No Vogts decicision likely until Thursday say SFA

0 Comments | AFP, October, 2004

GLASGOW (AFP) — Scottish football chiefs moved to quell reports saying national manager Berti Vogts was due to leave his job on Monday by insisting they expected no decision on the controversial German's future to be announced until Thursday at the earliest.

BBC Scotland reported Sunday that Vogts woul be quitting his post on Monday but a Scottish Football Association (SFA) spokesman said: "We wouldn't envisage anything before Thursday."

The 11-man SFA board are due to meet on November 4 as the first Thursday of every month is when they usually hold their regular get-togethers.

Vogts, who led his native Germany to victory in Euro 1996, has faced mounting criticism following a string of poor results which has virtually left Scotland in need of a miracle if...