Glenn Gibbons: George Peat should be apologising - then resigning

Even less surprising than the national team's near-death experience against Liechtenstein was the outburst by the SFA president and acting chief executive, George Peat, over the behaviour of some supporters during the playing of the visitors' national anthem.

Peat may have been too burdened by high office to notice over the years, but booing national anthems (especially one with the same tune as "God Save the Queen") is what supporters occasionally do for sport. It may be a little impolite, but nobody dies.

Far from calling the fans "a disgrace", Peat should have been in awe of a staggering attendance of 37,500, which was a phenomenal declaration of allegiance. Given the decline in the standard of Scotland's performances over the past few years and the fact that the visitors were among the least attractive in Europe, other countries must look on and conclude that there is a glorious madness about our national spirit, a kind of Charge of the Light Brigade without the casualties.

Peat would much better serve his countrymen by offering an apology for his own, extremely questionable "contribution" to the game during a conspicuously undistinguished presidency - and then demonstrating the sincerity of it by resigning, with immediate effect.