1975 (May 24) England 5-Scotland 1 (Home Championship).mpg

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[@quietman2672]

After this game graffiti appeared on the walls in Glasgow. .. “they shot the wrong Kennedy!!”😂😂

[@veedubbya]

Kennedy was so inconsolable after the game, he went outside Wembley and threw himself in front of a bus. It went under him.

[@CIMAmotor]

hahahahahahahahahaha spat my tea out.

[@mikeholt7087]

😂😂😂😂

[@paulbradshaw303]

Kevin Beattie was one of the real what ifs of English football. So much talent but injury robbed him of fulfilling his potential

[@Inglese001]

You could have said similar things about Colin Bell and Gerry Francis - their England careers ended soon after this game due to injuries.

[@colinbaker3916]

@@Inglese001 Gerry Francis was made England captain just after this. He had a brilliant season in 75/76 Rangers finished league runners up behind Liverpool, and his goal against the reds won goal of the season.

[@jontalbot1]

He was brilliant for Ipswich and there is a statue of him at Portman Road

[@johnclark7049]

Kevin walked into Ipswich and asked for a trial. BR asked him where his boots were he replied can i borrow a pair the rest is history.

[@chrisfallon9678]

That ....Scottish goalkeeper 😂😂😂😂 comedy gold

[@jrb1802uk]

Kennedy, the Scottish keeper had me in hysterics. The second goal when he just launched himself into the post was the best 😂😂😂

[@Vortigan07]

hahahahahahaha!!

[@russellharvey698]

Gk was soooo bad. Amateur hour

[@michaelmuldowney8]

Stewart Kennedy - The worst keeper ever to wear the Scottish Jersey. I think this was his only appearance.

[@andshits]

@@michaelmuldowney8 spot on

[@josegaston1257]

Con razón lo banqueo Allan Rough

[@paulnorris2756]

Great to see Gerry Francis, he absolutely ran the midfield. Shame he had such bad injuries. Top manager too.

[@nikolaitheterrible]

Some of the best comedy of the 1970s.....watching Scottish goalkeepers!

[@dougiegray1293]

Kennedy never recovered from that day. The defenders in front of him didn't exactly help.

[@jas2819]

Nonsense....he was just bloody hopeless. 🙁🙁

[@Drumulr]

Aye watching us at the World Cups😂

[@user-jn1tr8mo3g]

Alan Rough was the top clown.

[@Drumulr]

What about Clemence trying to stop King Kennys shot that went thru his legs..now that was even more embarrassing than that clown Kennedy😁

[@harindernannar6417]

i remember watching this live at the time as a young boy. The voice of David Coleman takes me back.

[@hegzneptune7327]

The barnets on display here are amazing

[@emptypages1970]

Another Scottish goalkeeping masterclass

[@Noodles37UK]

emptypages1970 Brazil v Seaman : )

[@Noodles37UK]

woody Knot Who cares? We're used to it. You lot were hilarious :D

[@Noodles37UK]

woody Knot Past caring : )

[@Noodles37UK]

woody Knot I just love seeing your smug faces drop at World Cups. Priceless : )

[@Noodles37UK]

woody Knot Actually, no. I'm having a great time with all the other stuff : D

[@dodibenabba1378]

The Home nations games used to be great, bring it back!

[@shaunwalker2557]

naahh...the other nations can play it if they want...i don't want any English Football money going to the celts.

[@sidneygreen9120]

The jocks would want the new Wembley turf 😮

[@Stephen-lx9nm]

​@@sidneygreen9120They stopped when England fans started turning up in glasgow😂

[@Vortigan07]

You have to feel sorry for Scotland in some ways, to have their best 50 goalkeepers all out with injury at the same time was just tragically bad luck!

[@CB-xr1eg]

Kennedy was actually the best of the 50!

[@acidarrow]

And he'd forgotten his gloves as well.

[@infrasleep]

Swings and roundabouts really.They were lucky that England only had 5 shots on target. ;D

[@coniferclose]

Yeah, well sorry.😂😂😂

[@arnesaknussemm2427]

You have to feel sorry for England , not even at the races when compared with the multiple trophy winning top tier teams like Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Brazil , Argentina and so on. Second raters.

[@diamonddave2622]

I remember there was an outbreak of Covid-75 and all the hairdressers were closed.

[@coniferclose]

😂

[@Dec2012omg]

😆

[@li4398]

Players like Bell and Francis had their careers cut short by injury. Loved 70s football but it was a brutal game. Loved those guys but unlike ponces of today, they didnt make any real money and paid dearly with their healths

[@dannyroberts4303]

On this day of football victory, Led Zeppelin played Earl's Court. Saw both. Brilliant day.

