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Scotland 2-1 England - May 15, 1976 / British Home Championship 1976

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British Home Championship 1976 - Round 3

Hampden Park - Glasgow - Scotland

May 15, 1976

85 165

Scotland

2 - 1

England

Don Masson

17'

Kenny Dalglish

49'

11'

Mick Channon

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11' - Goal Mick Channon

17' - Goal Don Masson17

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46' - Substitution Stuart Pearsonis substituted by Trevor Cherry

49' - Goal Kenny Dalglish49

70' - Substitution Roy McFarlandis substituted by Michael Doyle

79' - Substitution Eddie Grayis substituted by Derek Johnstone79

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Scotland

2 - 1

England

Scotland England

Team line-ups

Scotland

Rough

Alan Rough

Scotland

B.date25/11/1951

Age24 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Forsyth

Tom Forsyth

Scotland

B.date23/01/1949

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Jackson

Colin Jackson

Scotland

B.date08/10/1946

Age29 years

positionCentral defender

Donachie

Willie Donachie

Scotland

B.date05/10/1951

Age24 years

H1m75

positionDefender

McGrain

Danny McGrain

Scotland

B.date01/05/1950

Age26 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Masson17

Don Masson

Scotland

B.date26/08/1946

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Gemmill

Archie Gemmill

Scotland

B.date24/03/1947

Age29 years

H1m65

positionMidfield

Rioch

Bruce Rioch

Scotland

B.date06/09/1947

Age28 years

H1m81

positionLeft Midfielder

Gray79

Eddie Gray

Scotland

B.date17/01/1948

Age28 years

positionLeft Winger

Dalglish49

Kenny Dalglish

Scotland

B.date04/03/1951

Age25 years

H1m78

positionRight Winger

Jordan

Joe Jordan

Scotland

B.date15/12/1951

Age24 years

H1m85

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alan Rough		24	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tom Forsyth		27	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Jackson		29	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Willie Donachie		24	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny McGrain		26	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Don Masson	17	29	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Archie Gemmill		29	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bruce Rioch		28	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Eddie Gray	79	28	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kenny Dalglish	49	25	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Joe Jordan		24	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

England

Clemence

Ray Clemence

England

B.date05/08/1948

Age27 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

McFarland70

Roy McFarland

England

B.date05/04/1948

Age28 years

positionCentral defender

Mills

Mick Mills

England

B.date04/01/1949

Age27 years

H1m71

positionCentral defender

Thompson

Phil Thompson

England

B.date21/01/1954

Age22 years

positionCentral defender

Todd

Colin Todd

England

B.date12/12/1948

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Taylor

Peter Taylor

England

B.date03/01/1953

Age23 years

positionMidfield

Francis

Gerry Francis

England

B.date06/12/1951

Age24 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Kennedy

Ray Kennedy

England

B.date28/07/1951

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Pearson46

Stuart Pearson

England

B.date21/06/1949

Age26 years

positionForward

Keegan

Kevin Keegan

England

B.date14/02/1951

Age25 years

H1m70

positionStriker

Channon11

Mick Channon

England

B.date28/11/1948

Age27 years

H1m83

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ray Clemence		27	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roy McFarland	70	28	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mick Mills		27	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Thompson		22	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Todd		27	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Taylor		23	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gerry Francis		24	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Kennedy		24	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stuart Pearson	46	26	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Keegan		25	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mick Channon	11	27	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Derek Johnstone	79	22	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Trevor Cherry	46	28	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Michael Doyle	70	29	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Eddie Gray

Willie Pettigrew

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Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Roy McFarland

Jimmy Greenhoff

OUT

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Manager

Age

Match num

Don Revie

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Revie vs Scotland

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 15, 1976

Referee

Karoly Palotai

2 victories	1 draw	0 loss	Scotland3 matches	General total	England4 matches	1 victory	0 draw	3 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Scotland1 match	Season total	England1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on October 17, 1979					Latest figure on October 13, 1982

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Key figures

End of streak for England after 4 matches with only one goal conceded at most (since 19/11/1975).

End of streak for England after 3 consecutive wins in British Home Championship (since 24/05/1975). It was the best streak for the club since 27/05/1972-15/05/1974 (6 matches).

Scotland keeps its 17 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 22/06/1974). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 16/10/1954-13/11/1957 time period (23 matches).

