Steve Clarke

“The 62-year-old told his players on Saturday night, at their hotel in Charlotte, that he was ending his seven-year reign after it was confirmed that the Scots had failed to get out of a group contain…”

“Steve Clarke stood down after seven years in charge of Scotland.”

“The shock announcement came exactly a month after he signed a new four-year contract that would have incorporated Euro 2028 and the 2030 World Cup.”

“I think seven or eight of them have been with me from the start, right the way through.”

“Assessing his time in charge, a '100% proud' Clarke believes he achieved his goal 'to change the mentality round the group' and give them belief that they can compete at the highest level.”

“The next two games were tough.”

“Just 15 months beforehand, he said there was a '75% chance' he 'will not renew his contract after the World Cup'”

“penning a 1,000-word letter to the nation saying his overwhelming emotion was "pride, closely followed by satisfaction"...”

“His departure was only announced to the squad 10 minutes beforehand...”

“28 May - Clarke signs a new four‑year deal, saying it was important to "plan for the future"...”

“9 June - Clarke sits down with the BBC for an interview...”

“12 June - On the eve of the opening match against Haiti, a buoyant Clarke shares...”

“15 June - During a regular in‑camp media conference, Naismith joked that Clarke was "doing cartwheels at breakfast"...”

“23 June - Speaking before the Brazil match, Clarke joked of returning to the Azteca Stadium...”

“In a lengthy open letter to supporters on the Scottish FA’s website, the 62-year-old said: ‘The most emotional part of this goodbye is for my players, without whom we wouldn’t have had any of the mem…”

“The most emotional part of this goodbye is for my players, without whom we wouldn’t have had any of the memories that we’ve accumulated from 2019 until now.”

“we wouldn’t have had any of the memories that we’ve accumulated from 2019 until now.”

“As I reflect on my seven years in the job”

“To the first coach since Craig Brown, in 1998, to lead the country to the finals of a major tournament”

“Roll on three years and we did it again”

“it was a 26-year wait for the older members of the battalion.”

“Winning our group from a position as third seeds”

“the players won a World Cup finals match for only the fifth time in Scottish football history, and the first in 36 years.”

“Austin MacPhee and James Morrison joined us to help the push to Euro 2024, then Alan Irvine, who brought great experience to out group, and Andrew Hughes joined the team to help clinch our World Cup …”

“represented his country when we qualified for Euro 2020”

“Thank you to my two Presidents, the sadly departed Rod Petrie, and Mike Mulraney”

“making me his first head coach appointment”

“we wouldn't have had any of the memories that we've accumulated from 2019 until now.”

“From our captain Andy Robertson with 97 caps”

“The most emotional part of this goodbye is for my players, without whom we wouldn't have had any of the memories that we've accumulated from 2019 until now,”

“Clarke signs a new four-year deal, saying it was important to "plan for the future" and give "certainty ahead of the World Cup", while laying "foundations for the long term".”

“Just 15 months beforehand, he said there was a "75% chance" he "will not renew his contract after the World Cup"”

“The 62-year-old openly admits he didn't enjoy the previous two tournaments.”

“Speaking before the Brazil match, Clarke joked of returning to the Azteca Stadium in the last 32 - a place where he once scored as a player at the World Youth Championships in 1983.”

“it is announced Clarke has resigned as Scotland head coach penning a 1,000-word letter to the nation saying his overwhelming emotion was "pride, closely followed by satisfaction" and witnessing "the …”

“His departure was only announced to the squad 10 minutes beforehand, with Clarke sharing the shocking news to those he credited most in his heartfelt cheerio.”

“eadar 2019 agus an-dràsta”