[@bennewton7063]

Why did Scotland t play R9 ert Pollat

[@paulbradshaw303]

Oh man, what a legend of a day . So jealous

[@sonofjak1971]

"Kennedy must have lost his geography" Classic Coleman!

[@MrDaiseymay]

he thought he was in his local park

[@MILESnomore]

he was a terrible goalkeeper .. abs terrible!!

[@davidellis485]

He was history after this game!

[@brianmitchell8821]

Mate they nick named him cinderella, he was always late for the ball 😂 😂 😂 😂

[@jimthepostie]

Kennedy went from playing for Rangers to playing for Forfar Athletic after this. Away fans would taunt him at Forfar with chants of 5-1 5-1 5-1 for several years after this .

[@cuttlerfish]

Great viewing, loved it !

[@telboyynwa699]

I shared a National Express Bus Depot waiting room that evening in London with a shed load of merry Scots who’d like me had missed their bus home, never got a wink of sleep, like them we had to wait until the following day to head off up North. I’d been to see Led Zeppelin at Earles Court with a group of mates and the concert overran, also we missed our bus back to Liverpool. Your goalie had a shocker, King Kenny didn’t get a look in! Despite the result for the Scots it didn’t stop them having a great day out! Great experience for us too!

[@1970sman]

I saw Led Zeppelin that very evening too. We missed the last train home and had to spend the night on Euston station with loads of Jocks and a few homeless. We got the train the following (Sunday) day. I will never forget Bonzo, just before, or just after his drum solo, he said...…"FOOTBALL, WHAT A LOAD OF BOLLOX". Well, compared to Led Zeppelin, he had a point. COYS.

[@wriggleroom1076]

Pretty sure the Led Zeppelin concert at Earl's Court was the same year as Scotland winning 1-0 and their fans broke the cross bar at Wembly.

[@craiggerrard5117]

@@wriggleroom1076 The Led Zep Earls Court was definitely 1975. The crossbar game was 1977.

[@mickeasingwood7451]

@@craiggerrard5117 and it was 2-1 as well.

[@craiggerrard5117]

@@mickeasingwood7451 Yes, you're right. I hadn't noticed that the wrong score had been given.

[@jon780249]

A lucky 5-1 win. If only Scotland had had their other 39 first choice goalkeepers available.

[@keegan773]

Sturgeon doesn't accept the result and wants a rematch.

[@peterbroon8392]

We’ve had loads of rematches 😀

[@gerrycollins2335]

It's nice to see again players who don't fall over at the merest touch.

[@juv7]

I remember somebody asked me the time and I told them 5 past Kennedy

[@simonacarpano4947]

What a beautiful time

[@johnjames-glover4630]

There were many players who'd have given their right arm to be the Scottish 'keeper. This one certainly did.

[@chrisfallon9678]

I would of looked better than him playing with 1 arm 😂😂

[@theartfuldodger6500]

David Coleman' s commentary was on a different level to today's

[@Lord_Hillcrest01]

David Coleman was the daddy.

[@MrDaiseymay]

I used to think-so too, but he was SHITE, with this one--''EVERYBODY (Scottish) was having terrible bad luck '' especially their Goal (misser). WTF--LUCK ?? my ARSE, shere incompetance Matey.

[@Lord_Hillcrest01]

@Glenn Morris Who he

[@Lord_Hillcrest01]

@Glenn Morris Ive done a bit of research . Mr Jones was predominantly a radio commentator it seems and he was very highly respected . I sort of recall his voice , died so young rip.

[@mickeasingwood7451]

He had his own mid-week programme "sportsnight with Coleman". He also presented "Grandstand" quite frequently. He also fronted "Match of the Day" before Jimmy Hill was signed up to the Beeb. Olympic Games main presenter. Did quite a few FA Cup Finals in the 70's and European Finals 75 and 77.World Cup 70 & 74. Was Question of Sport presenter for donkeys as well. Spitting Image even had him on most weeks. They even had a column in Private Eye called Colemansballs, dedicated to his considerable gaffes and mistakes. Definitely a TV Legend. It's David Coleman commentating in Mexico '70 for the BBC Brazil v England game and Gordon Banks' legendary save from Pele. Coleman's commentary was simply "PELE!..... Gordon Banks.... WHAT A SAVE!

[@73reider]

Great first goal from Francis....

[@gunternetzer9621]

Coleman's commentary is legend - 'Francis.... he loves... it's there...he loves that.'

[@mrcockney-nutjob3832]

David Coleman and Brian Moore made the games even more exciting can't beat that commentary. One thing I have never noticed was the ref with the button down shirt, nice touch.

[@ysgol3]

Fair play to Revie, this match and the earlier West Germany one showed immense promise, it was a bitter blow though when Colin Bell's career was suddenly destroyed by injury 6 months later.

