GREAT SCOTLAND DEBUTS

RONNIE SIMPSON and JIM McCALLIOG RS: 5 JMcC: 5 1 One was 36, the other 20, and both made their Scotland debuts at Wembley against the world champions. McCalliog scored in the famous 3-2 win and the oldest ever debutant had a fine game in goal just a month before he was named Player of the Year and won the European Cup. So not a bad few weeks. DENIS LAW 0

55 30 The great man, of course, scored on his debut in 1958 as an 18-year-old, his first of the 30 which makes him joint all-time leading scorer with Kenny Dalglish.

Law was on the mark in a 3-0 win in Wales, a hint about what was to come from the country’s best ever striker. He started as he meant to go on. JOE CRAIG 1 1 Okay, he might not be a household name but the former Celtic player is the answer to a terrific quiz question. He became the first and so far only Scotland player to score on their debut without having kicked a ball. This was against Sweden in 1977. He replaced Kenny Burns with 15 minutes to and two minutes later scored with a diving header – his first touch. It was his one and only cap. PAUL McSTAY 76 9 There are some who felt the Celtic legend (left) never played well for Scotland. They could not have been more wrong. He made his debut at 18 against Uruguay in a friendly at Hampden and was, quite frankly, magnificent. So good was McStay that Jock Stein got off his seat to shake the player’s hand after being substituted to a standing ovation. CHARLIE NICHOLAS

20 5 It was Stein again who looked to his old club for new talent.

Nicholas (above) was the darling of Scottish football, he started against Switzerland alongside his hero Kenny Dalglish The new paring hadn’t had a kick and the Swiss were 2-0 up late in the game.

John Wark got one back and then Nicholas latched onto a Dalglish pass, played a bit of keepy-uppy before scoring a spectacular equaliser. HENRY MORRIS

1 3 His story is so very Scottish.

A striker for East Fife’s greatest ever side, he won his first cap in 1949 against Ireland, scored a hat trick in a 8-2 win, and was never seen again. FRANK McAVENNIE

5 1 Alex Ferguson called up the top scorer in England (right) for the World Cup qualifying play-off first leg against Australia in 1985. The West Ham striker, at 25, scored Scotland’s second goal in a 2-0 Hampden win, Davie Cooper got the first, to help secure their spot for Mexico 86.