We wuz robbed - or wuz we?

Feel a little sorry for the Scots who came so close to qualifying for the 2008 European Championships, only to be denied in the dying seconds by an Italian goal which came courtesy of surely one of the dodgiest free-kicks ever awarded. Not surprisingly, much opprobrium has been heaped on the referee, and more particularly the linesman who flagged for the foul. But before they get too carried away, the Scots should consider that that same linesman in the first half flagged to disallow what seemed a perfectly good Italian goal, which would have put them two up, and then kept his flag down when the Scots equalised from an offside position. So it's swings and roundabouts really, isn't it? And anyway - though it pains me as an Englishman to say it - the Scots can be really proud of their team irrespective of the result.