Scotland 78: A Love Story

In 1978, Scotland had a team of brilliant footballers and mercurial manager in Ally MacLeod. Featuring rare archive footage, this is the story of when a nation dared to dream.
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[@shahrul1962]

I am from Malaysia, and I was just 15 during the 1978 World Cup. I saw the Archie Gemmill goal live on TV. It was night time in Malaysia. To this day, I felt it was the most mesmerising goal ever scored in a World Cup (beats Maradona's 2nd goal against England).....and after this video clip, the most romantic goal ever scored by a player for his national team. I was rooting for Scotland to beat Holland then. I remembered that goal to this day. RIP Ally McLeod.

[@incognitod8444]

thank you for your nice words. My Dad is Scottish and he travelled to Malaysia many times and always had positive things to say about your country when he returned.

[@shahrul1962]

@@incognitod8444 i love Scotland. And i hope I will visit Scotland one day. One of the most beautiful land in the world.

[@mohdazmi10]

​@@shahrul1962imagine Scotland v Malaysia at Hampden. The tartan army will have a first sight watching the Ultra Malaya fans.

[@bobtetstall2681]

Wee 10 year old boy in the summer of 78 watching the matches on telly with his Dad, happy memories. Miss you Dad x

[@tomasmraz7585]

I am from Slovakia and I love this movie and story. If I can give 1000 likes, I would.

[@carlh429]

Roxanna at the end of the programme...what an amazing Scottish Argentinian hybrid accent she has!

[@drj8498]

A brilliant documentary; so well made. AC/DC in Scotland shirts at 15:17...that's a bonus.

[@julietas9513]

I'm from Cordoba and 20 years old, so just learning all about this now, it's fantastic. What was said about romanticizing and the magic around historic moments like these, it's absolutely true and very latin american haha. The passion expressed to our teams is what unites us as a country and what makes this competitions so wonderful. Regards from Argentina.

[@seandoran2209]

Greetings from County Kildare Ireland. I loved this documentary.Thank you ☘🇮🇪

[@davidsanchezvasquez]

Regards from a Peruvian. I have been in Scotland and it's a beautiful country!

[@marcelov4781]

Well i'm from Argentina, and my father (from Cordoba) used to told me about the "social meetings" of the scottish fans at the Sorocabana bar. He said that everybody in the city loved you and they became a sort of legend. Of course you have a Scotland fan here in Argentina.

[@wonjubhoy]

Well at least roxanna can tell fraser what it was like to support the 1978 world champions! Fraser at least got to marry a pretty argentinian girl who bore him 2 sons. He said that was better than winning the world cup on another tv show.

[@stephenreeds3672]

Try being English in Glasgow, mate. You'll find out how lovely they are.

[@thevillaaston7811]

@@wonjubhoy Its present time on Christmas Day in Roxanna and Frazer's house. One boy, to his delight, gets an Argentina Football Kit. Imagine the look on the other son's face, when the poor little sod opens up his present to find a Scotland kit inside.

Brilliant. Growing up, I always had a thing for this Scotland team. All the fuss and the afterwards failure were magical ingredients. Glad to see the story so very well told.

[@daveeaston453]

Roxanna! What a beautiful story and ending. Something that you’d write, but it really happened!

[@TheMongex]

Love this... it´s was quite emotional to see those old clips from placse I know too well.. I wasn´t even born yet... I was in 1980, but the stories and rememberance of them still remanins today: the supposed heavy drinking, the partying.. The hotel itself was and still is a classic. Was open in the early years fo the past century, meant for holidays for the people of great cities. It´s was then in a derelict state until it was promply refurbish for the world cup. And the training facilities were and still are kind of pitty. They belong to a football club of quite limited resources, founded actually because of the trains station nearby, owned by a british company. Anyway, great doc. Cheers to you all Scots, from Córdoba!.

