Scotland were resounding 3-0 winners over Northern Ireland in Wednesday's Carling Nations Cup encounter at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.
The small crowds that made the trip for the game made plenty of noise on a dreary Irish evening, the Scots having far more to sing about by the end thanks to goals from Kenny Miller, James McArthur and Kris Commons as Craig Levein's men impressed against a poor Northern Irish outfit.
Northern Ireland were the first to attack but, after getting in behind on the left, Niall McGinn's cross was behind Steven Davis. At the other end, goalkeeper Jonathan Tuffey survived kicking the ball against the oncoming Commons before the Celtic new boy crossed for Miller but he blazed that great opening over the bar.
Five minutes later though he was celebrating. Charlie Adam's corner from the left was headed on by Phil Bardsley and neither Rory McArdle nor Stephen Craigan could clear it before Miller pounced and knocked it home.
Grant McCann tried to respond for Nigel Worthington's side but sent his long-range free-kick off target.
Scotland then hit a purple patch with the unmarked Commons seeing an effort deflected behind before the eye-catching second goal. McArthur, only a late inclusion in the team after Scott Brown was injured in the warm-up, collected the ball from Alan Hutton on the right corner of the Northern Ireland area and curled itl right into the opposite corner of Tuffey's goal. In all truth, it looked to be a cross but the Wigan Athletic youngster was not complaining as he celebrated his first international goal.
They then went close again when Tuffey had to make a fine save from Bardsley's shot, before the full back's cross was headed over by Miller. James Morrison then headed Hutton's cross straight at Tuffey.
McGinn's shot was deflected behind off of Christophe Berra, and Gareth McAuley headed the corner that followed well wide as the men in green failed to make any impact on their two-goal deficit before half-time.
Rory Patterson's shot was easily saved by Allan McGregor shortly after the restart and any hope of a comeback was then snuffed out after Steven Naismith received the ball from Morrison outside the Irish area and played in the poorly-tracked Commons, who took a touch before slotting home Scotland's third.
The hour mark saw Scotland boss Levein begin to make a raft of substitutions, with one of the new men - Leeds United winger Robert Snodgrass - soon turning inside and firing a confident effort just over Tuffey's bar.
The men in blue continued to do most of the attacking, albeit if the pace of the game began to dwindle with the sting long gone out of it.
The Scotland subs were looking to impress though, with Barry Bannan's 20-yard free-kick destined for the top far corner of the net before Tuffey tipped it over, and Snodgrass then not too far away with a long-ranger on the back of the corner that followed.
McGregor held a decent Patterson header late on as Northern Ireland still could not penetrate, the game petering out as Levein's men moved level with the Republic of Ireland at the top of the table after the first round of games, the next of which will not come around until late May.