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BBC News
a day ago
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Who will play in goals for Scotland?
The location for Scotland's friendly against Liechtenstein on Monday could hardly be more Rheinstadion in Vaduz is nestled in the Alps, surrounded by mountains and on the edge of the meandering river has been far from a calming weekend for Steve Clarke, though. Amid all the noise after the humbling by Iceland, perhaps the biggest thing on the Scotland boss' mind is who will play in goal?He says he has made his mind up, but obviously would not reveal the chosen gave a stout defence of Cieran Slicker after his unfortunate debut during his press conference. "Cieran is a good goalkeeper," Clarke said of the 22-year-old Ipswich player."He trains well, works well in the camp. He's had an unfortunate night and he'll bounce back from it."He knows he needs to play more games regularly but he's got a big future in front of him."Is that the backing Slicker needs before being put back in?Or will Clarke go for Ross Doohan, who played 18 times for Aberdeen this season and so is more battle-ready? Doohan, Clarke revelaed, cut short a family holiday to link up the with the national a debut to 18-year-old Callan McKenna would be a bolt from the blue given everything Clarke has said about throwing in young goalkeepers in the last few thing is for sure, all eyes will fall to the man between the sticks when the team news drops.
Scottish Sun
2 days ago
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- Scottish Sun
Celtic linked star and Bournemouth youngster answer Steve Clarke's goalkeeping SOS for Scotland against Liechtenstein
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Scotland boss Steve Clarke has been forced to call up two rookies for Monday's friendly against Liechtenstein in a bid to ease his goalkeeping crisis. Shot-stopper Ross Doohan and Bournemouth youngster Callan McKenna are replacing the injured pair Angus Gunn and Kilmarnock's Robby McCrorie. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 3 Doohan training after first call-up for Scotland Credit: Kenny Ramsay 3 Doohan made 18 appearances for Aberdeen last season Credit: Kenny Ramsay 3 Callan McKenna of Bournemouth trains with the Scotland goalkeepers Credit: Kenny Ramsay It is Doohan and McKenna's first senior call ups to the national team with Clarke down to the bare bones following a lengthy injury list, which includes Craig Gordon and Liam Kelly. Gunn went off injured after just a couple of minutes against Iceland and McCrorie was hurt in the warm-up on Friday. It meant Ipswich Town's third choice goalkeeper Cieran Slicker was called upon but it was a debut to forget for the 22-year-old. Slicker had just played nine minutes of football last season and came on in Gunn's place in the 3-1 defeat to Iceland but nerves got the better of him as he made two big blunders. Clarke said after the game on Friday: "Angus and Robby are both out. 'Angus hurt his ankle and Robby has a thigh injury. 'Craig Gordon is injured, Liam Kelly is injured, Zander Clake in injured. 'Now Angus Gunn is injured and Robby McCrorie is injured. 'Fortunately we had young Callan McKenna in training with us this week so he'll join the squad. 'I'll also have a little scout around and see if anybody is not on the beach and is available to come.' Tartan Army fan who walked to Germany embarking on new challenge for the World Cup Doohan made 18 appearances for Aberdeen last season and is being tipped with a return to Celtic in the summer after leaving the club in 2022 for Tranmere Rovers. The 27-year-old, who is out of contract, has also played for Ayr United, Ross County, Dundee United and Forest Green Rovers. McKenna is on the books at Bournemouth after signing from Queen's Park in a deal worth around £300,000 in February 2024. The 18-year-old made his debut when he was just 16 at the Spiders and would go on to make nine appearances, seven in the Scottish Championship. Keep up to date with ALL the latest news and transfers at the Scottish Sun football page
