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Daz:This couldbe theend oftheline

- CRAIG SWAN

DARREN FLETCHER last night admitted his Scotland career may have ended in the most devastatin­g fashion.

The 33-year-old wore the captain’s armband as a draw in Slovenia extinguish­ed our World Cup play-off hopes.

And with the devastatio­n of another failed qualificat­ion bid etched on his face the midfielder confessed his time with the squad may be up.

He said: “It’s something I have got to think about now. I have to consider how old I will be by the time the next tournament rolls around.

“There are a lot of younger players coming through and I will have to think about it.

“I’ve had a really good stint so I don’t know. It’s hard to assess things so quickly after a game and a disappoint­ment like that.

“This one hurts because it’s the most recent. In the past there was obvious disappoint­ment but I always felt there was another qualifying tournament around the corner for me.

“I have had my time and that’s football – it doesn’t stop for anyone, it moves on.

“I have given it my all. People will talk about the disappoint­ment of not achieving anything but I know I’ve given it my all and hope people can see that too.”

Despite the despair the Stoke midfielder is adamant our finals drought will soon end with a 24-team Euros on the horizon instead of 16.

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