Leigh Griffiths is still coming to terms with a remarkable four days in which he has made a name for himself in Scottish football.
The 18-year-old Livingston striker won the PFA Scotland First Division Player of the Year award on Sunday and was rewarded with a late call-up for the Scotland B game against Northern Ireland at Broadwood on Wednesday evening.
After Andy Webster had given Scotland the lead at the start of the second half, Griffiths came off the bench to set up George Boyd for the second goal and the pair combined to allow the Griffiths the chance to grab his debut goal.
"Words can't describe it," Griffiths said. "To get the PFA Player of the Year award, voted by the other players in the league, was brilliant but scoring for your country probably tops everything that you can do in football.
"The club phoned me on Monday at 3pm to say I had to be at the team hotel at 6pm.
I thought it was a wind-up and I called them back. They said, George Burley wants you in the squad' so it has turned out to be one of the best weeks of my life so far.
"I've played a few games for Scotland Under-19s but I haven't been called up for the Under-21s, so to get a B call-up was amazing."
Griffiths, with 17 league goals so far this season, does not lack confidence either on or off the park, shown by the way he described his strike which sealed a comfortable win for the Scots. He said: "I just had to dink it over the keeper. I've done that all season. One-on-ones are probably one of the strongest points of my game.
I don't normally miss."
Griffiths' form this season has attracted the attention of bigger clubs and he was invited to West Bromwich Albion for a few days' last month. However, the youngster is keeping his cards close to his chest with regards his future.
"I'm not 19 until August but I've been at Livingston for three years," he said. "I've been a regular in the first team this season and I have scored a few goals but I've got another year left on my contract and I will see what happens in the summer."
Livingston, meanwhile, hope to cash in on Dave Mackay and Murray Davidson by selling them to Dundee to aid their financial plight.
The Almondvale pair, who both have a year left on their contracts, have been told they can go to their first division rivals with fees understood to have been agreed. They are now weighing up the move after discussions with Jocky Scott, the Dundee manager, at Dens Park yesterday.
Angelo Massone, chairman of the West Lothian club, is desperate for cash and keen to sell assets this summer to ease the club's financial plight with first-team players are still waiting on their April wages, due more than a week ago.
Dundee have already failed in a six-figure bid for Griffiths, but are now set to land Mackay and Davidson.
Mackay left Dundee after five years for Oxford in 2004 but could now return to Tayside, with midfielder Davidson perhaps joining him. Mackay said: "We had a talk with Jocky Scott and they made us an offer which we are obviously going to take time to think over. That's where it really stands at the minute."
West Lothian Council last night warned Massone he must prove he has funds in place by the end of next month if he is to have any hope of buying Almondvale Stadium. A proposed meeting between the parties mooted for yesterday failed to materialise, but discussions have taken place through letters as Massone seeks to persuade officials to sell the stadium to him.
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