[@kenwoolley3003]

ysgol3 Colin Bell was a great player Beattie and Francis were also unlucky with injury

[@ysgol3]

@@kenwoolley3003 Oh yes that's right, I was talking though specifically about Revie's time, 1974 to mid 77.

[@gunternetzer9621]

Unfortunately that was a second string German team and the Scottish were a poor lot here. But a great occasion and commentary by David Coleman.

[@ysgol3]

@@gunternetzer9621 You're dead right that it wasn't their top team, but most of the German players were the top ones, 7 or 8, Beckenbauer played for example (I think!?).

[@petermills542]

@@ysgol3 Revie's legacy was England not qualifying for '78 World Cup. That was incomprehensible to me as a young kid! I well remember my eldest brother had to explain it all to me!!

[@williamgallagher3121]

Used to look forward to home internationals at end of football season

[@aweescotsdog8358]

I haven't watched this for a long time (for obvious reasons). However, as a Hibby I have to say that there was a classic moment that passed me by at the time. "Arthur Duncan hits the side net"! Duncan was a fantastic left winger with blistering pace, a great left foot, and a very skilful player. However, he was known for going for the narrow angle rather than squaring the ball on occasion and as a result did tend to hit the side net quite a lot. So the line 'Duncan hits the side net" from a commentator was not uncommon. In fairness to Arthur he was so fast that often there was no-one to square the ball too. This example is atypical as he swivelled around to take a half chance at a snapshot. Hibs were a fantastic team in those days, held their own against Liverpool and Leeds in UEFA cup losing narrowly and gave a Celtic team, that were a power in Europe still, a run for their money. As for poor old Kennedy, though he was the Rangers keeper, at the time I thought he was treated roughly. However, I'm still only at 3:1 I. This video as I write this and while I think he was unsighted for the first Englanf goal, I gave no idea what he was playing at for the second and the third though a good shot ought to have been easy to save, especially if he'd got his positioning right (which I don't think he did). Anyway, at this point if the video at least it confirms my memories that, actually, the sides were far more evenly matched than the scoring indicated and in fact all the real flair came from the Scots. But, we wiz hammered all the same.... Oh, there wasn't that much left! So anyway, to continue, the fourth looked bad. Kennedy appeared slow, but the effect of deflection wasn't that obvious and after watching a few times I can't blame him. Fifth? Well maybe he could have touched the first ball over the bar, but when it bounced back he didn't have a chance. Also, the Scottish defence was poor, they looked beaten and didn't care enough to stop the first ball or the follow up. So, my final take on Kennedy's performance. One howler, the second goal. Should have done better on the third, and arguably the fourth and fifth (though they seem a bit more churlish). On a better day, though, he wasn't such a bad keeper but was always a better shot stopper than marshalling his box. But do I feel for him? Of course. It wasn't his best day between the sticks for sure, but the result was more than unkind to him. And, before you accuse me of Scottish bias, please remember that I am a Hibs supporter talking about a Rangers goalie. Those of you north of the Tweed will understand at least. But, to be scrupulously fair, I can only blame Kennedy solely for one of the five goals. He didn't deserve the drubbing he got in the press the next day and, if I am right, I don't think he ever played for Scotland again, which I also think was very sad. All keepers have a bad day. Even the mighty Shilton let a bad one through against Poland in 73 and, although Clemence was great, I reckon Shilton was the best keeper in the world about that time. I think it was probably 73 when he performed wonders against Scotland in a game that might otherwise had a more favourable result for the Scots. Anyway, as we are all suffering this terrible lock down due to the even more terrible Corona, it's fine to reminisce. But whether Scot or English, Irish or Welsh. We must remember our kinship. I'm rather in favour of Scottish independence (though my views waver) but I intend no insult to the other home nations. You are always our friends. Even the English! Bygones etc. Wash yer hands an' keep well everyone. Slàinte

[@georgedonaldson6252]

Spot on analysis. I grew up watching Arthur Duncan. Aka Nijinsky... Arthur often ran in the New Year sprint in Edinburgh. GGTTH

[@paulhollis8879]

I enjoyed that, very nicely put all the way through. Is it because you had time on your hands? 🤔🤔. Oddly enough, we knew Colin Bell as Nijinsky. Not for speed , although he wasn’t slow, but for endless stamina. Bell too didn’t stop at 1pm after training and go and play golf but had specialist athletics training. Nevertheless, great critique mate.

[@itsallrobbish]

A Wee Scots Dog nice one, I really liked that analysis. You’re right regarding the Scots defence, very poor and as an English sort, I loved the result, I guess I must have watched this back in the day, but even the highlights showed that this was much more even than the result implied. Good support from Scotland,as usual. We must not forget that the year before, Scotland made it to the WC finals, whereas England did not, the Revie resurgence was brief and England fluffed their lines again in 1978, whilst Scotland got to Argentina for the World Cup finals again. take care fella, Bob from the East Neuk of Fife.

