Gordon Strachan will continue in his role as National Coach.
Speculation about his future has been ongoing since Scotland’s defeat to England at Wembley eight days ago.
After this defeat, the Board of the Scottish FA considered the performance of the Scotland Men’s A squad so far in the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 qualifying campaign and as part of this review, Strachan, provided his feedback on the campaign and his views on the team’s prospects in 2017.
Following the review, the decision was taken to continue to support Strachan and his staff.
Stewart Regan, Scottish FA Chief Executive: “The Board have considered the team’s performance since the start of the campaign and subsequently discussed the disappointing points total after four matches.
“Gordon shared the disappointment of the Board and, of course, the fans. He is adamant, however, that we can recover the position and believes a play-off place still to be attainable.
“The Board are convinced that he still has the hunger for this challenge and we have four home qualifiers in 2017 to rejuvenate our campaign.
“We support Gordon unanimously in improving our qualification prospects.”
Gordon Strachan said: “We were all extremely disappointed with the result on Friday night but having reflected on our performance, I still believe we can get ourselves back into contention in the group.
“There are still 18 points to play for and the players, the staff and I, as in previous games, will give everything we have to turn things around.
“I have said consistently that our fans deserve success and a return to a major tournament finals.
“Although we have had a difficult start to the campaign, I firmly believe that this group of players, together with our supporters, can maximise our chances of a play-off place, starting with the home match against Slovenia in March.”
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
