Scot Gemmill to rest on his laurels it would probably be now. After all, when he was first appointed at the SFA eight years ago, the remit was pretty clear.
Nurture and develop young players capable of stepping up to the Scotland national team. And as he scanned down Steve Clarke ’s squad for the Euro 2020 finals this summer, he must have enjoyed a quiet sense of pride.
Gemmill would never admit that, of course. His modesty and total reluctance to blow his own trumpet is one of the reasons he’s not currently in a club job.
But of Clarke’s 23 outfield players, Gemmill coached 18 at youth level as gaffer or assistant to Billy Stark. And of the five who weren’t under his wing at some point, Liam Cooper, Scott McTominay and Che Adams hadn’t yet.
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