Read the next 15 key stats

General ranking

1	Scotland	6 pts	3 rd
2	England	4 pts	3 rd
3	Wales	2 pts	3 rd
4	Northern Ireland	0 pt	3 rd

General ranking

1	Scotland	6 pts	3 rd
2	England	4 pts	3 rd
3	Wales	2 pts	3 rd
4	Northern Ireland	0 pt	3 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VScotland 3-0 Northern Ireland20/05/1975

VScotland 3-1 Denmark29/10/1975

DScotland 1-1 Romania17/12/1975

VScotland 1-0 Switzerland07/04/1976

VScotland 3-1 Wales06/05/1976

VScotland 3-0 Northern Ireland08/05/1976

Overall

VDenmark 0-1 Scotland03/09/1975

VScotland 3-1 Denmark29/10/1975

DScotland 1-1 Romania17/12/1975

VScotland 1-0 Switzerland07/04/1976

VScotland 3-1 Wales06/05/1976

VScotland 3-0 Northern Ireland08/05/1976

Current form

Away

DNorthern Ireland 0-0 England17/05/1975

VSwitzerland 1-2 England03/09/1975

LCzechoslovakia 2-1 England30/10/1975

DPortugal 1-1 England19/11/1975

VWales 1-2 England24/03/1976

VWales 0-1 England08/05/1976

Overall

VSwitzerland 1-2 England03/09/1975

LCzechoslovakia 2-1 England30/10/1975

DPortugal 1-1 England19/11/1975

VWales 1-2 England24/03/1976

VWales 0-1 England08/05/1976

VEngland 4-0 Northern Ireland11/05/1976

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	3
Unbeaten streak	7	7
Drawless streak	3	3
Scoring streak	11	16
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	3
Unbeaten streak	3	4
Drawless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	5	8
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

1	General ranking (Competition total)	2
1	General ranking (Home / Away)	1

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	2
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
2	Victories (Competition total)	2
2	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

6	Goals scored (Competition total)	5
6	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
3	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.5
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
3-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (1 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Eddie Gray	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Mick Channon
Eddie Gray	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Peter Taylor
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Mick Channon
Kenny Dalglish	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	Mick Channon

Historical head to head

Home

46 matches

21 v

11 d

14 l

77 gf

65 ga

Away

47 matches

15 v

11 d

21 l

82 gf

106 ga

Total

93 matches

36 v

22 d

35 l

159 gf

171 ga

Historical head to head

Home

47 matches

21 v

11 d

15 l

106 gf

82 ga

Away

46 matches

14 v

11 d

21 l

65 gf

77 ga

Total

93 matches

35 v

22 d

36 l

171 gf

159 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	March 12, 1881
Home	7 - 2	March 02, 1878

Largest victory

Overall	9 - 3	April 15, 1961
Away	5 - 0	February 14, 1973

Latest head to head

May 24, 1975 - British Home Championship 1975

England

5 - 1

Scotland

May 18, 1974 - British Home Championship 1974

Scotland

2 - 0

England

May 19, 1973 - British Home Championship 1973

England

1 - 0

Scotland

February 14, 1973 - Rencontres amicales 1973

Scotland

0 - 5

England

May 27, 1972 - British Home Championship 1972

Scotland

0 - 1

England

Best historical scorers against England

George Ker	7 goals	1880 - 1882
John Smith	7 goals	1879 - 1884
Lawrence Reilly	6 goals	1949 - 1955
Henry McNeil	4 goals	1875 - 1878
William McKinnon	4 goals	1876 - 1879
Alexander Jackson	4 goals	1926 - 1928

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/03/1873. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Scotland

Steve Bloomer	8 goals	1895 - 1907
Edward Bambridge	6 goals	1879 - 1885
John Goodall	5 goals	1888 - 1894
Bobby Charlton	5 goals	1958 - 1966
Martin Peters	5 goals	1968 - 1973
Denis Wilshaw	4 goals	1955 - 1955

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/03/1873. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs England

Robert Walker	11 matches	1900 - 1913
Alan Morton	11 matches	1921 - 1932
Walter Arnott	10 matches	1884 - 1893
Charles Campbell	10 matches	1874 - 1886
Andy Aitken	10 matches	1901 - 1911
George Young	9 matches	1947 - 1957

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/11/1872. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Scotland

Billy Wright	13 matches	1947 - 1959
Bobby Moore	12 matches	1963 - 1973
Bobby Charlton	12 matches	1958 - 1969
Robert Crompton	12 matches	1902 - 1914
Gordon Banks	10 matches	1963 - 1972
Tom Finney	10 matches	1948 - 1958