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Between the resumption of international football after the First World War in 1920 and the start of the Second World War in 1939, Scotland played 75 international matches, resulting in 46 victories, 12 draws and 17 defeats. Each year Scotland played in the British Home Championship, a round-robin tournament also involving England, Wales and ...
Even though Scotland has participated in eight FIFA World Cup and two UEFA European Championship final tournaments, [3] the team has never progressed beyond the first round of any major tournament. [3] During the First World War (1914–18) and the Second World War (1939–45), competitive football was suspended for the duration of each war.
During World War I top flight football continued as usual and honours gain continue to recognised as usual, all other football was suspended although unofficial competitions did take place. World War II saw all competition suspended although again unofficial competitions did take place.
The War Fund Shield was a Scottish football competition that was contested twice in the spring of 1915 and then again in the spring of 1918 (the Navy and Army War Fund Shield as it then became known). [1] The aim of these competitions was to raise money for the footballers and their families who fought in World War I. [1]
By the end of the first year of fighting during World War I, most official football tournaments were suspended (a notable exception was the Scottish Football League Division One). International matches took place very occasionally during the duration of the war itself (July 1914 to November 1918) with Scotland only playing two, both military ...
League competition was split into two regional leagues, the Southern League and the North-Eastern League. [1] No country-wide cup competition took place, the Glasgow Cup continued, [2] as did the East of Scotland Shield and the Renfrewshire Cup, and Southern and North-Eastern League Cups were competed for, the Southern League Cup would later form the basis of the League Cup.
Despite not being actively involved in the conflict, the people at home made valuable contributions to the war effort. In 1918 Celtic won the Navy and Army War Fund Shield, a friendly tournament that Celtic and a few other teams agreed to take part as a fundraising event to give money to footballers and their families who fought in the war. [18]
Scotland emerged with a famous 3–2 victory, with the goals scored by Denis Law, Bobby Lennox and debutant Jim McCalliog. The victory led fans to call Scotland the "unofficial world champions". Towards the end of the match, Scotland winger Jim Baxter famously played keepie uppie at walking pace as he tormented the opposition.