Five memorable Scotland v England games

GLASGOW: Ahead of Tuesday’s 112th meeting between Scotland and England at Celtic Park in Glasgow, AFP Sports looks back at ive memorable encounters between the old rivals:

England 1-5 Scotland, British Home International Championship, March 1928

- A rain-soaked Wembley Stadium was the setting for one of the all-time great Scottish victories in the ixture. Scotland’s Alex Jackson headed home the opener after just three minutes and Alex James scored the second just before half-time. Scotland raised their game in the second half and some excellent teamwork resulted in a third goal from another Jackson header. A fourth followed soon after, as James also grabbed a double, before Jackson completed his hat-trick. Bob Kelly scored a consolation for England from a free-kick, but the visitors’ performance saw them dubbed the ‘Wembley Wizards’ by the media.

England 9-3 Scotland, British Home International Championship, April 1961

- A record English victory over their old rivals in what is readily considered Scotland’s darkest hour and a half on the pitch. Bobby Robson opened the scoring and after Jimmy Greaves added a brace, Scotland found themselves 3-0 down at the interval. Goals early in the second half from Dave MacKay and Dave Wilson reduced the deicit to one goal, but a Bryan Douglas strike added to doubles from Johnny Haynes and Robert Smith heaped humiliation on Scotland. Greaves added another to complete the last hat-trick there has been in the ixture.

England 2-3 Scotland, European Championship qualifying match, April 1967

- Scotland were regarded as underdogs in a match against an England side who had been crowned world champions at the same ground less than 12 months previously. However, Scotland were to become the irst team to defeat Alf Ramsey’s side since they claimed the Jules Rimet trophy as a 19-match unbeaten run came to an end. Denis Law bundled home the opener after 27 minutes before Bobby Lennox doubled the advantage with 12 minutes to play. Jack Charlton clawed one back for England ive minutes from the end, but debutant Jim McCalliog soon restored the Scots’ two-goal advantage. World Cup inal hero Geoff Hurst immediately hit back to make it 3-2, but the match ended with Rangers player Jim Baxter taunting the English players and fans by performing keepie-uppies on the pitch. Scotland’s supporters crowned their side unoficial world champions.

England 2-0 Scotland, European Championship group phase, June 1996

- Hosts England had made a slow start to Euro 96 by drawing 1-1 with Switzerland, but they clicked into gear with a 2-0 victory over Craig Brown’s Scotland in their second game. At a sun-soaked Wembley, Alan Shearer opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. David Seaman then saved a penalty from Scotland captain Gary McAllister and moments later Paul Gascoigne scored one of the most famous goals to have graced the ixture, licking the ball over Colin Hendry’s head and lashing a right-foot volley past goalkeeper Andy Goram.

England 0-1 Scotland, European Championship qualifying playoff, November 1999

- The last competitive ixture between the two sides came at Wembley as the Scots launched a furious ightback in a bid to overturn England’s 2-0 irst-leg advantage from Hampden Park. England did not manage a single shot on target in a display that manager Kevin Keegan described as “dismal”. Don Hutchinson headed home in the 39th minute to halve the deicit, but a fantastic point-blank David Seaman save to repel Christian Dailly’s header was to break Scottish hearts as England made it through to the inals in Belgium and the Netherlands.