[@carlossuarez8793]

WC 1978 was a tragedy for both Scotland and Peru. You lost a "dream"..... but we lost our honor. Beautiful video. 🇵🇪

[@aidanlynn]

49:30 The editing and music with that goal is honestly one of the greatest things I’ve ever seen. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@alfiejeeves4288]

Do you know the name of the music for that goal

[@allylang6051]

@@alfiejeeves4288 where the boats go by m83

[@That_Random_Bloke]

I’m not a Scotland supporter but this is a really rather moving documentary. And Fraser married Roxanna! So come on, it had a happy ending!

[@edwardelliott5549]

What a team on paper

[@WDH59510]

There was another Scottish lad - Jim from Leslie in Fife - who met a girl called Susana in Argentina and featured in the papers. I wonder what happened to them ?

[@edmund184]

if he'd married a woman from Carlisle would it have been a sad ending?

[@That_Random_Bloke]

@@edmund184It would certainly have been a tragic beginning.

[@Jack_B_guin_87]

Really enjoyed that. Great watch. Probably scotlands best kit and goal at a world cup. Pity about the rest

[@vantheman1238]

It’s worth watching this film for the happy couple and seeing Roxanne walk into the kitchen.

[@colinjennings3661]

She is a absolutely gorgeous.

[@nicholasmunden4721]

Brilliant Documentary, cracking World Cup 1978 ,great ending as well.

[@Ruda-n4h]

Love Willie Johnston.

[@jlove7723]

I am Peruvian and I guess I never understood the magnitude of team Scotland making the Argentina world cup. I was 17 at the time and I guess I was too busy worrying about how my team was going to perform. Peru did win the match against Scotland and we had a good run until the catastrophic game against the host Argentina which has shamed our whole country to this day. Greetings friends!

[@blade0954]

greetings friend from Scotland,do you think the Argentina result was a fix?,you played well to beat us,kind regards

[@jlove7723]

@@blade0954 Yes I do believe it was fixed. That is definitely the darkest sport moment in our history. there a lot more questions than answers. This was cooked up at the high levels of both governments: the Argentinian military Junta and the Peruvian government. so shameful. Greetings!

[@davidgammie1310]

As a devoted Scotland fan I do believe we had the better team and should have won that match.Unfortunatley our beloved Ally McLeod(were on the march with Ally's Army😁)had not done his homework properly. He only realised his mistakes when he fielded a more tactical squad against the World Cup Finalists Holland who we beat fair and square but unfortunately wasn't enough😢 Scotland were a world class squad then despite the results.....

[@thevillaaston7811]

@@davidgammie1310 'we had the better team and should have won that match.' You must be out of mind.

[@davidgammie1310]

@@thevillaaston7811 And it's obviously you haven't a clue about the squad of players we had then. Away and study the football scene back then you idiot. You have not got a clue pal...

[@robbryant52]

I am a Welsh man and this was a excellent documentary really enjoyed thank you

[@rabbieburns2501]

Thanks for posting this.

[@robertturnbull4976]

Thanks for sharing, fantastic program

[@paulgray7014]

As a Leeds fan owe a great debt to the Scots. the 1974 world cup team was half of our championship winning team in 73/74. i always thought 74 side were better than 78. Quite amusing they thought they could win it on South American soil though not a chance in hell.

[@jimstrachan2773]

People talk about the 78 debacle , getting beat by The South American Champions , a daw ,then playing the eventual World Cup Runners Up’s off the park , oh what we would give for a World Cup like that these days.

[@pato2200]

Roxanna, the star of the documentary. Congrats, fraser mate, you won a better prize than the World Cup.

[@dessiemckenzie5857]

Great Film. Everything seemed to be going well until that team bus broke down ....

[@dessiemckenzie5857]

The goals that Cubilas scored against Scotland were exquisite - but Archies goal was different gravy again 👍

[@SuperForest78]

I'm English that wc was my first age 7....remember it well ...Great documentary

[@forthrightgambitia1032]

Anyone notice how much more predominant the Royal Banner of Scotland was then compared to the St Andrew's Saltire. England fans used to wave the Union Flag a lot back then too instead of the St. George's cross. The iconography has changed quite a bit.

