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Scotland’s footballing history is long and incident-packed. The first ever international match was played in Glasgow, a nil-nil draw against England on the 30th of November 1872, and it was the Scottish national side that first popularised the idea of players sticking to one position each and using passing to move the ball around. Before that, football consisted of one player dribbling the ball until he either scored or was tackled.
In every decade of the 20th century Scotland produced at least a couple of world class players, but rarely seemed to be able to get them together to form a consistent side. A reluctance to select “Anglos” who had moved to English clubs did not help matters.
Alex James at Arsenal, Denis Law at Manchester United, MacKay and White at Spurs, Bremner and Gray at Leeds, and a whole host at Liverpool –almost every top English side had Scots as key figures.
Could these disparate figures be combined with the pick of the Old Firm to finally make a mark at World Cup level? Celtic legend Jock Stein was given the task of managing, ahead of other luminaries such as Busby, Shankly and Ferguson. With the release of players no longer an issue, Stein’s toughest foe would be Scottish psychology.
More than any other nation, Scotland is famed for heroic failure and glorious heartbreak. This time however, there would be no minnows for Scotland to trip over. If they could get over the psychological hurdle of escaping the group stage, who knows?
| Number | Position | Player | Era |
| 1 | GK | Goram | 1990's |
| 2 | LB | Caldow | 1950's-60's |
| 3 | RB | McGrain | 1970's |
| 4 | CB/RB | Gough | 1980's-90's |
| 5 | CB | Young | 1950's |
| 6 | CB | Hansen | 1970's-80's |
| 7 | RW | J.Johnstone | 1960's-70's |
| 8 | DM | Souness | 1970's-80's |
| 9 | CF | Dalglish | 1970's-80's |
| 10 | CF | Law | 1960's |
| 11 | LW | Morton | 1920's-30's |
| 12 | LB/RB | Nichol | 1980's-90's |
| 13 | GK | Leighton | 1980's-90's |
| 14 | DM | Bremner | 1960's-70's |
| 15 | AM | James | 1920's-30's |
| 16 | AM | Baxter | 1960's |
| 17 | RM | Strachan | 1980's-90's |
| 18 | CF | H.Gallacher | 1920's-30's |
| 19 | CF | McCoist | 1980's-90's |
| 20 | AM | McAllister | 1980's-90's |
| 21 | DM | MacKay | 1950's-60's |
| 22 | CB/FB | Grieg | 1960's-70's |
| Coach | Stein |
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