Leishman had himself recommended Levein and Livingston manager John Robertson as candidates but Levein moved to Dundee United following the sacking of Craig Brewster on 29 October 2006.

Levein won the SPFA Young Player of the Year award in 1985 and in 1986 became the first player to retain the title.

Levein was eventually sacked, but Maybury continued to feature in the first team, playing at right back.

His fifth season and first season under new manager Gordon Strachan started with a red card in a pre-season match against Leicester City, for a challenge on 17 year old James Wesolowski described as ".. was disgraceful, it was disgusting, it was malicious and it was intentional " by then Leicester manager Craig Levein.

The dispute continued through the remainder of 2011, as Levein insisted that Fletcher would have to contact him first if he wanted to return to the squad.

Brown scored the first goal of the Craig Levein era, in a 1-0 win over the Czech Republic on 3 March 2010.

McCulloch was recalled to the national team following the appointment of Craig Levein and he made his first appearance since 2008 in a qualifier against Lithuania in September 2010.

Craig William Levein ( born 22 October 1964 in Dunfermline ) is a Scottish former professional footballer and manager of the Scotland national team.

As a youth, Levein attended Inverkeithing High School, where he was in the football team alongside another future Scottish international footballer, Gordon Durie.

Levein and his team mates lost 3-0 the week after in the Scottish Cup final against Alex Ferguson managed Aberdeen.

Levein won 16 caps for the Scotland national team.

McFadden was substituted at half-time in a UEFA Euro 2012 qualification match against Liechtenstein in September 2010, and was criticised by manager Craig Levein after the game.

It was not just injuries that kept Levein from playing during his time at Hearts ; he was once given a 12-game ban after punching, and breaking the nose of, Hearts teammate Graeme Hogg during a pre-season friendly against Raith Rovers.

After being forced into retirement as a player, Levein had coaching positions at Hearts and at Livingston.

Cowdenbeath were promoted in 2001, but Levein had left in December 2000 to take over as manager at Hearts.

However, after Dundee United parted company with Craig Brewster, Levein left his non-contract role at Raith Rovers to take up the job at Tannadice.

After the draw with Macedonia, manager Craig Levein said: " I look at the league table and we're two points off the top.

However, when still unable to displace Kelly upon his return to at Elland Road, he decided it was in his best interests to leave, with Craig Levein paying £ 130, 000 to secure his services for Hearts in August 2001.

When Craig Levein left Hearts to manage Leicester, he made signing Maybury one of his priorities and Alan joined up at the Walkers Stadium in January 2005 for a nominal fee, in a double signing with striker Mark de Vries, both signing three and a half year contracts.

On 16 November 2010 Crainey made a return to the Scotland set up under Craig Levein for a friendly against the Faroe Islands at Pittodrie to claim his seventh cap.

Craig Levein was another Lochore old boy who went on to play for Scotland and Hearts and most recently Colin Cameron.

He criticised Levein in February 2012 for describing him as " lazy ".

Levein subsequently signed for Lochore and after trials with several senior clubs he finally joined Cowdenbeath in 1981.

1986 brought further woe for the young Levein when he picked up a serious knee injury in a reserve game against Hibernian.

Levein guided United to four successive home victories, earning him ' Manager of the Month ' for November 2006, later repeating the award in March 2007 and again in October 2007.

This led to interest from Leicester City manager Craig Levein who signed Gilbert for the start of the 2005 – 06 season, for a fee in the region of £ 200, 000.

Despite first-choice goalkeeper Łukasz Załuska announcing a pre-contract move in December to Celtic, McGovern failed to make a first-team appearance for United, with manager Craig Levein admitting, " It looks like Michael McGovern may not be here next season.

Fletcher has not played for Scotland since 2010, however, due to a dispute with the Scotland manager Craig Levein.

Fletcher was then left out of the next Scotland squad, although Levein claimed that this was because Fletcher had not been playing regularly for his club side.

When Levein attempted to select him for the squad in February 2011, Fletcher sent a text message stating that he did not want to join the squad.

Following Fletcher's £ 12 million move to Sunderland in August 2012, Levein re-iterated that Fletcher would not feature for Scotland again whilst he was manager.

Brown was suggested as a possible captain for the 2011 Nations Cup match against Northern Ireland, in the absence of Darren Fletcher, but Levein decided to give the armband to Kenny Miller instead.

Shortly afterwards he was signed to Hearts by then manager Craig Levein on 30 March for a reported £ 75, 000.

A more professional approach was ushered in with the appointment of former Scotland defender Craig Levein, who had begun his playing career with Cowdenbeath, as manager in 1997.

* 25 January 2006 — Craig Levein is sacked as manager of Leicester City.

His impressive record in Scotland caught the attention of Leicester City, who appointed Levein as manager on 29 October 2004.

Levein was appointed as manager of his boyhood heroes, Scottish Second Division club Raith Rovers, on 5 September 2006, on a non-contract basis.

On 23 December 2009, Levein left Dundee United to become the new Scotland manager.

Levein dropped in-form striker Kenny Miller and played an ultra-defensive 4 – 6 – 0 against Czech Republic in their third game.

In the following game, against World and European champions Spain, Levein adopted a more conventional 4 – 5 – 1 formation with Miller in attack.

Scotland then beat Faroe Islands 3 – 0 in a friendly where Levein gave seven debuts due to 9 withdrawals from the initial squad.

In January 2005, however, new Leicester City manager Craig Levein made the decision to cancel Benjamin's contract.