Scotland 2-1 Georgia
Euro 2008 Qualifiers
Group Stages
Sat 24th March 2007
15:00
Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)
Att: 50,850
Boyd(11)
Beattie(89)
C Gordon
G Alexander
G Naysmith
D Weir
S McManus
B Ferguson(C)
G Teale (S Brown 60)
P Hartley
K Miller (S Maloney 90)
K Boyd (C Beattie 76)
L McCulloch
Manager:
Alex McLeish
FIFA Ranking: 16
Arveladze(41)
G Lomaia
G Shashiashvili
Z Khizanishvili
L Salukvadze
Z Eliava
V Burduli (D Siradze 57)
L Tskitishvili (D Mujiri 90)
Z Menteshashvili (G Gogua 46)
L Kobiashvili
G Demetradze
S Arveladze
FIFA Ranking: 85
Key: Goals Missed Penalty Red Card
| 1 | Craig Gordon (Hearts) | (20 Caps) | Age: 24 | ||
| 2 | Graham Alexander (Preston North End) | (27 Caps) | Age: 35 | ||
| 3 | Gary Naysmith (Everton) | (33 Caps) | Age: 27 | ||
| 4 | David Weir (Rangers) | (53 Caps) | Age: 36 | ||
| 5 | Stephen McManus (Celtic) | (2 Caps) | Age: 24 | ||
| 6 | Barry Ferguson (Rangers) Captain |  |
(36 Caps) | Age: 29 | |
| 7 | Gary Teale (Derby County) | (6 Caps) | Age: 28 | ||
| 8 | Paul Hartley (Celtic) | (12 Caps) | Age: 30 | ||
| 9 | Kenny Miller (Celtic) | (30 Caps) | Age: 27 | ||
| 10 | Kris Boyd (Rangers) |
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(6 Caps) | Age: 24 | |
| 11 | Lee McCulloch (Wigan Athletic) | (9 Caps) | Age: 28 | ||
| 16 | Craig Beattie (Celtic) |
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(3 Caps) | Age: 23 | |
| (Replaced Kris Boyd 76 min) | |||||
| 17 | Shaun Maloney (Aston Villa) | (3 Caps) | Age: 24 | ||
| (Replaced Kenny Miller 90 min) | |||||
| 18 | Scott Brown (Hibernian) | (2 Caps) | Age: 21 | ||
| (Replaced Gary Teale 60 min) | |||||
Yellow Card  Red Card  Double Booking Goals Scored  Penalty Save |
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16 Craig Beattie
Euro 2008 Qualifiers
Group Stages
Sat 24th March 2007
15:00
Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)
Att: 50,850
Alex McLeish's first game in charge was at home to Georgia, and the McLeish era got off to a flyer, when after only 11 minutes Scotland took the lead. Teale collected the ball down the left, before he crossed the ball into the middle for Boyd to score a low header into the bottom corner. Scotland had chances to double their lead firstly from Teale and then from Miller. Georgia came into the game towards the end of the half and had a Demetradze volley saved, before Khizanishvilli hit the bar. Georgia got a deserved equaliser 4 minutes before the interval when Demetradze beat Weir on the left to cross the ball into the middle for ex Rangers striker Shota Arveladze to score a diving header. With 20 minutes remaining Miller laid the ball on to Boyd who hit the bar. Boyd was replaced by Beattie with less than 15 minutes remaining, and in the 89th minute Naysmith headed the ball into the box to Miller, who in turn headed the ball into Beattie's path. Beattie hit the ball with what appeared to be his left shin and the keeper got a hand to the ball but couldn't keep it out. It was a vital goal to give Scotland a 2-1 win in McLeish's first match. It put Scotland top of Group B and kept their qualification hopes alive.