This is the first Scotland squad meeting since the drinking scandal involving Barry Ferguson and Allan McGregor after the World Cup qualifier against the Netherlands in April.

The legacy of that night is that players called up yesterday will report to their base at Cameron House this week and be obliged to adhere to a newly ratified code of conduct.

George Burley has confirmed that there is a complete alcohol ban - "we might need cameras for the rooms" - and there will be no chance for a repeat of the embarrassing scenes of earlier this year.

"There won't be any alcohol," he said firmly.

"That scenario happened between games and we have made it clear we won't tolerate that kind of behaviour.

"They will be made aware of the importance of playing for Scotland and the honour that it carries.

"Things like that will never happen again.

"We have learned our lessons and moved on.

"We still have an opportunity to get to South Africa and we have got to give it every possible thing we can."

Burley remains upbeat about Scotland's chances of making a play-off spot and has set his sights on two victories from the remaining three games.

Such a scenario would give Scotland second spot in the group, but much rests on victory in Oslo Norway next Wednesday.

He said: "If we could get a win in Norway, it would cement our place in second position and we are going over there feeling positive."