4 hours ago 13 June - Scotland labour to a 1-0 triumph implicit Haiti astatine the Boston Stadium - conscionable their 5th World Cup win. "My boys are each right," was his effect arsenic immoderate questioned the performance.
Despite that, it was a Scotland triumph connected the large stage, and determination was a question of alleviation that they didn't gaffe up - heightened much by the performances of Cape Verde and DR Congo.
15 June - During a regular in-camp media conference, Naismith joked that Clarke was "doing cartwheels astatine breakfast" aft the Haiti win.
The erstwhile guardant enactment a existent accent connected the pre-tournament preparations and the caput coach's tendency to bask this edition.
19 June - Scotland concede wrong the archetypal 2 minutes of their lucifer with Morocco and contempt improving successful the 2nd half, they sensation defeat. Afterwards Clarke receives immoderate disapproval aft a tense off-pitch interrogation saying: "I don't adjacent cognize wherefore we bash these interviews."
23 June - Speaking earlier the Brazil match, Clarke joked of returning to the Azteca Stadium successful the past 32 - a spot wherever helium erstwhile scored arsenic a subordinate astatine the World Youth Championships successful 1983.
"If we person to spell to Mexico to play Mexico, we'll beryllium blessed due to the fact that it volition mean we qualified. We'll beryllium precise blessed to person the accidental to go."
24 June - Scotland clang to a 3-0 decision against Brazil successful Miami leaving their accidental of reaching the knockout stages for the archetypal clip successful tatters.
Post-match Clarke comes nether much scrutiny for his attack successful his post-match interviews. After different short, tense speech wherever helium appears to locomotion off, helium tells the media later, "for definite we are going home".
Such negativity floors the fanbase, erstwhile the Scots inactive had a 42% accidental of creating history.
25-26 June: As that percent plummets, truthful does the entree doors to the squad. Nobody speaks to the media portion the federation is successful limbo.
27/28 June - Just earlier midnight successful the UK, Scotland's destiny is sealed arsenic Croatia bushed Ghana to corroborate their exit from the tourney arsenic 1 of the lowest-ranked third-place teams.
Thirty-two minutes later, it is announced Clarke has resigned arsenic Scotland caput manager penning a 1,000-word missive to the federation saying his overwhelming emotion was "pride, intimately followed by satisfaction" and witnessing "the reconnection of our nationalist squad and fans".
His departure was lone announced to the squad 10 minutes beforehand, with Clarke sharing the shocking quality to those helium credited astir successful his heartfelt cheerio.
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