England 1-2 Scotland (1977)

A match unfortunately often remembered for the post-match scenes in which the Wembley goalposts are broken sees Scotland claim a deserved 2-1 win at Wembley in the Home International Championship in June 1977. Gordon McQueen and Kenny Dalglish score for Scotland before Mick Channon nets a late consolation from the spot for England, as the visitors end a run of four successive Wembley losses. The match marks the final home match in charge for England boss Don Revie, who soon quits to take up a role in the Middle East. Contains the post-match views of pundits Jock Stein, Tommy Docherty and Alan Mullery with Jimmy Hill.

[@rabbieburns2501]

Just came here after reading about Gordon McQueen's dementia diagnosis. A Scottish footballing legend & this goal in particular will never be forgotten.

[@rabbieburns2501]

just made a GIF of this goal .. actually thought i did already. Anyway, it'll be on Fb & twitter in a few hours

[@eddyvideostar]

Deaaar Rabbie: Gordon was a lovely player.

[@jaggy-snake]

RIP big man.

[@jatojo]

The commentator does exactly what is right when goals are scored: Lets us hear the crowd cheering. Instead of speaking right away so that we as viewers don't feel the atmosphere in the stadium. Many of today's commentators could learn from that.

[@bobbygillespie7687]

From the late 1950s BBC Scotland was guilty of cutting in and ruined the atmosphere with a sound drop along with the commentary team sounding like they had a heavy cold with a clothes peg on their nose. My father and I loved Kenneth Wolstenholme. The typical scene we were enjoying the full atmosphere with BBC England just as the teams are appearing SSSHOOOOCLICKNOCKKNOCKCLACK. Muffle Snuffle.¹ When STV covered a game they missed the teams coming out and the K .O. In recent years TV and radio coverage is a collection of experts of clichés who say all that can be said about a game repeatedly. All I want is for silence from the commentary team and the studio Before the teams appear until K .O . Another annoyance are the Teams selection accross the screen. Years ago it was down the side of the screen or transparent both with just the right amount of time to see , hear and absorb. Ps I have gone off most of football; In recent years. A lot of the athletes in most sports are puffed up with pride and lack humility Rant; A Grumpy Auld man.

[@lndnflms484]

It gets worse with every tournament. The last World Cup was nearly ruined by the commentators.

[@grahamd4764]

Used to go into London after England v Scotland games and there was no violence. Just good banter with the Scots telling us English how overated we were ...and still are!

[@zennor_man]

I drove past Euston Station that night & bottles were bouncing across the road & I got lucky....still Scotland beat that shower..result!

[@TheWelwyn21]

Behave it was carnage the scots were fighting every bastard. I got threatened at blackfriars by 5 Pisded up jocks asking the way to Wembley, I gave them the wrong directions and ran like fuck

[@eddyvideostar]

@@zennor_man: Euston, We have a problem.

[@charliemedson6534]

The good old days when there was a always a cracking atmosphere at Wembley for internationals, unlike the library it is nowadays.

[@eddyvideostar]

To Charlie Medson: Classic comment. Well worded.

[@AboAyedh2020]

Kenny dalglish, a star from the very beginning

[@rmkw4291]

"The scene so typically Scottish" I love that line.

[@richardfraser4303]

euro ninety six. absolute frikkin hell. overkill or what? thank God for the Germans again..........

[@34hedgehog]

You takin' the piss, pal...?

[@chrisfallon9678]

What moronic cretins !!!

[@starofdavid9919]

These days there would be an outcry at that remark.

[@lewisgreen1633]

Scotland had some great players back then ..

[@transparent6748]

And ended like a Bay City Rollers concert lol.....thanks for upload 🙌⚽️

[@thebadloser]

I was at this game - one of the best days of my life. I was 14 and my dad considered me old enough to take along for the first time. Sunny London was a sea of tartan that day and we were stood behind the goal where King Kenny scored what turned out to be the winner and I remember being scared that the whole stand was gonna come down when Scotland scored - it was literally rocking underfoot! Outside after the game people were walking round with huge squares of Wembley turf on their heads and one guy ripped us off a big chunk and gave it to my dad who left it on the Tube! The next morning he cut a square of turf from our front lawn, painted a white spot on it and took it to the pub and told all his English mates that it was the penalty spot near from which Kenny knocked in the winner! They were raging! England Scotland was life and death in those days. Still is really....

