Despite his debut success, 20-year-old Scott, who has yet to score for the Almondvale side, could not set aside his club's plight."It was my first Under-21s start, the first time I've been involved in the squad - and it's just good to get a result," he said "I just wish I could score more goals for Livingston They are first and foremost in my career now. If I can help them stay in the SPL then maybe I can get another Scotland cap. The boys at Livingston will keep working hard to stay in the SPL this season. It's the same sort of pressure you are under in every game, whether it's for Scotland or your club, and you can't look at it any different."When the action starts on the pitch, though, it is not quite the same.
"You know how everybody plays at your club, because you're training with them every day," Scott said. "But at international level, it's a wee bit harder recognising other people's game. Sometimes you're making a long run, and they want you to come short - so you can get mix-ups."But it gives you a lift coming to play with really good players from teams like Celtic and Rangers. When you go back to your club you are buzzing."There were some familiar faces alongside Scott on Tuesday night.
"There were a couple of players, Martin Woods and Rocco Quinn from the Under-19s, in there with me. I grew up with them in that side, and it's good to make the step up with them. It made it easier."On a bitterly cold night at Firhill, Scott was withdrawn just before the break with a groin strain, but the Livingston midfielder reports he was given some help from nature with the healing process. "I didn't have to ice my groin - it was freezing anyway!" he said.The Aberdeen defender Alexander Diamond, who was taken off along with Elliot in the second half after the players clashed heads in their own penalty area and required stitches, is a doubt for the SPL match against Celtic at Parkhead on Saturday.* The Celtic captain Neil Lennon said that he hopes to remain at the club for at least another season. Lennon, 34, expects to open contract talks with the club towards the end of the current campaign. "The situation's very similar to the one I was in at the end of last season I'm not putting the club under any pressure.
That said, we'll no doubt sit down and talk about it nearer the end of the season and I hope there will be a desire to keep me.". England will attempt to resolve their Euro 2008 fixture impasse this week to prevent Uefa imposing its own schedule. A first attempt to arrange the qualifying campaign ended in failure last month. While England managed to agree their own fixture list, there was disagreement among the other countries - Croatia, Russia, Israel, Estonia, Macedonia and Andorra. It is thought the major stumbling block is Russia's preference not to play matches in the two allotted dates in March because of their proximity to the start of the domestic campaign. Uefa officials are ready to step in and have confirmed that they will draw lots on 9 March to determine the schedule if an agreement is not reached at a meeting in Switzerland tomorrow, organised by the Football Association chief executive Brian Barwick.While England are favourites to advance into the finals as one of the top two teams in the group, the difficulty of their task could be increased if a random draw went against them.Common sense dictates that whoever replaces Sven Goran Eriksson following this summer's World Cup would prefer not to play in June - after an arduous club campaign - and especially in Russia, whose own players would be far fresher.However, the FA accepts a June date is almost inevitable if Uefa is forced to intervene - highlighting the need to reach an agreement tomorrow.Sepp Blatter, the Fifa president, said yesterday that the deadline for World Cup squad selection could be pushed back following objections from Eriksson and J?n Klinsmann.The England and Germany managers have called for Fifa to allow national teams extra time to complete their plans for the finals, which begin on 9 June. Eriksson says that he also has the backing of the Netherlands coach Marco van Basten.If there is no change from Fifa, Eriksson will have to name his 23-man party on 15 May, more than three weeks before England's opening game against Paraguay.
The date also falls before the Champions' League final and England's warm-up games against Hungary and Jamaica.Managers want to delay their final selection until the start of June and plan to discuss the problem at a Fifa workshop in Dusseldorf this month. Now Blatter admits that they could get their way, saying: "That is not completely ruled out. If that is now officially stated, then the Fifa organisation committee can debate it again in mid-March."Blatter also yesterday rejected criticism in Germany of the strict rules governing food and drink in World Cup stadiums "I need to be clear about this once and for all. The World Cup does not belong to Germany, this is not a German World Cup. It is a Fifa World Cup in Germany that cost us 1 billion Swiss francs [£1.25m]."Fifa has contracted 21 firms to sponsor the month-long tournament and has placed strict limits on the presence of non-sponsors in Germany's 12 World Cup finals stadiums. Budweiser, brewed by the US beer-maker Anheuser Busch, will be the only beer sold in the stadiums - a slap in the face to many Germans who pride themselves on the quality of their own brew."It was on the basis of these ground rules that Germany was given the World Cup," Blatter said.