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Clarke Guides Scotland to Euro 2024 After 20-Year Gap

6/11/2026

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Clarke Secures Euro

Scotland manager Steve Clarke (62) has led Scotland to Euro 2024, ending a finals absence of more than two decades after qualifying for Euro 2020.
He said reduced crowds and group games at Hampden and Wembley during Euro 2020 did not give the feel of a tournament.
Clarke admitted the team let themselves down in Germany two years ago, saying he probably made the wrong decisions.

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Gordon World Cup

Craig Gordon, 43, will be the oldest player at the 2026 World Cup, second-oldest after Egypt’s Essam El Hadary.
He arrived at Scotland’s Charlotte camp with an eight-week-old baby, saying fatherhood keeps him young.
Having made only three league appearances for Hearts, Gordon must out-perform rival Angus Gunn, the squad’s number-one goalkeeper.
Gordon reflected that finally reaching a World Cup after missing the 1998 tournament feels like a lifelong triumph.

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Clarke Secures Euro

Scotland manager Steve Clarke (62) has led Scotland to Euro 2024, ending a finals absence of more than two decades after qualifying for Euro 2020.
He said reduced crowds and group games at Hampden and Wembley during Euro 2020 did not give the feel of a tournament.
Clarke admitted the team let themselves down in Germany two years ago, saying he probably made the wrong decisions.

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