Malky Mackay leaves no stone unturned in his efforts to improve the Scottish game. Graham Spiers reports

When Malky Mackay was making his way in football he studied for and received a Certificate of Applied Management from the Warwick Business School. It helped Mackay that he is, by nature, a voracious reader of books and a man who thirsts after knowledge.

Mackay once spent a day with the SAS because he wanted to understand the mechanics of key decision-making in pressured situations. I wanted to understand their team-work and leadership: who can handle a stressful situation under real pressure? he said. These guys are so good at what they do. And it is about life and death: if they dont get it right, if they dont have the right team-work, then thats it.

Last year Mackay travelled to America to spend time

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