[@mahmoodzaman4766]

I missed a lot Scotland squad since i follow them back in 1978 WC...Alan Hansen,Souness,Jordan,Buchan,Macari Jordan,Daglish,Gemill just to name a few...they'll are legends in Scotland football history.

[@thevillaaston7811]

'they'll are legends in Scotland football history.' How so? Their Scotland teams did not do anything. Ah,ah,ah... Before you type it... The same applies to Keegan, Brooking, Hoddle, Francis, Channon, Watson, Wikins, Neal, and so on. Legends win things or get in finals. When will WE British ever learn?..

[@michaelmuldowney8]

Fascinating documentary. Scotland had a decent bunch of players but Manager was way way out of his depth and entire organisation of trip was shambolic - no officials assigned to watch opponents play and shit holes for hotel and training facilities. Poor Willie Johnson was made the scapegoat which was very unfair.

[@thevillaaston7811]

The statistics of 1978 for Scotland are not that bad. A win, a loss and and a draw. In a group that contained two sides (Holland and Peru) that could easily have won the trophy. The problem was the hype created by Ally MacLeod... And players like Rough, Kennedy, Forsyth, Masson, Harper and Johnston etc. With England not there we had to take all the lip from the Scots - and then laugh all the more as it fell apart.

[@WDH59510]

At worst Willie Johnston was guilty of naivety.

[@Ruda-n4h]

McLeod mistook Cubillas for Johnny Nash and said Scotland were going to give Peru 'a hammer'. Ok I'm joking about the first but not the second.

[@Ruda-n4h]

@@thevillaaston7811 Peru, not a chance of winning the trophy as their second round displays showed.

[@thevillaaston7811]

@@Ruda-n4h Judged by that statistic, Scotland's performance in Agentina is even more dismal. Which one do you want?

[@mariaconcepciongonzalezcab6178]

This really made me sad

[@nomercy2968]

Poor Ally MacLeod (R.I.P.), I am sure Cubillas was his 40-year nightmare. They obviously failed doing their diligent homework. In 1975 Peru had just won the Copa America where Cubillas was proclaimed best player of the tournament.

[@thevillaaston7811]

'Cubillas was his 40-year nightmare' Also Rep and that Iranian wide man.

[@stephenreeds3672]

Beating Eng was enough.

[@nickreid9460]

good moving informative documentary about a. macleods marching army on a mission. had the feeling of a operatic tragedy. scotland as with most world cups coming up just one goal short of great heroics. still at least one scottish fan got something out of the world cup.by falling in love with a certain argentine barmaid.lol

[@tonysoprano2912]

Brilliant film 👌when football was football & Scotland had loads of great players

[@thevillaaston7811]

'Scotland had loads of great players' ROTFL

[@dessiemckenzie5857]

@@thevillaaston7811 cause England cannae dae it cos they didnae qualify .....

[@thevillaaston7811]

@@dessiemckenzie5857 Don't think for one moment that England not qualifying for Argentina in any way affected the derisive laughter rightly aimed at Scotland's Argentina debacle.

[@Jack_B_guin_87]

A villa fan taking the piss out of scottish players when 5 of their European Cup winning sides players in 1982 were Scottish. 4 from fife

[@tonysoprano2912]

@@Jack_B_guin_87 it's a fact every decent English team during the 70s & 80s were rammed with great scottish players only wish it was still the case today ❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@rmgaspar49]

Brilliant. Great film making, and what a story. I'm still supporting the Scottish Nayional Teams here in Brazil. Best fans, best kits, best stories, Come on Scotland! I wonder if the players had nothing to say about 1978 right after the World Cup. Some of the Johnston interviews should have gone bin other directions.

[@camdoune6020]

Love watching this. I know how good we were - and to this day honestly believe we had a team capable of winning it. The team was made even better when Souness was selected for the last game against the Dutch. We outclassed and beat the team who were unlucky not to win the final against a home nation.

[@stephenreeds3632]

When are you going to realise that you were shite against Peru and embarrassing against Iran. You couldn't even score against Iran.

