NORTHERN IRELAND manager Nigel Worthington is looking for a football miracle in Prague next month to keep his side's World Cup hopes alive.

ENGLAND boss Fabio Capello always intended to let Aaron Lennon loose against Croatia last night.

HOLLAND skipper Giovanni van Bronckhorst admits ending Scotland's dreams of reaching the 2010 World Cup finals left him with a bitter-sweet feeling.

DAVID MARSHALL admitted that he had mixed emotions after playing his first competitive game at Hampden as Scotland failed to qualify for the World Cup finals.

Andy Brown, a Tartan Army regular from Duddingston, felt this was on the cards for Scotland since the first game of the campaign. He said: "Not even glorious failure this

Mark Summers, Bahrain: "I feel for Davie Weir – he didn't deserve to end his international career with such an uncharacteristic mistake – but that goal had Scotland wr

DAVIE WEIR today admitted his disappointment after the mistake that led to the Netherland's only goal at Hampden last night but insisted that the real damage had been do

Holland 1 - 0 Scotland A DEFIANT George Burley may believe he deserves another chance as Scotland boss despite failing to lead the nation to next summer's World Cup final

Scottish Football Association chief executive Gordon Smith has called for "measured and considered reflection" after Scotland's failure to qualify for the World Cu

In Europe, England qualified for the World Cup in South Africa in style from Group 6 with a 5-1 thrashing of Croatia at Wembley. Two goals a piece from Gerrard and Lampard and one from Rooney meant that England qualified with a 100% record so far in their group. Elsewhere in the the European qualifying zone Northern Ireland's hopes of making the tournament took a blow with a 2-0 loss at home to Slovakia. Scotland's hopes were dashed when they crashed 1-0 at Hampden to The Netherlands after a late goal by substitute Elia.

SCOTLAND's World Cup dream finally died last night as George Burley's team lost a closely fought match against group winners Holland by a single game.

SCOTTISH Football Association chief executive Gordon Smith has called for "measured and considered reflection" after Scotland's failure to qualify for the World Cu

SCOTLAND had their slim hopes of reaching next year's World Cup extinguished last night, as Holland kept their 100% record intact with a 1-0 win at Hampden.