Maybe Scotland simply used up all their dependable goalscorers. Denis Law, Kenny Dalglish, Ally McCoist, Lawrie Reilly – the grand catalogue of great strikers to have played the game counts many Tartan inclusions, although the volume has been closed for a while now. Along with jute and gigantic, seafaring vessels, the footballing No 9 goes down as something Scotland no longer produces for the world.
Graham Ruthven 