The Joy, David Scotland Scotland Decades of Despondancy Make Managing the Sfa an Often Thankless Task but, Finds Michael Grant, David Taylor Is Starting to Feel Real Optimism for the National Side . . . And Not Without Reason

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IF a tendency to be instinctively pessimistic is one of the defining characteristics of the average Scotland supporter, then David Taylor's credentials have not been diminished by seven years in charge of the SFA.

Taylor was boarding a flight home the day after attending the Uefa Cup final while Scotland were simultaneously playing Bulgaria in the Kirin Cup in Japan. A fellow passenger a couple of rows in front leaned over to pass on the good news that Scotland had gone 1- 0 ahead, but then all mobiles were switched off and there were no updates until the plane landed and the same passenger learned the final score.

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The Joy, David Scotland Scotland Decades of Despondancy Make Managing the Sfa an Often Thankless Task but, Finds Michael Grant, David Taylor Is Starting to Feel Real Optimism for the National Side . . . And Not Without Reason

When Taylor was told it had finished 5-1 the chief executive of the SFA responded like the world-weariest Scotland fan: "Who for?"

Well, 5-1 for Scotland of course. How could there have been any doubt now that our national teams are queuing up to administer thrashings to the rest of the world? That rout of the Bulgarians was followed by a draw wi...

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