[@BillyBronco73]

We're on the road with Ally's army. We're going to the Argentine, and we'll really shake 'em up when we win the world cup, coz Scotland are the greatest football team.

[@fozler1966]

Great documentary

[@seltaeb9691]

Ally got carried away a bit. Rmbr the British Leyland? or another terrible car advert the team did. A great side that didn't perform until THAT match. LET'S GO ARCHIE! Boy he must love that goal, George Best was jealous..

[@WDH59510]

I always hated that song. Sung with all the panache of the average Glasgow pub drunk.

[@stephenreeds3672]

10,000 cheered them off. A handful welcomed them back. That's how loyal the fans were.

[@carloscarrion7419]

Excelente historia, soy peruano y me admira lo que hicieron los hinchas escoceses para ver a su selección.

[@qasion]

I remember this match , I was in Syria, I was hoping Scotland would win,,it was so close. Thank you for the memories.

[@stephenmacdonald76]

Brilliant and people forget how good that team was

[@thevillaaston7811]

Yea, brilliant - they really stuck it up Peru and Iran.

[@nicknack3648]

stephen macdonald Scotland had some excellent players in that team and there was only 16 teams in the world cup back then so getting to the world cup was an achievement in it's own, but played poorly against Peru and Iran, Holland only qualified because of goal difference, they changed the rules soon after that as well, Scotland would have qualified now because they beat Holland in the group stage

[@thevillaaston7811]

@@nicknack3648 To get to the World Cup finals in 1978 Scotland kicked Czechoslovakia up in the air at Hampden Park and needed a hand of god moment against Wales to qualify. As soon as the Dutch sensed a hint of danger in the group match against Scotland they stepped up a gear and killed the game with Rep's goal two minutes after Gemmell had scored Scotland's third.

[@bendylives]

TheVilla Aston Don’t recall England being there!

[@thevillaaston7811]

@@bendylives A good job too. I would not want to get there on a hand of god moment. Believe this or not, but many England supporters, me among them, smiled at the McLeod hype, noted the gratuitous swipes at England but were prepared to cheer on Scotland... ...but when it all unravelled - about the time of the first Peru attack we rembembered all that had gone on - and laughed. And laughed and laughed. And there was still Johnston and Iran to come. A veritable feast. If McLeod had kept his mouth shut and done some proper preparation. If that song had not been recorded, that victory rally at Hampden Park had not taken place... ...then the Scots could have gone there, taken their medicine and come home with their dignity intact. The number of Scots on here who are in denial about Argentina 78 is close to staggering.

[@RJ-ss7em]

Loved this. So poignant.

[@veggieafterfifty6395]

In Teesside we got our parents to buy Scotland shirts from Woolcos and thought nowt wrong wiv cheering on Scotland. Maybe its cos every Sunday we got the Post. Broons and Oor Willie were the norm.

[@Giantdaz72]

Aww Oor Wullie I lived in Dublin then and my neighbours relatives were from Scotland and we just to read the annuals he was my hero 😂😂

[@alejosale260]

recuerdo con mis 10 años la seleccion de escocia..brillantes...

[@LouisL1963]

My eldest brother knew one of the Scotland fans who were singing "we want our money back" as McLeod walked down the tunnel. Maxed out his credit card to go our there...

[@toma1610]

Peru team sequences nice footage.

[@toma1610]

29:42 Esas imágenes de la selección son inéditas. Jamás las había visto.

[@davidgammie1310]

What this fab documentary has forgotten to include is the fact that Ally McLeod and Ernie Walker(SFA Secretary)actually flew out to Argentina after they knew who we were facing in the finals.They chose the place and Hotel in Alta Gracia. They must have been pissed or totally out of their heads on drugs judging by the looks of this place our World Cup Stars were staying in?

[@thevillaaston7811]

What 'World Cup Stars' ?

[@Azad_2024_]

That's staggering. It was getting refurbed so I'm thinking they were promised it would all be ready by the world Cup maybe? Otherwise that's got to be the stupidest decision ever made by a scotland manager and the sfa...and there's serious competition... One look at that training ground an an "airpool" and you'd be like right lads get back to the travel agents...

