Summary

  • Euro 2016 qualifier at Celtic Park

  • FT: Scotland 1-0 Rep of Ireland

  • Shaun Maloney curls home superb winner

  • 'I'm a proud man tonight' - Strachan

  • 'I didn't think we were going to lose' - O'Neill

  • Poland top Group D on 10 points

  • Scotland/Rep of Ireland/Germany all on seven

  1. CLOSE!published at 21:03 Greenwich Mean Time 14 November 2014

    What a save! Aiden McGeady thinks he'll be celebrating a goal on his return to Celtic Park but, with low shot appearing destined for the bottom corner, David Marshall gets an oven-gloved mitt out to push the ball away.

  2. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 21:01 Greenwich Mean Time 14 November 2014

    Steven Fletcher trots off to be replaced by Chris Martin as Scotland boss Gordon Strachan shuffles his pack. We've got a little over half an hour remaining at Celtic Park.

  3. Scotladn 0-0 Rep of Irelandpublished at 21:00 Greenwich Mean Time 14 November 2014

    Roy Keane, usually aflame on the touchline with eyes like burning orbs, is calmness personified in the visitors' dugout.

    Roy KeaneImage source, Getty Images
  4. Join the debate at #bbcscotfootballpublished at 20:57 Greenwich Mean Time 14 November 2014

    Colin Brown: "@BBCSportScot @BBCRadioScot Hope Scotland can sneak it, but both teams lack a real class player."

  5. Scotland 0-0 Rep of Irelandpublished at 20:57 Greenwich Mean Time 14 November 2014

    Scotland goalkeeper David Marshall, like a grizzly bear securing a leaping salmon, grabs the subsequent corner with ease. It remains goalless but the game is beginning to come to the boil again...

  6. Postpublished at 20:56 Greenwich Mean Time 14 November 2014

    Five minutes into the second half and the visitors are pinging the ball about the pitch with aplomb. Suddenly, they quicken the pace and Aiden McGeady fizzes in a dangerous corner and the Scotland defence do just enough to thwart Jon Walters. Corner for the Republic of Ireland.

  7. 'Irish will be happy'published at 20:53 Greenwich Mean Time 14 November 2014

    BBC Sportsound pundit Willie Miller

    "The Irish will be happy that it's a physical game but we're not; we want to get the ball down and play."

  8. Scotland 0-0 Rep of Irelandpublished at 20:52 Greenwich Mean Time 14 November 2014

    Everton right back Seamus Coleman is seeing a lot of the ball in the opening minutes of the second half as the Republic of Ireland force a number of throw ins as they inch their way deep into Scottish territory.

  9. Text us on 80295published at 20:50 Greenwich Mean Time 14 November 2014

    Colin Simpkins from Livingston: "It's about time Steven Fletcher was dropped in favour of Jordan Rhodes, 1 goal in 20 odd matches is pathetic. What is Gordon Strachan thinking about?"

  10. KICK-OFFpublished at 20:49 Greenwich Mean Time 14 November 2014

    We're back under way. Goals please and plenty of them...

  11. Scotland 0-0 Rep of Irelandpublished at 20:49 Greenwich Mean Time 14 November 2014

    It's very, very tight at Celtic Park.

    Stats from Celtic Park
  12. Join the debate at #bbcscotfootballpublished at 20:47 Greenwich Mean Time 14 November 2014

    AndyBear: "#bbcscotfootball no skill from either team - all kick & rush only excitement so far has been the bad tackles."

  13. Text us on 80295published at 20:38 Greenwich Mean Time 14 November 2014

    Bruce from Dundee: "Only Gibraltar vs Germany on the box here in Mexico. Surely Alan Gilzeans "last" hat-trick for Scotland record will go when they visit Hampden? Germany 3 up, going on 10."

  14. HALF-TIMEpublished at 20:35 Greenwich Mean Time 14 November 2014

    Frustration for supporters late to arrive and filter through the turnstiles at Celtic Park. Gnashing of teeth, too, for both sides as they've come within a whisker of breaking the deadlock. At the break, it remains goalless and the slice of orange will taste bitter sweet.

    Darron Gibson and Scott BrownImage source, Getty Images
  15. INJURY TIMEpublished at 20:33 Greenwich Mean Time 14 November 2014

    Two minutes of added time at the end of an absorbing and fiercely-contested first half...

  16. Scotland 0-0 Rep of Irelandpublished at 20:32 Greenwich Mean Time 14 November 2014

    "That [Fletcher chance] should've been taken. The ball should be in the back of the net," laments BBC Sportsound pundit Willie Miller.

    Scotland manager Gordon Strachan trots back to his seat in the dugout and commits his thoughts to paper; he's scribbling away furiously.

  17. CLOSE!published at 20:30 Greenwich Mean Time 14 November 2014

    What a chance! Shaun Maloney brilliantly takes a long through ball out of the night sky with a Karate Kid-style jump and control before sliding a delicious low cross into the area. However, the on-rushing Steven Fletcher can't apply the finishing touch. Groans rain down from the stands. That could, and perhaps should, have been the opening goal.

  18. Ouch!published at 20:27 Greenwich Mean Time 14 November 2014

    Shane Long can count himself a lucky boy. The Rep of Ireland striker fells Grant Hanley with an eye-watering challenge but no booking from the whistler from Serbia.

  19. Scotland 0-0 Rep of Irelandpublished at 20:26 Greenwich Mean Time 14 November 2014

    James McClean slaloms past a couple of Scotland challenges but the Wigan winger can't get a decent delivery into the box as a nervous hush envelopes the home supporters.