Yahoo
2 days ago
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Scotland add Doohan & McKenna after five keepers ruled out
Scotland have called up free agent Ross Doohan and Bournemouth's 18-year-old Callan McKenna for Monday's friendly in Liechtenstein in an attempt to address their goalkeeping crisis. Angus Gunn and Robby McCrorie have left the squad following Friday's defeat by Iceland. Advertisement Cieran Slicker suffered a torrid debut at Hampden after replacing the injured Gunn, McCrorie having picked up a strain in the warm-up. Scotland head coach Steve Clarke - who had previously warned that his lack of options in the position was a concern - admitted after the game he would be looking for "another goalkeeper in Scotland who's not on holiday". With first-choice Craig Gordon, plus regular squad members Zander Clark and Liam Kelly, missing from the original squad through injury, the nation have been forced to turn to Doohan and McKenna. Doohan, 27, is reportedly set to return to Celtic after leaving Aberdeen, where he played 18 times this term as was back-up to Dimitar Mitov, while McKenna has been officially added to the squad having trained with them last week. Advertisement How did Scotland end up in this mess? When Gunn went down injured six minutes into the Iceland game, Clarke had to summon 22-year-old Slicker, who was effectively his sixth-choice goalkeeper. Only 64 seconds into his debut, the former Scotland Under-21 regular's attempt to clear a Kieran Tierney passback was picked up by Andri Gudjohnsen, who curled his drive over the stranded goalkeeper. Former Manchester City youngster Slicker, who has never played a senior league game and only has 10 minutes of FA Cup football for Ipswich Town to his name in the season past, was visibly shaken. Slicker was not the only culprit as Lewis Ferguson deflected the ball past him after the Scotland defence made a mess of clearing a corner to hand Iceland a 2-1 lead after John Souttar's equaliser. Advertisement However, the young goalkeeper looked badly at fault as Victor Palsson's header bypassed his flailing arms for the third. Clarke was left to conclude that "he wasn't quite ready" for such a big occasion and that "I really feel for him". Who is Ross Doohan? Doohan is a product of Celtic's youth set-up and had loan spells with Cumbernauld Colts, Greenock Morton, Ayr United, Ross County, Dundee United and Tranmere Rovers before joining the League Two club permanently in 2022. After a only half a season there, the Scotland Under-21 cap moved up to League One with Forest Green Rovers, but following their relegation, he joined Aberdeen the following summer. Advertisement Doohan has been the back up at Pittodrie, playing only twice in his first season and 18 times in the latest campaign while Bulgaria's Mitov was injured. With his contract expiring, he has left Pittodrie and is being linked with a return to Celtic, where the 27-year-old would likely be back-up to Kasper Schmeichel and Viljami Sinisalo. Who is Callan McKenna? McKenna came through the youth ranks with Hibernian, then Queen's Park, making his professional debut for the latter as a 16-year-old in a Scottish League Cup tie against East Fife in July 2023. Following reports of interest from Premier League and Championship clubs, he was sold to Bournemouth in February 2024 having made just nine senior appearances - mainly in the Scottish second tier. Advertisement Since moving south, the Scotland age-group keeper has been in Bournemouth's development side and was with Clarke's squad for this camp as a training player.