[@aweescotsdog8358]

robert bishop Thank you for your reply. I hope that all is well with you in the Kingdom of Fife. I've been watching old replays of the rugby internationals too. If you are selective in your viewing I find that the team who you root for can do surprisingly well, so there's something to be said for watching old repeats. Even the Hibs do quite well under this system! Don't know what I was doing watching this one though, but oddly I felt somewhat nostalgic watching it in a way that my childhood self probably wouldn't understand. Perhaps my nostalgia was more about him than this game! All the same, it was quite interesting to watch all these players from a bygone era. All those, Liverpool, Leeds and Manchester United players playing for both Scotland and England. So long ago, and yet preserved in aspic on KZbin. I can't begrudge you yer enjoyment. However, I think that I'll have to watch an old repeat of Scotland beating Brazil to restore the balance of my emotions. Oh darn. Well nil-nil in 74 will have to do. I'm pretty sure David Coleman berated a Lorimer free kick as lacking any swerve compared to his Brazilian counterpart's efforts (until the replay from behind the goal showed that he'd actually put so much curl on the ball, that was heading for the top corner, that it brought the ball back into the arms of the goalie standing in the middle of his goal. But I can never find that bit. Maybe that's just my memory playing tricks! Well there's always Wembley in 67 to watch too. Though I was too young to remember that one (I was only 3). That was Jim Baxter's day and the day Scotland became world champions (using boxing rules of course!). Best wishes and ... Slàinte

[@aweescotsdog8358]

Paul Hollis Time on my hands? Yes, you could say that. Although, I'm fortunate enough to be able to work from home. But I think of all those who work in the Hospitals from the porters to the surgeons, those looking after essential services, the care workers, the emergency services, the refuse collector, all those working in the warehouses, grocers, supermarkets, the farmers and anyone who I haven't mentioned (including those who ought to be able to stay at home but can't afford to on 80% of their inadequate pay. As a society, we really need to re-assess our priorities, I think. Funny that, here's me watching old Scotland games cheering on the blues and now I'm turning into a red! Well, perhaps a bit more red and a lot of green (and not just for the sake of the Cabbages) would do us all some good! Anyway, whatever anyone's politics, we need to pay a lot more respect (and more importantly money) to those who we droned on and take for granted! Right, aff yer soap box WSD, Slàinte

[@pljms]

Forty-eight years later I can remember commentator David Coleman's "He loves that" response to Gerry Francis's first goal as if it was yesterday. It was certainly a more spontaneous reaction than his usual "One-Nil!".

[@mikewhitcher6853]

Need this tournament back

[@Inglese001]

With club sides playing so many more games these days, it's not realistic.

[@martinfox3478]

Before watching this I watched a boring 0-0 draw NI v ENG from 1974 in which England were woeful with Don Review in charge. This match is 1 year later and there are a host of new England players and it makes a heck of a difference - Beattie, Frances, Channon. No wonder we didn't qualify for the 1974 WC with that team

[@raycutler1409]

I was 17 and used to drink in a pub in Soho at the time of this game. One of the regulars was a Glaswegian lad who persuaded me to go with him and a bunch of other Scots who'd come down for the game. In those days the West End was chocker with tartan for the week before the game. On match day we had to walk from Alperton as London Underground refused to run trains to Wembley. The Scottish lads felt so sorry for me being English that they kept buying me drinks. I vividly remember celebrating wildly when Gerry Francis' corker of a first goal went it only to be frowned upon by the whole crowd around me. No aggro though. ✌🏻 The down side of the day was that the mob I was with had had enough before the final whistle and it was straight back to The Lyric for a wet one. There is a funny story attached to that evening involving Barbara Dickson but I'll save that for another yarn. 🤭 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Yes Ray. Scottish fans were loud and there were lots of us but it really was all good natured .

[@steffanhoffmann8937]

Gerry Francis. A forgotten composed player.

[@davidholgate123]

Yes a very tidy player.

[@norbury57]

From an era when football was worth watching. End to end, exciting, no diving. Not like the boring possession garbage they serve up these days.

[@boonyee4421]

IT WAS ALAN BALL'S LAST EVER GAME FOR ENGLAND AS CAPTAIN AND HE REALLY CHERSHED IT.THE SCOTS WERE OUTPLAYED BY ENGLAND AS THE HOME TEAM AVENGED THE 2-0 DEFEAT TO THE SAME OPPONENTS AT HAMPDEN PARK LAST YEAR.AFTER THAT MATCH BALL WAS UNCEREMONIOUSLY DUMPED BY DON REVIE AND SO WAS MALCOM MACDONALD.

