A first half goal from John Herron wasn’t enough to take Scotland through to the finals of the European Championships as the Czech Republic fought back to earn a draw and place in the finals.
Herron was one of five Celts in Ross Mathie’s starting XI and gave Scotland the perfect start with a 13th minute goal.
The Czech’s only required a draw to go through having beaten Italy and Slovakia last week and equalised through Lukas Stratil in the 62nd minute.
Scotland threw on Lee Erwin and Cameron Smith in a bid to snatch a winner but had to settle for a draw and second place behind the Czechs.
In their earlier group matches Scotland had drawn 0-0 with Italy and beaten the Slovakia thanks to a double from Kilmarnock’s Matthew Kennedy.
SCOTLAND: Hamilton: Fraser, Grimmer, Chalmers, Polworth; Herron, Slater, Kennedy, Kidd; Naismith, Feruz
SUBS: Wightman, McIntyre, Yaqub, Erwin (Kennedy 75), Smith (Kidd 69), Lindsay
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I’m no lover of anything to do with the sfa but it would have been nice to see a few Celts grace a finals tourny .
I remember taking great pride in the involvement of a few of our young hoops when Scotlands under 16,s reached the World Cup Final against Saundi Arabia’s under 40s !
Big Jim Beattie s left foot thunderbold at tynecastle in the semi and Brian O’Neills penalty or two in the final . They were great days to watch football, pity their big team and their supporters don’t get it .