[@garyrandall8217]

Excellent ⚽️

[@aalkhalaf1]

Entertaining documentary. This Scottish team was probably one of the best Scotland had. The problem was the manager.. Ally McLeod was patriotic but not really the manager that can mange a team with stars like that Scottish team in the World Cup. He was not up to the task tactically and psychologically, beside the fact that he and his staff did not do a homework to understand the opponents and how they play, plus what are their strength and weaknesses.

[@thevillaaston7811]

'This Scottish team was probably one of the best Scotland had.' You might be right. ROTFL

[@MultiMcginty]

I remember it well. 'We'll win a medal'. Insane over confidence that came crashing back to reality.

[@thevillaaston7811]

My favourite was Ally Macleod saying to Brian Moore that he had a sneaking feeling that Alan Rough was going to be the goalkeeper of the tournament.

[@smithofsmiths1872]

@@thevillaaston7811 I don't think even Alan Rough would have dreamt that one.

[@thevillaaston7811]

@@smithofsmiths1872 Macleod did. That said, was Rough at fault for any of the goals? Its perhaps more the case that he was not able to lend a hand like Jennings or Shilton could have done.

[@ludojonsen]

@@thevillaaston7811 now England have replaced Scotland hahahaha

[@thevillaaston7811]

@@ludojonsen I think not.

[@iamtnarea1503]

With the quality of some of the players in that team, it was not so crazy to think that team could have made it to the final at least.

[@thevillaaston7811]

The idea that Scotland could have got to the World Cup Final in 1978 is absurd.

[@smithofsmiths1872]

"Cometh the hour, cometh the man, and goeth ye back again to Ayr United."

[@thevillaaston7811]

Smith of Smith It seems that Jock Stein warned the SFA about Macleod when Ally was appointed to the job. There was not much sympathy for Scotland in Enland in 1978. Due to the the way that Macleod had given it the big one - and that song. 40 years later...for me attitudes have changed a little.

[@mjb4983]

Brilliant..yet sad

[@DannyBoi2112]

Best scotland team

[@thevillaaston7811]

You might be right. ROTFL

[@Ruda-n4h]

@Peter S Not if you've ever read the official FIFA report on the finals

[@cclewes7373]

Great Scottish team

[@rmvl2000]

Who is that guy at 1:08 ???? Is it Rod Stewart? Nice kit the scottish one…. I have quite a few scottish friends, they are a good bunch. Greetings from a Peruvian living in Australia

[@WDH59510]

It was a perfect storm of poor forward planning, naivety and an insane belief that somehow we could win a World Cup. The Scottish psyche has usually been to avoid all tendency to be a 'blawhard' and 1978 was an aberration in that respect. Thankfully we have learned a few lessons since then (and yes I was in the crowd at Hampden to see them off). I remember the headline in one of the English Sunday papers after the Peru game; "ALLY McDUFF !". I must be one of the few Scots never to have seen the Iran game live. We were on holiday in Spain and Spanish TV wasn't showing the match and this was long before Brit-friendly bars in Spain started showing football. So the next day in Barcelona I bought a local paper and there was the score: 'Escocia 1 Irán 1'. And I was like 'WTF ?!' BTW the Sorocabana bar in Cordoba was still there in 2021 !

[@Ruda-n4h]

It was the worst performance I've ever seen from a British team.

[@thevillaaston7811]

I have done with all the laughing years ago. A genuine question...did you pay to go into the Hampden Park send off?

[@WDH59510]

@@thevillaaston7811 Er yes I did. My excuse is that I was 17.

