness knows what year that was in i'm going to take a punt about like 2007 or something like that but we have seen some really really shocking lows and the denmark game was simply the greatest game of football i have ever seen in my life and i don't think it'll ever be topped and i i'm just so thankful i was there to witness that I mean, it truly, truly was incredible.

I was watching it in a pub, obviously I would have loved to have been in the stadium, but I was watching it in a pub and when Tierney scored, I obviously jumped up and jumped around and I knocked a tray of pies out of the hand of the manager who was coming around with some food for everyone.

And I knocked a bunch of pies to the ground, which I was very apologetic about.

But honestly, just thinking back to that moment, somehow I still can't believe it happened because of all the disappointment that's come before it and then also the night in Belgrade and that penalty shootout that was unbelievable I was living in Edinburgh at that time and I couldn't bear to watch it on the TV.

I couldn't watch it live because who wants to watch a penalty shootout when you're supporting one of the teams.

So I was listening to it on the radio just pacing around the streets at night time in Edinburgh and when we'd won I was just leaping, shouting, running through the streets I couldn't believe it.

And loads of other people were shouting out their windows and just, you could hear how much it meant to everyone.
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