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Match	SCOTLAND v LATVIA
Date	06 Oct 2001
Kick-off Time	15:00
Tournament	F.I.F.A. World Cup Qualifier
Venue	Hampden Park Glasgow
Attendance	23,228
Half-Time Score	1 - 1
Full-Time Result	2 - 1
Manager	Craig Brown
Strip	Blue

Match Report
To secure a place in the World Cup play-offs Scotland had to win by six clear goals and hope that Belgium could win in Croatia. In the event neither of these happened and the immediate impact was Craig Brown's resignation as Scotland manager after eight years in the job. The match itself played in front of a small crowd at least showed good fighting spirit from the Scotland team after the lively Latvians took an early lead with Andrejs Rubins scoring in 21 minutes. His Crystal Palace teammater Dougie Freedman equalised with a header just before half time on his debut and victory was assured with David Weir shooting home early in the second half.

Match Report

To secure a place in the World Cup play-offs Scotland had to win by six clear goals and hope that Belgium could win in Croatia. In the event neither of these happened and the immediate impact was Craig Brown's resignation as Scotland manager after eight years in the job. The match itself played in front of a small crowd at least showed good fighting spirit from the Scotland team after the lively Latvians took an early lead with Andrejs Rubins scoring in 21 minutes. His Crystal Palace teammater Dougie Freedman equalised with a header just before half time on his debut and victory was assured with David Weir shooting home early in the second half.

Shirt No	Player	Goals	Cards
1	Neil Sullivan
2	David Weir	Goal'53	Yellow Card
3	Callum Davidson
4	Christian Dailly
5	Matt Elliott Off (Rae, '71)
6	Colin Cameron
7	Barry Nicholson Off (Booth, '62)
8	Craig Burley Captain
9	Douglas Freedman	Goal'42
10	Don Hutchison Off (Severin, '76)
11	Neil McCann
Playing Substitutes
15	Gavin Rae On (Elliott, '71)
16	Scott Severin On (Hutchison, '76)
17	Scott Booth On (Nicholson, '62)