What happened to Gordon Strachan as Scotland manager?
THE journey to FINALLY end 23 years of tournament-less football has been a long one for Scotland. There have been some highs but even more lows. 3 Former Scotland boss Gordon Strachan  3 Current Scotland boss Steve Clarke  Rightly, there has been some praise handed out to Steve Clarkes predecessors for the job they did in getting the foundations right. One of those men is Gordon Strachan, who so nearly secured qualification during his tenure. Strachan took the national team job following Craig Leveins departure in January 2013. He had previously been Middlesbrough boss for a year. That job followed four years as manager of Celtic. 3 Strachan taking Scotland training  Strachan got off to a winning start as national team boss with a 1-0 friendly win over Estonia. His first two competitive games were in World Cup qualifying, where Scotland had slim chances of qualification anyway. Defeats to Wales and Serbia essentially killed the small hope. The European finals had been increased to 24 teams from Euro 16 and anticipation was high that a long hiatus would come to an end. WIN 50,000 with Dream Team Euros Dream Team Euros is HERE! The best fantasy football game to accompany Euro 2020 has arrived. And you can play absolutely FREE for your chance to win the 50,000 jackpot. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR FREE! Dream Team Euros 50,000 jackpot  The best fantasy football game this summer  Play in mini-leagues against your mates, colleagues, family members - and some hand-picked celebrities  FREE to play  A 1-0 defeat in Georgia midway through the group undone the early good work. Though on the final day, Robery Lewandowski netted a late equaliser which ended any hope. After failing again to qualify for the World Cup in 2018, Strachan resigned from his post. Despite failing to get Scotland to a major tournament, his win percentage was actually not too bad. In total he managed 40 games, winning just shy of half of them at 19 wins. Games managed  40  Games won  19  Games drawn  9  Games lost  12  Win percentage  47.50%  Keep up to date with ALL the latest news and transfers at the Scottish Sun football page