[@thevillaaston7811]

It was life and death for the scots.

[@grahamhill9499]

+TheVilla Aston some passion though , thats why your shite no passion from the stands

[@thevillaaston7811]

@@grahamhill9499 I would not swap with Scotland. I like international tournaments too much.

[@grahamhill9499]

+TheVilla Aston ach your probarly right ,the only thing is england give you plenty of grief as well

[@thevillaaston7811]

@@grahamhill9499 Yep. As we will find out again tonight.

[@peterboyle4798]

I am originally from Wembley and used to bunk into games as a kid (scallywags). My friend (13yrs) and me (11yr) at the time went to this game carrying St George Cross flags through the drunken Scottish crowd. They cheered us on, offered us whiskey and thanked us for coming, Edwards army stayed at home, that day. The Scots were drunk as Lords but we'll natured, they were tying scarves together and scaling the walls of Wembley like a castle seige😂. I am in Scotland now (holidays) and love the banter, I hope the union doesn't break up like the goalposts at Wembley.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Yes. There was no hatred. Scotland fans were scary but harmless. Times that will never return ...and what players on both sides!

[@cormofito1738]

What an unbelievable Scottish line up..Beautiful team

[@mizofan]

Very good team whereas England's was not among their strongest and they lost at Wembley 1-0 to a good Wales team (which had reached Euro 1/4 finals the previous year). A pity the Scottish conveyor belt of talent has long dried up and a pity the home championship was stopped- there was a lot of passion involved

[@Cruithneach]

Sorry Motty you should have said "their first victory over the old enemy AT WEMBLEY since 1967" as Scotland won in 1974 and 1976 at Hampden

[@JWW-bj1sp]

This is what could’ve been if Armstrong booted it up the field

[@jaggy-snake]

RIP Gordon. Thanks for this memory. One of my greatest

[@StewartNicolasBILLYCONNOLLY]

Just listen to the Crowd when Scotland scores, this was at WEM BER LEY! Never bettered! Alba Go Brach

[@StewartNicolasBILLYCONNOLLY]

Nice, do you earn a living from it? I'd love to hear it, have you got anything on youtube? Happy New Year :-)

[@neilrobertson3554]

Stewart Nicol as BILLY CONNOLLY 80,000 scots there

[@5GCHEMTRAILVACCINESFORBATS]

***** We were there to treat England like a toilet, because it is. Just like Bruce done all those years ago when you nonces were forced to concede the war of independence. Pretty good eh

[@5GCHEMTRAILVACCINESFORBATS]

Adam Zapple England rules fuck all, but nice of you to use some Scottish vernacular in brass neck. 45% of us voted yes, try talk sense to the British nationalists in Scotland and tell them they were wrong to vote no and they'd give you a mouthful of abuse about how proud they are to be British and a bunch of Rule Britannia shite. England doesn't even rule itself and hasn't done since 1707. England would have ruled Scotland if it managed to annex it like Wales and Ireland, but it never. Hence the Acts of Union being about the unification of the Scottish and English kingdoms under one monarchy and government. Maybe one day England will have it's independence, too, just like Scotland.

[@Turtytreeandaturd]

+Pube Even if Labour won every seat in Scotland, the Tories would have still been elected. This is one of the reasons why many want Independence..

[@alfiekelly5914]

RIP Big man. I'm so sad to hear of the passing of Gordon.

[@design7054]

Almost like a home game for Scotland.

[@Roscoe.P.Coldchain]

That was one of my early football memories looking at the t.v and seeing tartan and yellow everywhere and the crossbar scene will stick with me forever haha..🇬🇧🇬🇧Please covid we have this yearly ritual back , brilliant

[@Roscoe.P.Coldchain]

This is one of my first vivid memories of the then yearly games between us both, they should bring this back it was magical 🙏🏼

[@sevenscz]

What a beautiful jersey this one that the Scotish team is wearing.

[@delboy5149]

please tell me if im wrong but has this happened at any other international ground ?

[@peakyblinder8244]

Looks like the Bay City Rollers fan club on a day out.

[@SuperTed19021]

That build-up play for the second Scottish goal *really was* masterclass!

