There are two Saints in the last four of the Irn-Bru Cup, with John Sutton being the Paisley side's saviour yesterday.

The veteran striker scored twice in the final seven minutes as St Mirren came from behind to beat Ayr United 2-1.

Andy O'Connell had fired the visitors ahead before the home side prevailed.

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This afternoon's Irn-Bru Cup semi-final draw produces another first, with Welsh champions The New Saints being the first non-Scottish side to reach that stage of what was previously called the Challenge Cup.

Livingston had beaten Northern Irish champions Crusaders in the previous round, but the runaway Welsh league leaders and Champions League qualifying round regulars proved too strong.

TNS, who also defeated League Two leaders Forfar Athletic in the previous round, won 3-0 away to the side who top League One.

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Graeme Souness is the latest former player and pundit to back Gordon Strachan to continue as Scotland boss despite a poor start to the World Cup qualifying campaign.

Strachan is expected to have talks with the Scottish FA about his future after Friday's 3-0 loss to England left the Scots in fifth place in Group F.

"Is there someone out there who could make us better? I don't believe there is," said former Scotland captain Souness.

"I think Gordon is getting the most from a very modest group."

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Scotland head coach Gordon Strachan dominates the newspaper back pages this morning, with the Daily Record, external particularly forthright in calling for Scottish FA chief executive Stewart Regan and president Rod Petrie to stand down along with the team boss. 

As for the actual gossip itself, the main stories in today's round-up include:

• According to The Herald, David Moyes is unhappy at Sunderland despite being in the first year of a four-year contract and would be open to becoming the next Scotland boss.
• Gordon Strachan has flown to Portugal to consider his future and will return on Friday for a debrief with the Scottish FA, according to the Daily Mail.
• The Scottish FA has insisted it will have the final say, and not the national head coach himself, about whether Gordon Strachan remains in post, says The Sun.
• Teenage Celtic midfielder Kristoffer Ajer is ready to go out on loan in January to prove he can break into the Scottish champions' first team, reports the Daily Record.  
• Manchester United players earn eight times as much as their Celtic counterparts, with the average salary in England's Premier League being more than 16 times higher than that in the Scottish Premiership, says a survey highlighted by the Daily Record.#

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Welcome to today's rolling coverage of the latest Scottish football news and it is the future of Gordon Strachan as Scotland head coach that continues to dominate the headlines.

Everyone seems to have an opinion, but it seems that the wee man himself is taking a time out to consider his options.

Other than that, we'll have the semi-final draw for the Irn-Bru Cup this afternoon.

Welsh champions The New Saints are in there along with Scottish Championship trio Dundee United, Queen of the South and St Mirren.

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