[@oliviagarnham3307]

Scotland will forever be in England’s shadow. The handful of Scot’s I’ve met all had a chip on their shoulder. Sad to see

[@leechinnery2791]

Alfie Conns hair and sideburns deserved a goal to be fair,superb effort!....🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@RGP_Maths]

The mother of all mullets!

[@leechinnery2791]

@@RGP_Maths absolutely,a lot of thought,time and effort has gone into that mate,he deserves a knighthood for services to dodgy barnets all day long imo,its a work of art....😀😀😀😀😀❤

[@Brentford-rf5sh]

Beautiful!

[@BanjoLuke1]

Wow.... I was eleven. Those haircuts all seemed so cool and modern at the time. A very white England team. A very white Arsenal team (my team). It all seemed so normal. A strange little piece of nostalgia, but worth watching. Thanks for posting.

[@Stephen-lx9nm]

As it should be

[@PjBrown-wj7ls]

Sat and watched this with my dad at raf wyton in England listening to the cheers from houses . We were not happy with the rangers goalie Kennedy’s of day. England had a great team at the time. Beat them following year bring back home internationals

[@shoutinghorse]

Not a chance of the Home Internationals ever coming back, not with this new european league alongside euro & world cup qualifiers. I remember watching this with my cousins and brother on our 'new' colour TV. Happy days.

[@Kaiserbill99]

I think they knocked it on the head because the Scots left London looking like the fifth day of the Somme.

[@rickster101]

I was 10 years old when I watched this Stewart Kennedy had a nightmare that day although he was a good keeper loved the old home internationals my love for the Scotland national team never weakened still watch them today 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👏

[@nicadair7700]

Scotland were in the 1974 and 1978 world cup tournaments. Cannot recall seeing England participating. Tread carefully England fans. ( I'm English).

[@thevillaaston7811]

And a good laugh we had in 1978.

[@angusbabb4913]

I’ll always remember this game for Colin Bell’s goal it made a 9 year old very happy indeed!😊

[@ArtMorte]

Still kinda crazy to think that scissors were invented only in the 1990's.

[@Camberwell86]

Give it 5 or 10 years we'll be looking back at today's mop tops with skin fades and every bloke with a beard even though only about 30% of blokes can grow a good one and be embarrassed to fuck. It happens 😅

[@sniper7014]

After watching that I can see where the jokes came from about Scotland goal keepers being crap........

[@apathyintheuk265]

"After"? Are you being serious? It's been a long standing problem for the Scots and a source of amusement for everybody else. This fixture in 1961 finished England 9 Scotland 3. The hapless Scotland custodian was a fella called Frank Haffey. One of the jokes soon after went something along the lines: "What's the time"? - "Nearly ten past Haffey".

[@sniper7014]

@@apathyintheuk265 HA HA class like it

[@richardhebden5603]

Did anyone notice the linesman for the second goal providing what was probably the first ever recorded evidence of an overlapping full back. Keegan could have used him to put a cross in if his options had run out.

[@philipboyd7692]

Bring bk these games please..Home Nations👌

[@ngc-fo5te]

No thanks. They were mostly dire.

[@alecwilliams1911]

Unsurprisingly this was the last of 5 caps Stewart Kennedy won for Scotland I can remember in my younger days being able swing off the bar never mind the post poor show 😂classic commentary from Coleman great players on view from both sides👍

[@sunnyjim1355]

Great comment, and fair.

[@oldmodelarmy4402]

I watched this with my sister's boyfriend who was a Scottish footballer. oh the tears!

[@keithc9461]

Not surprised the scotch 🥃goalie had a nightmare game, they made him wear some kind of hair helmet, poor lad

[@Vortigan07]

hahahaha brilliant!!

[@CB-xr1eg]

Scottish* Scotch is a drink, or a pie.

[@CB-xr1eg]

@Philip Robinson Indeed!!👍 Or even a tape.

[@mrmilesrobinson7909]

Or even an egg

[@anthonyl2886]

Amazing England kit was the same when Scotland played 4 years later! Not like now a new design every couple of matches!

[@cliffaball]

First England kit designed and supplied by Admiral

[@Camberwell86]

At 55 knicker a top and with plenty of mugs willing to pay it, it would be rude not to change it every season. And by season I mean spring, summer, autumn and winter lmao. 😅

[@keithwilkinson3013]

Went to this game with about 52 other bradford city fans never saw any cockneys all day just full of jocks

[@thevillaaston7811]

It was shite. To think that we gave white, navy, white for this pukefest.

[@bobbillnolan7644]

Didn’t they investigate the Scottish goalkeeper for having an endangered animal on his head ? 😂

[@johnclark7049]

HAHA

[@johnmudd6453]

@@johnclark7049 Kennedy was bald and his toupee was made from the pelt of the now extinct long haired haggis

[@thischannelhasnoname5780]

The Scots again proving what a rich source of goalkeeping talent they were in this period.