[@gmaccruyff55]

Scotland hold the World record for away fans at this game(80,000)

[@mizofan]

I remember the game well, and being Welsh was delighted. Wales v England rugby match at Wembley in 99 involved a very passionate Welsh crowd too- and that was another fine day for Scottish sport as Wales's dramatic win gave Scotland the championship

[@paulwilson5940]

And the rest there was thousands locked outside as well.

[@halcyon289]

Welsh as well. Everything you said, I agree with. I was fortunate enough to watch Scotland v England the year before . What a day that was. Wow.... remember Scott Gibbs try and then the conversion ?? I'll take that to the grave .

[@paullittle4622]

gmaccruyff55 yes they all live in London

[@paulwilson5940]

What about all the English up here then far too many over 1 in 10 folk that live in Edinburgh are English!

[@Foul_Quince]

Gordon McQueen was a bloody brilliant footballer.

[@petelowson5481]

These were always huge games back then because there was so few live games on telly back then. Remember watching this with the whole family just like cup final day.

[@jamesbarclay738]

Im sure I just watched another vid from 1976 with Scotland beating England. What’s commentator on about?

[@adewale007]

Goalkeepers with no gloves. I fucking love it.

[@johnt7630]

This must have been one of Don Revie's last matches in charge of England.

[@geoffgeoffgeoff6149]

Revie an absolute bastard of a man

[@yippyialeftside8351]

this the best away support scotland have ever taken to wembley is that right ? what was the smallest up until 89 when they scrapped it ?

[@34hedgehog]

Always great to see big Gordie McQueen score. Always great when Revie got beaten.

[@ab8588]

Keeper wore no gloves? Crazy!

[@steverobertson1072]

what a great team we had then, peaked a year to early before the 78 world cup.

[@annemarieducie6516]

My brother was there...and tells me, after the match went to a strip club in soho, he was 16 yo With a crowd including his older brother and workmates, place was packed, the girl came out and posed, but could only repose after the light wrnt out, due to solo laws... The crowd complained to the manager, if no im improvement you could have a riot on your hands, lights on and full striptease ensued, the scots cheered lifted there kilts exposing themselves to her and one another, after which the lassie said it was the best fun she ever had stripping, the scots passed a hat and she made a fortune...my brother said it was the first time he seen a naked woman and what was under an aroused scotsmans kilt ! Priceles, love peace and respect to scots and english brothers...those were the days !

[@roolaing]

Such respectful dialogue afterwards as well. Gentlemen.

[@rosskennedy3758]

Anyone know if thats Davie cooper on camera at 1:31 sitting near Don Revie?

[@bryanmillar8103]

with the moustache? yes it is

[@seltaeb3302]

We enjoyed that so much we decided to take some of the pitch & anything else back home!

[@darkbluesf]

Ha ha listen to the crowd when England score. This was a home game lol

[@thevillaaston7811]

They spent most of the time trying to avoid being mugged.

[@michaelhannah4472]

Silence was so noisy in 1977. Remind me who was the home team

[@matthewcoombs3282]

Most English were sensible enough to stop attending the game by 1977.....

[@darganx]

This was the era of English football aggro in the 70's, pretty quiet when the Scots came to Wembley!

[@redflag8970]

yes in this era the scots well over powered england on there beano to wembley. later when it became organised hooliganism it became a challege for them.

[@SMITH-lw3rv]

Still remember watching this at 6 years old and being mesmerised at the pitch invasion 😅😅😅

[@grahamd4764]

The days before we had to endure pointless co- commentators that butt in every 30 seconds telling us what we have just seen!

[@thevillaaston7811]

A good point.

[@chrisfallon9678]

Co commentators are ok depends who they are and also if they don't agree with the main commentator all the time

[@Scrawn89]

1998 was the last time they qualified for a tournament and they still show england fans up everywhere they go. Tartan Army are considered the best international fans in the world. English fans just get pished up on their special brew and fosters and start fights everywhere! Better yet, get kicked to their arse most the time! this is coming from a Welshman as well!

[@stevemorris6855]

The legends on that pundit panel, now every expert is a 18 year old girl or some AliG impersonator who says "wiv" and "fink".

[@derekhenderson1730]

I had no chance to avoid getting on to the pitch, with the surge of supporters behind me. When on the pitch, I was less than 20 feet away from the goals when they snapped. I miss the home Internationals a lot. I walked all the way back to central London with fellow Scots. I was exhausted and was gigging that evening at Elephant and Castle in a club called "The Bouncing Ball" ironically . It was quite a day.