[@darren2514fv]

In the qualifiers for 1978 Scotland's group rivals Wales and Czechoslovakia had qualified for the final stages of the 1976 European Championships whereas Scotland failed to qualify and the latter won the tournament and Scotland qualified by beating both Wales and Czechoslovakia and Peru won the 1975 Copa America and Iran had won the Asian Games Football tournament in 1974 and the Asian Cup in 1976 managed by Frank O'Farrell but he left before the 1978 World Cup Qualifying campaign and replaced by a Iranian who led them to the World Cup

[@Wrathchild171]

Can anyone tell me what the song is at 48.36? Thanks in advance. Xx

[@alanfoley79]

Heartbeats Jose Gonzalez

[@nikolatesla7983]

Great footage and doc . Minus point is that they should have dubbed in english....

[@andisadler2897]

Good doc, remember it well. We was always on holiday for 78 and 82 world cups at Butlins lol. Minehead 78 and Skegness 82. To say Scotland 78 was british isles best ever squad though is abit much. Then England 1990 team far far superior.

[@thevillaaston7811]

'To say Scotland 78 was british isles best ever squad though is abit much.' More han a bit much. Even the Scotland squads of 74 and 82 were stronger han their 78 squad.

[@andisadler2897]

@@thevillaaston7811 I totally agree Villian

[@harnitb]

I remember my dad letting me and my brother stay up to watch Scotland v peru. Whe Joe J scored i thought Scotland would win the world cup

[@davidfearby9200]

It was a very well made documentary basically after Scotland qualified for the World Cup (the only side in the UK to do so and was a remarkable achievement ) things got overhyped and expectations ballooned. It was arguably the strongest team Scotlands national side had in a long time. But we’re a bit unlucky not proceed to the Quarterfinals usually a win a draw is normally enough. The England fans gave the Scot’s a lot of stick after the World Cup and Julie Covingtons song don’t cry for me Argentina reached number 1 I think doing laps of honour before a ball was kicked was way OTT perhaps it was due to this that fate took a nasty turn But there was one thing the England fans can’t take away from the Scots and it’s this: Scotland qualified for the 78 World Cup and England did not

[@thevillaaston7811]

'The England fans gave the Scot’s a lot of stick after the World Cup' Yes... they deserved it. The Scots did not stop at celebrating Scotland going to the World Cup, they stuck two fingers up to England on the way there. 'and Julie Covingtons song don’t cry for me Argentina reached number 1' No... Julie Covingtons song don’t cry for me Argentina reached number 1 in the Winter of 1976-77, not in the wake of Scotland's humiliation in June 1978.

[@MrTotalluck]

At 2:19 felt so dissapointed of my fellow men. When the chick Asks this mate if he'd Buy one of these AND he answers NO. Whats wrong with you, Man? He shoulda said I'll Buy BOTH, Honey.

[@andrescaiindependiente965]

Hola buenas noches,desde Argentina les escribo,una consulta,el documental no está traducido al castellano???gracias!!!!

[@2msvalkyrie529]

De acuerdo ! ( any chance it could be dubbed into English too ? )

[@philipcurnow7990]

Would love to know how the fans actually got back to Scotland. Did anyone stay?

[@thevillaaston7811]

Do any of the admit to being there?

[@albertaexile]

@@thevillaaston7811 At the Scotland game v Germany in Mexico 1986 I met a guy who went to Argentina he said "ave no been hame yet".He met a mexican girl and was a bank loans officer in Guadalajara

[@johnparke5880]

God its great tae be a scoat.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Or " scroat " in your case.!

[@johnparke5880]

@@2msvalkyrie529 Deery me.

[@mjb4983]

God that is sad....truth

[@fozler1966]

Heĺlo from England x

[@ShaunFrere1]

Home before the postcards sent back from Argentina by the fans.

[@Chris_34]

😂😂😂😂

[@richardsharpe2966]

Good to see King Dennis Law

[@johnboylan3591]

Where ?

[@jamesvickers5998]

@@johnboylan3591 he's in the pub with Willie mcilvenny

[@aidankeohane3370]

Lol Craig Ferguson once said that if the independence referendum had been held when Scotland qualified for the World Cup but England didn’t, the UK would’ve been dissolved immediately. Had Scotland won that year, who knows what would’ve happened?

