Scotland v Greece Highlights

What's the opposite of glorious failure?

For a whole generation of Scotland supporters who have been brought up on heroic performances ultimately proving fruitless, this campaign has produced preposterous result after preposterous result.

Steve Clarke's side are now - somehow, inexplicably - one game away from qualifying for a first men's World Cup in 27 years, and are doing so amid a series of inglorious successes.

The extraordinary game in Pireaus on Saturday - which Scotland lost 3-2 having trailed 3-0 - was the latest, and arguably most ludicrous outing in this squad's outrageous quest for immortality.