BBC News
2 days ago
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Scotland add Doohan & McKenna after five keepers ruled out
Scotland have called up free agent Ross Doohan and Bournemouth's 18-year-old Callan McKenna for Monday's friendly in Liechtenstein in an attempt to address their goalkeeping Gunn and Robby McCrorie have left the squad following Friday's defeat by Iceland. Cieran Slicker suffered a torrid debut at Hampden after replacing the injured Gunn, McCrorie having picked up a strain in the head coach Steve Clarke - who had previously warned that his lack of options in the position was a concern - admitted after the game he would be looking for "another goalkeeper in Scotland who's not on holiday".With first-choice Craig Gordon, plus regular squad members Zander Clark and Liam Kelly, missing from the original squad through injury, the nation have been forced to turn to Doohan and 27, is reportedly set to return to Celtic after leaving Aberdeen, where he played 18 times this term as was back-up to Dimitar Mitov, while McKenna has been officially added to the squad having trained with them last week. How did Scotland end up in this mess? When Gunn went down injured six minutes into the Iceland game, Clarke had to summon 22-year-old Slicker, who was effectively his sixth-choice 64 seconds into his debut, the former Scotland Under-21 regular's attempt to clear a Kieran Tierney passback was picked up by Andri Gudjohnsen, who curled his drive over the stranded Manchester City youngster Slicker, who has never played a senior league game and only has 10 minutes of FA Cup football for Ipswich Town to his name in the season past, was visibly was not the only culprit as Lewis Ferguson deflected the ball past him after the Scotland defence made a mess of clearing a corner to hand Iceland a 2-1 lead after John Souttar's the young goalkeeper looked badly at fault as Victor Palsson's header bypassed his flailing arms for the was left to conclude that "he wasn't quite ready" for such a big occasion and that "I really feel for him". Who is Ross Doohan? Doohan is a product of Celtic's youth set-up and had loan spells with Cumbernauld Colts, Greenock Morton, Ayr United, Ross County, Dundee United and Tranmere Rovers before joining the League Two club permanently in a only half a season there, the Scotland Under-21 cap moved up to League One with Forest Green Rovers, but following their relegation, he joined Aberdeen the following has been the back up at Pittodrie, playing only twice in his first season and 18 times in the latest campaign while Bulgaria's Mitov was his contract expiring, he has left Pittodrie and is being linked with a return to Celtic, where the 27-year-old would likely be back-up to Kasper Schmeichel and Viljami Sinisalo. Who is Callan McKenna? McKenna came through the youth ranks with Hibernian, then Queen's Park, making his professional debut for the latter as a 16-year-old in a Scottish League Cup tie against East Fife in July reports of interest from Premier League and Championship clubs, he was sold to Bournemouth in February 2024 having made just nine senior appearances - mainly in the Scottish second moving south, the Scotland age-group keeper has been in Bournemouth's development side and was with Clarke's squad for this camp as a training player.
Daily Record
3 days ago
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Steve Clarke admits Cieran Slicker wasn't ready for Scotland debut as boss issues goalkeeping SOS for Liechtenstein
With Liam kelly injured, Clarke will take teenager Callan McKenna and try to find a more experienced option who isn't on holiday Steve Clarke admits Cieran Slicker wasn't ready for his Scotland debut as he sent out a goalkeeping SOS for any Scottish keepers still in the country. Slicker was thrown in at the deep after just a couple of minutes of the 3-1 friendly defeat at home to Iceland. Angus Gunn suffered an injury with his first involvement and after Rangers stopper Liam Kelly had pulled out of the warm up, Slicker was given the nod from the bench ahead of Kilmarnock's Robby McCrorie. Ipswich keeper Slicker has played just NINE minute of football over the course of the season and it showed, as he sclaffed a clearance for Iceland's first goal, fumbled a corner that saw Lewis Ferguson put past him for the second and let Victor Palsson's header go straight through him for the third. With veteran Craig Gordon injured along with Tyencastle understudy Zander Clark, the Scotland boss isn't sure where he's going to find another one at this stage before flying to Liechtenstein for Monday's game. He'll try and find one to take alongside kid gloves Callan McKenna, but did admit he had sympathy for Slicker after a debut to forget. "It's difficult for Cieran. I feel for him," said Clarke. "He got thrown into a situation where he maybe wasn't quite ready for it. But Craig's injured, Liam Kelly's injured, Zander Clark was injured. "I mentioned back in March that it was something I thought might come back to bite us. The only good thing is it came in a friendly match. "I don't know (about Gunn's injury). If he comes off in the first couple of minutes then I imagine he's not going to play the next game. For sure I'll try and call up another goalkeeper. I've had young Callan McKenna who's just turned 18-years of age, training with us and he'll travel. I'll see if I can find another one somewhere in Scotland that's not on holiday. "It was a disappointing night didn't get off to a great start , we lost our No2 goalie in the warm up and then we lost our No1 goalie after a couple of minutes. We then immediately compound that by conceding the first goal. That made it difficult. "We created some chances then got back in the game. But conceded another poor goal which makes it a difficult night."
