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Do Scotland's real problems lie away from national team?

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BBC Scotland looks at what other factors are at play for the Scottish national team.

What if Ryan Porteous being sent off, Kieran Tierney's hamstring going and a raft of pre-tournament injuries were not the reason for Scotland going home early at Euro 2024?

In Scotland, this generally covers from playing fun fours from the start of primary school all the way up through, sevens, nines and then into 11-a-side football at secondary school. Other initiatives have also been run.Figures released in March by the Scottish government show 26% of children in Scotland are living in relative poverty in the year previous.

Of the Scotland team in Germany this summer, Billy Gilmour was the only performance school graduate, having attended Grange Academy in Kilmarnock. As well as the SFA, some Scottish clubs also have their own school partnerships, including Celtic, Dundee, Dundee United, Hearts and Rangers. Is this the right environment to blood young players where they are given time to learn from their mistakes?

 

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