Bowie seizing Scotland shot after World Cup disappointment

On 19 May, Steve Clarke assembled his collection of players to embark on a World Cup journey.

Despite featuring and scoring for a Hellas Verona side heading for relegation from Serie A, and with a perennial problem of strikers not firing regularly for Scotland, Kieron Bowie was overlooked.

Given the loyalty Clarke showed to those who had served him so well, it was not a huge surprise. Neither was the impotence of the national team in the USA as they conjured up just one John McGinn goal.