[@SuperTed19021]

Alan Mullery, forever a legend!

[@elshadjafar2437]

Good night. Thank you so much. Like from country Azerbaijan

[@breakevenbernie8543]

Jock Stein ............respect

[@Scrawn89]

I wasn't alive for this but as a Welshman we never got much success (but one Wembley win!) in the 70s....however as a man with Scottish blood I love this! The post match celebrations show true passion, much better than today when you just get people clapping obediently in their seat!

[@starofdavid9919]

Fellow Scot, a Welshman with Scottish blood, would not want to get on the wrong side of you haha.

[@alfiekelly5914]

Big Jock and Tommy were legends. As was Chinny Hill!

[@Resenbrink]

Some great names in this Scotland side.

[@TheQ-Continuum]

In those days, these two nations were more evenly matched. Scotland had some great players, most of them played in the English Division One (pre-premiership). Over the last 20 odd years, England have dominated the results in this fixture against the "Auld Enemy". The pitch invasion was unforgiveable and was probably the one of reasons why the Home Internationals were abolished?:

[@edwardcooper5479]

My goodness! Didn’t realise the bay city rollers had so many fans.

[@keithfowler2013]

Bring it back !!!!

[@chosenone8454]

Was at that game amazing atmosphere

[@bernardthegwp71020]

Englands best ever kit and McQeens goal one of the greatest headers ever scored.

[@MegaLochgelly]

1 min 33 secs. Is that Davie Cooper behind Don Revie's shoulder?

[@robinstevenson1098]

Looks like him😀 Johnson on one wing Cooper the other!!! Where’s Eddie Grey?

[@Alex_Pan69]

Now that's exactly what I call REAL FOOTBALL...how I miss those days...

[@eddyvideostar]

Yes, sir, Άγις Αυγέρης

[@williamgrogan6732]

brilliant

[@paulbarrett22]

the scenes before these games of scots trying to get into wembley for free absolutely steamboated will stay with me forever absolute mayhem

[@ayarimohamedkarim4222]

una bella partita

[@jamst123]

Scotland are getting ready for their world cup final this Tuesday against england. They run on and destroy the pitch every time they win (once every blue moon) because it's the biggest achievement for them.

[@jamst123]

@mike o'connor yeah a loss from 20+ years ago.... 😄

[@jamboanwen]

I came here after the scotland norway game 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@edwardtannahill6297]

What do you think of Bowie's fashion? Oh boy those outfits!

[@chrismelville5504]

RIP Big Man - beautiful header

[@davidgammie1310]

God this was when we Scots had players who wanted to play for the shirt.Jimmy Hill here only applauding the Scottish team because they were better. Would love those times to come back again!

[@alastairmackay4861]

When you listen to the crowd it’s crazy to think that this is ENGLANDS home ground!!! When their penalty goes in there’s just silence!

[@eddyvideostar]

To Alastair Mackey: I'd say. This was puzzling: The same notorious England fans in the spirit of the times at the height of their hooligan heydays. The Scottish fans took over Wembley whilst fervent and high-spirited. Even in those days, England supporters slinked back, joining the mice and crickets.

[@Valhalla88888]

When Scotland had great football players 👍

[@eddyvideostar]

Fiber O: The Scottish fans took over Wembley. They were fervent and high-spirited. Even in those days, England supporters could be slinked back and out of the way.

[@thevillaaston7811]

@@eddyvideostar 'The Scottish fans took over Wembley. They were fervent and high-spirited.' ...and violent.

[@stephenturner6075]

Big Gordon McQueen has sadly passed away but his goal will live forever.

[@williamsomerville-tu9nf]

Was there and was on the pitch, goals were gone by the time I got down. Happy weekend.

[@sidneygreen9120]

You can't blame the jocks for destroying Wembley, they were all excited about there world Cup campaign in Argentina 🇦🇷 that was only a few months away 👍😁

[@Royston-gh8xt]

The Scottish FA payed the ENGLISH FA compensation for the damage the jock idiot's did, they where brain dead as usual.

[@brad00stevens]

*EURO 2021* 18.6.21 WE meet again 👊

[@isaurasofia5400]

I remember this Scotland quite well. Probably, the best Caledonian team of all times. Very next year, due to lack of discipline, it would collapse. Although they beat Holland in a superbly exciting game, by goals difference the dutch passed to the zone B of next round.

