Levein quickly established himself in the first team at Central Park and soon became a target for larger clubs than Cowdenbeath.
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For the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Scotland were drawn into UEFA qualifying Group A with Belgium, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia and Wales.
The club's fortunes began to improve following the appointment of Craig Levein, who would become a personal friend of Thompson, as manager in October 2006.
In June 2011, Scotland manager Craig Levein confirmed that he has instructed his chief scout, Michael Oliver, to continue a dialogue with the player and his parents to determine his interest in representing Scotland in future.
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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.
Later that year, after attending Hearts UEFA Cup tie with Sporting Braga, he was invited to join their coaching staff by then manager Craig Levein.
When Craig Levein left Hearts to manage Leicester City, 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.