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The match itself is considered one of the worst results in the history of the national team. In 2015, Scotland manager Gordon Strachan referenced the match when talking about creating change in Scottish football: "Funnily enough, I felt that when Scotland got beat 5-0 by Portugal and Ally McCoist broke his leg. There was an outcry about the ...
The Scotland national football team [note 1] represents Scotland in men's international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. They compete in three major professional tournaments: the FIFA World Cup , UEFA Nations League , and the UEFA European Championship .
Rank Name Caps Goals Scotland career Clubs [note 1]; 1 Kenny Dalglish: 102 30 1971–1986 Celtic, Liverpool: 2 Jim Leighton: 91 0 1982–1998 Aberdeen, Manchester United, Hibernian
The result, one of the biggest ever upsets in Scottish football, leads to the famous newspaper headline "Super Caley Go Ballistic Celtic Are Atrocious" by The Sun. [172] Elgin City and Peterhead are admitted to the Scottish Football League. [173] Tore André Flo joins Rangers from Chelsea for a transfer fee of £12 million, a Scottish record. [174]
Scotland did not compete in the first three World Cup competitions, in 1930, 1934 and 1938.Because of a dispute with FIFA over "broken-time" payments to players, the SFA, with the football associations of England, Ireland and Wales, withdrew from FIFA in 1928, [6] [7] and did not rejoin as a permanent member until 1946.
Scotland at the FIFA World Cup (9 C, 1 P) Pages in category "History of the Scotland national football team" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
A friendly match in Copenhagen on 9 October 1932 in which Denmark defeated the Scotland amateur team 3–1 (James Paul scored the Scottish goal) [67] [68] is regarded as a full international by the Danish Football Union, [69] [70] and consequently has sometimes been included in overviews of matches between the nations.
Each year Scotland played in the British Home Championship, a round-robin tournament also involving England, Wales and Ireland. [2] Of the 20 tournaments played during this period, Scotland won 7 outright and 4 jointly. [2] One of Scotland's most famous victories came in 1928, when the Wembley Wizards defeated their rivals England 5–1.