[@bruceleighton4948]

The game at wembley was a case of spot the English man it was all Scotland fans

[@kikiu2619]

Who is the commentator?

[@kikiu2619]

@Babor Ali Thank You.

[@andrews3781]

Had a great weekend in London, my first year in Jersey, about 60 lads, 2 English, on the plane, Go Jersey Scottish. Happy days.

[@WayneinNewOrleans]

The greatest game ever played!!!

[@user-lx3rl8jm1k]

WRONG !!! 21/05/2016 ..SIMPLY ORGASMIC

[@mjwchapman]

wow this is electric

[@JBHOY100]

Fuck up, they didn't take it seriously Trev?? You for real??

[@performancewithoutlimits3093]

That's what you call a game of football!

[@peterbennett5910]

Fantastic goal by big Gordon.

[@mannig6935]

Ouch! Johnson smashes into a camerman at 5.03 - the poor snapper wouldn't have had time to get a pic of the winner lol.

[@mrcodhead67]

Classic match

[@eddyvideostar]

Paul: Yes, sir.

[@GazTheKitman]

Thank you Gordon McQueen, and god bless.

[@Tity19761]

01:09 Just no foul 🤣🤣🤣 What a fair play ! And a good referee.

[@jamesmcclymont3796]

8:14.. that's a Mr Stewart McIlwrick if I'm not mistaken.. Big Red To The End

[@ArcadeMusicTribute]

Second half of the seventies seems that Scotland was better than England. I believe it was in 1978 that Scotland played their best World Cup performance also. XD Haven't yet been watching World Cup back then - I started in 1986. Always have been cheering for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland XD

[@creynolds094]

Saturday 4th June 1977

[@andi17ish]

Football would be far better of in this country if we produced more British players instead of paying seventy feking million kwid on a goalie

[@gazmanson7340]

Keepers wi nae gloves. Fuck that man. They'd huv tae write their names on their wrists wae a fuckin bookie pen back then instead of the vanity straps nowadays on gloves reminding the big dummies who they ur.

[@Tri-campeon]

El Campeon Mundial, Argentina🇦🇷, Siempre junto a Escocia🍻👍

[@mathewjcarson]

Those were the days...the home internationals...when the English team had a bit of passion!!

[@Jamesbharris2]

And lost

[@andrewphippsphillips1455]

We lost lots of games after Ramsey quit & this clueless dick took it on. Shame that Clough never had a stab at it. We never got as good as the latter part of Italia 90 (whisper it quietly when mentioning Costa Rica in Genoa to the dark blue gloaters ;) )

[@eddyvideostar]

Mathew Carson: And the Scottish fans tore up the place.

[@omaryusef5083]

It was absolutely impossible for the Scottish goalkeeper to save the penalty with this position of his legs

[@Njm1965]

Ultimate header ever.

[@overlandnsea]

Me and my fellow English junior school mate were playing about at his house one day back then just after that game and his Jock Dad ( his Mum was English ) who'd been at the game took us in to the garden and proudly pointed at an approx 5 inch x 5 inch tuft of grass with a small bit of that low cheap looking plastic edge fence thingy squared off round it..... and proclaimed...." Look lads- Wembley!! LOL

[@detomasopantera1966]

Kenny Dalglish 👌👌👌⚽

[@senstemart]

They came, they saw, they conquered.......then they took the goalposts apart!

[@edvonted335]

Crikey didn’t realise colour tv was invented back then 👍

[@andrewallen1083]

And the fences that went up have killed so many.

[@jamesp2719]

RIP Gordon McQueen

[@stewartburns2473]

R.I.P Gordon McQueen

[@stevejones4235]

Francis dived. Alarmed by Tommy Doherty's manspreading. Revie had fired all his talented players by this stage of his term in office. This was an outstanding Scottish team. Masson and Rioch were class acts.

[@thevillaaston7811]

'This was an outstanding Scottish team. Masson and Rioch were class acts.' Yea, like they showed the following year in Argentina.

[@johnnyoranges]

@@thevillaaston7811 1978 you say ? Oh, so like 1974, a World Cup your over rated team didn't even reach.

[@AA-69]

I think most of Scotland knew someone who had a piece of grass or woodwork 🤣😂.. My pal across the street replanted the turf in the middle of his lawn !