[@NightShooter87]

Yes Alan Rough was another genius.

[@elgar104]

Except this is the era of Harvey and Stewart.... both of Leeds Utd. So I disagree. Not sure why neither were picked here....

[@ianmcnicol6425]

@@NightShooter87 says the expert on Alan Rough. I'll defend him till I die. Watched him every week. 🇧🇪

[@mdluk199]

@@ianmcnicol6425 Alan Rough is the worst keeper I've ever seen.

[@georgerubypoppy1063]

To be fair we (England) haven`t been blessed with goalkeepers in recent years either.

[@theyellowdukesscotland499]

I have always admired that first goal from Gerry Francis, even though at the time I was deflated when it hit the back of the net. To be honest, Scotland didn't play all that badly but unfortunately Stewart Kennedy picked that day at Wembley to have the worst game of his life. It is a shame he was never capped again and had a chance to play a blinder for Scotland.

[@Keithbarber]

He did play blinders - too blind to see the shots

[@Xbow61]

I wish he'd been capped again, he was comedy gold...

[@vordman]

What. He never played for Scotland again? Say it isn't so!

[@qldgooner]

I was at this game as a 15 year old with my dad. There weren't many other England supporters there. kicked off after the game big time.

[@Stephen-lx9nm]

Did you go to Glasgow 89 😂stopped the home internationals after that ,the jocks didn't like the pay back😂

[@aeonflux67]

Watch England through the 70's and you can see some truly great football played. What held them back from accomplishing their potential is the same thing that anchored successive teams to underachievement: The stupid cluttered English football season. Too many games, too close together leading to fatigue, injury and loss of key players - sometimes career ending injuries in their prime. And still the FA persists (now as a pawn of the EPL) while the nations that prosper at international level (Germany - do the opposite + have an FA that works on accrediting its coaches from junior up to maintain the production line of talent while the English allow unskilled twits to coach bent on winning an under 8 title and no idea of skill training).

[@Buzzard1968]

What you forget is that Germany, Holland, Brazil and Argentina were playing BETTER football than England through the 1970's, which is why they won the World Cups and got to finals. You quote the same reasons for England's failures then as every football commentator has quoted since. The bottom line is that whilst it's good to see us beat Scotland 5-1 every now and then, England have never been good enough. Some of what you say about the FA and its culture and the managers and the EPL and the way we play football these days (boring, dreary, defensive, inhibited, fearful etc) is right.

[@graeme9668]

I think those sides had better managers at international level while the FA employed a sort of good ol boys club. Once substitutions were in play Ramsay became clueless as it became 13 vs 13 and not 11 vs 11. He was totally responsible for the 1970 debacle with Bonetti the lesser blame as fresh defenders were needed, not disruption of the attacking options (where Charlton and Peters were taken off) when Labone and that Leeds numpty Terry I think was the name at full back were dead on their feet and needed urgent replacement. Don Revie and Greenwood were never Brian Cloughs shoelaces. Greenwood was too conservative and Revie simply upset too many players too quickly and did not understand how to keep a good side together because his ego came first and he treat them like school kids (dossier bullshit and all). I dont think Argentina played better football in the 70's (if you think they beat Peru 6 - 0 to get to the WC final on merit then please watch the game again and understand the politics of corruption South American style) and Brazil outside 1970 definately did not play good football which is why they struggled all through the decade but were gifted an easy qualifying route (both them and Argentina). Germany and Holland had golden era's with gifted players aplenty however. It was more their decade as a result.

[@mizofan]

Right, Bonetti (usually a very fine goalie, who had conceded 1 goal in his previous 6 England games and was brilliant v Portugal) was the scapegoat for 70, but Labone and Moore were at fault too, Moore gave the ball away for the winning goal, and the ref did W.Germany some favours, and Ramsey's substitutions backfired. I think Terry Cooper of Leeds was an excellent full back. That team might have been at least as good as 66 but failed to prove it! Holland were unlucky not to win the world cup, with Cruyff missing 78, Rensenbrink hitting the post in the last minute and home advantage for W. Germany and Argentina in turn. Yes, Argentina reached the final through corruption, Brazil in 74 were very dirty, not a patch on 70. W.Germany's best team that decade may have been for 72 Euros, with Netzer dominating in midfield.

[@alexojideagu]

English teams literally dominated Europe in the mid 1970's, and should have been good enough to win the World Cup.

[@graeme9668]

@@Buzzard1968 I would dispute that Brazil were better in the 70's. Argentina were not better either. They just met a lot of average opponents minus any real super stars by the time they hosted the WC in 78. And the bribing against Peru helped. Germany were ok up till 76. Holland ok till 77 with their football still great to watch. Downhill thereafter with one last hurrah in 78 but not the team of 74.