[@thevillaaston7811]

What possible chance did that Sunday morning pub side have on winning the World Cup?

[@aidankeohane3370]

TheVilla Aston They has almost no chance, but that’s not what Ally MacLeod believed

[@aidankeohane3370]

@@thevillaaston7811 one in a million. But as Lloyd Christmas once said “so you’re saying there’s a chance!”

[@johnscone9382]

Surprised not more Scottish players were sent home from Argentina, allegedly two or three took the medicine, but wee Willie carried the can and fell on his sword. Disgraceful behavior from the SFA and British media, especially Trevor McDonald who bust in a packed room and told Willie he had failed his test. A dangerous combination of media spite, naivety and arrogance on this tournament for Scotland.

[@thevillaaston7811]

As I recall, Trevor McDonald bust in a packed room and asked Willie Johnston to comment on his failed drug test - which Johnston already knew about.

[@robbiethepict2783]

The players gave up after the world cup in 74. Everyone else got carried away, and the London based media love to kick a man and a nation when they're down.

[@stephenreeds3632]

"England cannae do it coz they didnae qualify". That's kicking when they're down. Scotland brought it on themselves.

[@robbiethepict2783]

England had already won the World Cup so the standards were set there long ago pal.

[@stephenreeds3632]

Love the guy...he looks about 14....telling us that Scotland will win the World Cup because he's a newly married man. Was that his wife with no eyebrows...she looks about 12....following him?

[@Justdisco2]

Ally had a genuine belief that he had a squad that could win the World Cup and the players and people’s believed that too. Absolutely love this documentary.

[@thevillaaston7811]

Delusion more like.

[@Chris_34]

To be fair Scotland had some truly world class players in the late 1970's.

[@thevillaaston7811]

@@Chris_34 The Scots were deluding themselves. Just as some people in England deluded themselves the Kevin Keegan was a world star.

[@Chris_34]

@@thevillaaston7811 Bit before my time but from everything I've seen Keegan was a World class star in the late 1970's.

[@thevillaaston7811]

@@Chris_34 Not really. He was not bad, in world terms he was a second echelon player.

[@praveenliverpool]

Such a shame that Scotland team didn't go further in the tournament with the whole country behind them and with a well balanced team

[@stephenreeds3632]

Apparently not.

[@lucassalas9404]

I need to find the story of the players remembering that some people in Alta Gracia gave them the welcome with a flag with the wrong colours. White with a blue cross. That was a honest mistake by my grandmother, Long before google where invented.

[@MegaDeansy]

'Politics in Scotland in the 70's were very confusing !' - yer arse - we ALL hated Thatcher !. As for Ally MaCleod - RIP a true, proud - and most importantly - happy Scot - many, many thanks for the memories !

[@palacerevolution2000]

Not Scottish, but just a great, great documentary. I was moved. I;m sure living in it was like every other year, but I got to say: no net, woke, phones. Just get on a boat and go to Argentina... I saw two other docs from WC in 82 and 90. And even in those years, the game was way more adventurous and wild. You did not have defenses moving in one parallel line, immediately creating the offside-trap, and thereby slowing down a game.

[@jeremypearson6852]

Only one problem, facing Peru in the first game!

[@mjb4983]

Scotland the Brave

[@paulburns1333]

There's nothing wrong with trying to instil confidence in the team. Not many people spoke out negatively about things beforehand, hindsight is easy. I don't think the team or players were as good as some people are still trying to make out. Felt sorry for Willie Johnston, made a scapegoat for the equivalent of a pro plus tablet out the chemist. No drug on earth can make you a better player or we'd all be on them. What a shit hole the hotel was, looked like the one from the Inbetweeners film, good old SFA ay.

[@stephenreeds3672]

I agree about Johnston, that was dreadful for him. With any organisation that should never have happened.

[@thevillaaston7811]

What was Willie Johnston, made a scapegoat for?

[@Azad_2024_]

Scotland have deffo been cursed by fifa back in 1920... Too much bad luck now for it not to be black magic tbh...

