It didn’t take awfully long for the feeling of euphoria which engulfed the country in the wake of that dramatic win over Denmark to be replaced by another peculiarly Scottish emotion – a dreadful sense of foreboding about what the future holds.

Yes, there remains widespread excitement about the national team competing in their first World Cup finals in 28 long and agonising years in Canada, Mexico and the United States next summer.

You can be certain that thousands of members of the Tartan Army will be booking up their flights and accommodation the very second the draw for the group stages is made in Washington DC on Friday evening.

But those who are more interested in how Steve Clarke ’s men fare against international football’s elite than the festivities have grown increasingly unea

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