[@mrafeht]

Rumour is that the Scottish goalie got concussed when he headed the post. He kept seeing 2 balls coming at him and went for the wrong one every time.

[@paulgardner8867]

Football was football then not like now

[@jeffallinson8089]

That Scottish keeper couldn't catch a cold in the middle of a thunderstorm.

[@MrZORROish]

Revie had a great captain in Gerry Francis who he wanted to build his team around but a terrible run of injury wrcked his career. Revie would have had success if that hadn't happened

[@glennwilson6507]

I was on leave from Germany and I watched this match at my Aunt's house in Sheffield.

[@philhode5104]

That goalie, funny as hell

[@GLK-London]

I enjoyed being one of the few Englishmen in the crowd that day at Wembley.

[@bigmoncrief6071]

The Scottish player, Hutchison who Coleman says 'hasn't found his touch at all today'. Is that Tommy Hutchison who scored at both ends in the 1981 Cup Final?

[@stevecalder6047]

When i have a bad day at work, i often watch this to see others do aka Stewart.Kennedy

[@fredwaller3234]

Bring back the home internationals it was brilliant weekend tv

[@Kotikjeff]

Surely Kennedy must have been to the bookies before this game.

[@XXLaffinGravyXX]

billy Bremner visited him to pass a word or two from Don Revie

[@johnclark7049]

He had 6-1 on his slip LOL

[@LTFC1964]

I was 11 and remember this game like it was yesterday. Even then I thought the keeper was a part timer !!

[@ga-ow7yf]

Don Revie masterclas.

[@alanwayte432]

Or just bad goalkeeper

[@johnbeck7019]

What a game I will never forget this one 555555555555555-1 come on England

[@michaelroberts7374]

Excellent ball from Ball...think this was his final appearance for England

[@TheQ-Continuum]

Saw this one live too ! England avenge their 2-0 defeat from the previous year against the "Auld enemy"

[@TheQ-Continuum]

@Kani Fuker Always thought a good idea would be at the start of a new season, would be to play this is an annual fixture. One year they play at Wembley, next year at Hampden and so on. Maybe have a cup involved in the same way that Rugby Union do, they play for The Calcutta Cup ? Something similar for this fixture ?

[@ysgol3]

Any idea where all the Scottish players were for the last goal ?

[@HarvestHome2000]

I went down to London the day after this, to see Led Zeppelin at Earls Court. Mid-afternoon, 24 hours after the match, there were still half-drunk Scots staggering back from Wembley! They looked as if they didn't know what had hit them...

[@robertroberts2666]

Although a fellow Celt, I cannae help but feel for my Scottish brothers! The only comfort I can draw from this stuffing is that Alan Kennedy was followed by an even worse Keeper in the shape of the aptly named Alan Rough!

[@robertroberts2666]

Rough by name! Rough by nature!

[@seanscanlon9067]

That's Stewart Kennedy.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Favourite Alan Rough moment ; 1982 v Brazil . Eder on edge of box does a beautiful chip shot over his head . Rough's expression afterwards ...to be fair : don't think Anyone could have got to it.

[@frankmurphyburr3598]

poor Steart Kennedy never played for Scotland again. The goals were brilliant, England were brilliant, can't blame the keeper

[@haroldkane9714]

Second goal you can

[@herbertvonzinderneuf8547]

@@haroldkane9714 I don't know he could have gotten to either of the first two - but that flap at the third was pretty feeble.

[@grahamturner97]

He also managed to straddle the post rather painfully, if I remember correctly :)

[@MrDaiseymay]

Bollocks---I thought he was the THIRD GOALPOST. yeah ,pitty he never played again---Scotland would never have won a game ever again

[@chrisfallon9678]

@@haroldkane9714 🤣🤣and the first and third ...😂

[@Keepingitrespectfulmostly.]

Back when football was interesting to watch and players had real talent.. 0:56 Truly amazing goal.. George Best style.. Not the Scottish goalies day really. 1:52 Why is that defender giving him so much time to compose himself and weigh up the next pass? OMG 3:31 the shame, will it ever end? 5:30 Perhaps the goal wasn't big enough for no 11 or no one explained to him you only score if the balls touches the inside of the net.. 5:38 15 got tired of passing it to his own team members so thought he would confuse everyone including himself by passing the ball to a member of the other team. Talk about totally demoralised and demoralising. A very cunning ploy to trick the goalie only shooting the ball at the goal in a relatively straight line. He never saw that one coming either. Please consider Andy Pandy as your next goal keeper for Scotland he maybe much cheaper and easier to train and dresses better. If Mr Pandy is unavailable perhaps Looby Loo or Big Ted can oblige? I doubt their height will be an immediate handicap.. In fact it could prove to be a positive advantage. I am curious to know why the Scottish goalie seems to have borrowed his great grandads reactions?

