FIVE GREAT AULD ENEMY CLASHES AT HAMPDEN
Scotland 0 England 4 (April 1958) BOBBY CHARLTON marked his England debut with a goal in an emphatic win.
The clash came just two months after the Manchester United air disaster at Munich in which three of Charlton’s club and international colleagues had been killed.
England regulars Duncan Edwards, Roger Byrne and Tommy Taylor all perished.
In front of a crowd of 127,874, two goals from Derek Kevan and Bryan Douglas’ opener completed a famous England triumph. Scotland 3 England 4 (April 1966) IT WAS the perfect preparation for England’s World Cup campaign that summer.
Manager Alf Ramsey had predicted that his team would emerge as world champions and suddenly some of England’s critics began to believe him.
Goals from Geoff Hurst and Roger Hunt put the visitors two goals up before Denis Law pulled one back.
Hunt added his second only for wing wizard Jimmy Johnstone to get Scotland back to within a goal.
Bobby Charlton made it 4-2, but Johnstone set up a nervy finish with his second goal.
However, England withstood late pressure to grab a win. Scotland 0 England 5 (February 1973) IT WAS supposed to be a night of celebration as the Scottish FA marked its centenary.
Instead, it ended in humiliation with one Scottish newspaper carrying a back page splash naming and shaming the Scotland stars they claimed must never be picked again.
Coincidentally, all of them played for English clubs.
England skipper Bobby Moore (above, right) earned his 100th cap and goals from Allan Clarke (two), Mick Channon, Martin Chivers and a Peter Lorimer own goal ensured it was a Hampden rout. Scotland 2 England 1 (May 1976) THIS was the clash that became a long-term nightmare for England goalkeeper Ray Clemence.
The visitors had taken an early lead through Mike Channon only to see the home side equalise through Don Masson’s header from Eddie Gray’s corner.
Early in the second half, Kenny Dalglish (above) hit a miscued shot that dribbled through Clemence’s legs and into the net.
When King Kenny joined Liverpool the following year he, and his Scottish team-mates at Anfield, would happily remind Clemence of his clanger. Scotland 0 England 2 (November 1999) PAUL SCHOLES is now acknowledged as one of the great England players of the 1990s. Sadly, too many Three Lions bosses shunted him around in their teams to accommodate others. But Kevin Keegan was a believer and he was rewarded by Scholes scoring both goals in this Euro 2000 play-off clash. It was the first leg and Scholes’ first-half double put England on course for the finals in Holland and Belgium. The fact that Scotland won the second leg 1-0 at Wembley did not matter.