[@juliogalvan2832]

1:07 10:37 16:22 16:42 34:08 Doping 43:12 44:17 45:29 55:23 55:34 57:22 A Couple 57:52

[@Azad_2024_]

27:36 So ally macleod claimed he would prepare the team to perfection and not study their opponents? Prepare the team to oerfe toon in that absolute dump the sfa booked?🤔 It's maddening how absolutely incompetent the sfa are and always have been lmao... Moreover I'm absolutely convinced the Scottish and English national teams were cursed by the fifa secretary cornelis hirschmann for quitting and setting up the potential rival board ifab... I mean just watching this horror story confirms a curse is present imo. That god awful training camp...johnstins failed drugs test for a hay-fever medication..ffs this latest tournament we had SIX key players out injured. The last tournament Billy gilmour caught covid ffs before the final game. Its patently obvious some kind of dark witchcraft is at play here. I highly suggest before we even bother trying to qualify for another major tournament we do all we can to lift whatever curse was placed on us. At this point you couldn't actually make up the amount of bad luck scotland have at each and every major tournament.

[@lesliehenson7777]

Was that Lou Macari or John Rambo talking about being payed buttons

[@MrDonaldTrain]

Lou Macari

[@Cameo718.]

Coincidentally I always thought Kenny Burns looked like a Young Hulk Hogan

[@gustavoposada617]

👍

[@matthewsmith-rm6qc]

They went to a football tournament, not the effin crusades.

[@davidsanchezvasquez]

29:56 Peru vs Scotland

[@adamdean988]

How Scotland did not win this world cup is beyond me

[@matthewcoombs3282]

They had a great squad, but a poor manager who only started to pick his best side against the final group game against Holland. They were good but not in the same league as Holland, Italy, Brazil or Argentina. They were a bit hyped to be honest.

[@thevillaaston7811]

@@matthewcoombs3282 a bit?

[@andrewjoyce9038]

Because they were shit

[@TheMongex]

Yes, they didn´t get to the second round, yes they didn´t score that needly goal... But, lets point out a not lesser important fact, an quite siginficant one: they beat Holland... 3:2; the runner up of 74, and later, 78. Hat off!

[@Paul-sz1no]

The greatest national deception since 1930’s Germany!! Absolutely hilarious!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@edmund184]

10:48 not Motherwell then?

[@edmund184]

45:10 always blame the manager. Straight away, always the guy in charge. There's 11 men on that pitch and they've been playing football since childhood. Why isn't it their fault?

[@PeruvianPotato]

​@@edmund184 Well when you say that you're going to win the World Cup while also underestimating your opponents, prepare to be blamed for your losses

[@stephenreeds3672]

Iran? Don't make me laugh? Well it made me laugh.

[@aidenswords5809]

A shock result, scotland beaten in a south american country by the 3rd best team in south america?

[@matthewcoombs3282]

Exactly the media in the UK were so blinkered they forgot that Scotland had to play at least two tough teams in Peru and Holland. Hubris.

[@mjb4983]

Iran ruined a dream

[@paddydamien8437]

Hopefully Ally forgave himself for the Iran disaster, as disappointing as it was beating the Dutch after was the stuff of Scottish legend. Rest Easy, son.

[@stephenreeds3672]

McLeod was a joke. Thought all they had to do was turn up. Humbled by Peru and Iran.

[@aidanalexander9872]

You are wrong . He was a manager in the mould of "we are better than them, just go out and beat them "

[@stephenreeds3672]

@@aidanalexander9872But they didnt. To him beating Eng was the be all and end all. He didnt prepare just assumed they'd win. With the players they had they should have done much better. It was down to him purely. Very sad but almost inevitable. RIP.

[@thevillaaston7811]

@@stephenreeds3672 It seems that Jock Stein tried to warn the SFA about McLeod.

[@blade0954]

@@thevillaaston7811 he said that the world cup was being played on the other side of the world,a gentle hint

[@johnboylan3591]

Not as big a joke as the English manager who didn't even qualify

[@thevillaaston7811]

Scotland were robbed.