[@VooDooMaGicMan81]

Sounds like Alan Partridge commentating.

[@gary6514]

The ref looks like someone from the 1930s...

[@euanelliott3613]

That's a helluva facelift on his wages.

[@graeme9668]

You can clearly see how so many top players careers were hampered by a) long seasons and b) injuries here. Gerry Frances (back), Kevin Beattie (various) Bell (prematurely retired and out for long periods due to injury) and so on. The game was played too fast and too rough.

[@alandonkin]

I was struck by how much excitement there was in the game, even when the Scots were three nil down.

[@keith79mod11]

Also my friend Ian his uncle was Gerry Francis and if my memory serves me right this was his first game as the England captain

[@seanbonella]

mike channon was so underated for england

[@lndnflms484]

Keegan's cross for the second is pure class. A lesser player would have checked and looked up, Keegan went for a quick ball to catch the defence out. Gerry Francis had a great game too, I think it was injury that cut short his career. Ankle injury if I remember.

[@gunternetzer9621]

Good players look up to where they are crossing as Keegan did.

[@lndnflms484]

Checked, as in stopped his run to look.

[@geoffpoole483]

@@lndnflms484 Although the 70s were a lean period for the England national side we did have some very good players.

[@lndnflms484]

@@geoffpoole483 Its when I started watching England play. Tbh, I think the 70s sides faced the enormous expectations of those who had seen us win the World Cup in 1966. The key memory was the way we were beaten by the passion and luck of Poland in 73 - fate seemed to be against us.

[@keddw]

'He loves.....It's there....he loves that'

[@goodlife6145]

I used to love the Home Internationals, especially England v Scotland. With a decent goalie and defence, I think Scotland could have been a great side.

[@sunnyjim1355]

They had some great players then, so yeah they could have been the Hungary of the north.

[@goodlife6145]

@@sunnyjim1355 Then again, Hungary could have been the Scotland of Eastern Europe.

[@gillsjohn1]

If my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle

[@larrycollins7093]

England had a good team in the 1970,s with some very decent players especially Kevin Keegan/ Colin Bell / Dave Watson I wish we could go back to those day,s

[@pgammond10]

Chivers

[@itsallrobbish]

Yeah, but we managed to miss two world cups, never forgave them.

[@herbert9241]

@@itsallrobbish - Couldn't kick the predictable 4-4-2 habit that won us the World Cup.

[@stephenoldfield7124]

Clarke, McFarland, Hughes

[@chrisfallon9678]

@@itsallrobbish England would miss more world cups if it wasn't for having piss poor groups most of the time to be fair

[@truecrimescotsman]

I was at an away game v Forfar in the late 1980's......"They should never have let ye back ower the border after that game at Wembley in 75 Kennedy!".........I now understand the shout. Didn't quite get it at the time as I was too young to remember this game and Stewart Kennedy played great everytime my team played against Forfar.

[@SuperBobbyboy1]

Colin bell. Probably the most underrated player ever.

[@brucebeanbageducationalfil4246]

I think history has recorded his world rating fairly accurately as 'Quite Good'.

[@keithharvey7230]

The was one of the greats,nobody underrated him youoaf.

[@jimskirtt5717]

Pure class. I was 16 at the time, and didn't have any animosity towards Scotland (that has grown after all the hatred towards England). I remember thinking that England really were a world-class side, then.

[@andrewajjones122]

Good penalty by Rioch. I always assumed the step and pause penalty was a more recent thing....

[@Duncan1974]

Was the Scottish keeper just someone randomly plucked from the crowd just before kick off..?

[@leechinnery2791]

Yeah,and he'd been on the piss early doors and was wankered

[@DokktorDeth]

I'm far from being a big fan of retro footie, but it's always nice to see the subject races put firmly in their place.

[@alanklein1777]

I was there....!....It was great..!...A fabulous day out....

[@Michael19841]

I recall my grandad predicting this exact result a few hours before the game started and storming out the house refusing to consider watching it.

[@russbarker2727]

I remember watching this whist helping my brother put an exhaust pipe on his BSA. that aside, what about those haircuts? Outrageous!

[@keith79mod11]

I remember going on holiday on this day and watching the game in the amusement arcades as we didn't have a TV in the caravan.

[@peterdockrill9653]

Remember buying the Scottish shirt in 75 cost £9 ,I was on earning £7 week 12 hour week pt job at local supermarket,bit pricey

[@TheUltimateBlue]

Yep, it's difficult to understand why the Rangers keeper got capped. I was at this with some mates. Can't remember all the details, thankfully, but there was a tube strike which made getting out to Wembley fun. Think we started walking after arriving early by train then got chatting to some England fans in a pub en-route and they gave us a lift with them in a van to another pub somewhere near the ground for more beers. Good lads. Contrary to popular belief, not everyone was a heathen in those days.