06/04/1963 England v Scotland

Home International match from Wembley.
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[@johnwhite4690]

I was there .Was working in London at the time.What a game,what a night!!!!!!!

[@ewantaylor5626]

Very brilliant Scottish team , including John White and 2 Dundee players who had recently won the league and done well in Europe

[@spangles3654]

Bring back the home internationals. We loved them

[@yiseng4602]

Yes this 1963 Home Championship match with Scotland at Wembley was goalkeeper Gordon Banks first appearence for England but it would end in a 2-1 defeat. For Banks that day he could not stop Jim Baxter from scoring two and after the match would be severely reprimand by England's suptemo Alf Ramsey just as he would be again in his second international with Brazil which ended in a 1-1 draw at Wembley. As for Scotland it was retribution for their humiliating 9-3 defeat at the same venue two years ago.Denis Law would not want to be reminded of that defeat. But this time around,a world class performance by jinky Jim Baxter that made the difference and four years later he would again tease and torment the newly crowned world champions at Wembley winning 3-2.

[@elshadjafar2437]

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[@MrPatrick1414]

Banks first cap...! Thanks for posting

[@1951GL]

Skill! Bryan Douglas and Willie Henderson. Class! Jim Baxter.

[@tadgerdavidson5377]

Baxter...vastly over rated and thats fae a Scot

[@stwads]

@@tadgerdavidson5377 No. Baxter could control the pace of a game. A truly brilliant player & I'm English!

[@peezebeuponyou3774]

"Ian Ure, the greatest centre-half in the world today". I'm still reeling at that 😂

[@davidfogarty2220]

Yes I think a few Arsenal supporters would have something to say about that. Although they were on a downward spiral at the time, I was rather surprised Man United signed him up.

[@thomasadams3082]

Jim Baxter and Willie Henderson were amazing that day.

[@garylizard]

Still think wee Wullie bought that penalty a bit

[@gordonbryce]

@@garylizard I thought he was charged down on seeing the penalty again that is still my impression. Henderson was very slightly built and that's why he seemed to fly before hitting the grass.

[@tomref4001]

I was impressed with Davy Wilson's tackling for Scotland and Melia's distribution for England-knew of the other more famous ones, but these two were under-rated IMHO. Looked a strength sapping match yet all players kept up the tempo right to the end. also saw St John do a 'stepover' in the match. You could see the embryonic World Cup winners team 'spine', and I believe it was only arrogance that the Scottish administrators declined Scotland to attend. Scotland outplayed them in this game, and again were first to do so after they won it. Baxter was head and shoulders a class above in both games, and McKay a powerhouse in this.

[@lindsaypeterholden2701]

lots of spurs stars in the match after the good seasons of 61 and 62 boyhood memories thanks

[@a.m.armstrong8354]

Slightly before my time, 'when we were kings'!

[@tomduggan51]

gr8footy, Thanks for providing this exciting Home International at Wembley!

[@lindsaypeterholden2701]

Great Stuff No tatooed umbongalongas in sight!!!!

[@StephPNE]

great Scottish team

[@E171955]

“Ian Ure the greatest centre half in the world today” - not sure many Arsenal fans would agree!

[@stwads]

....or Man United fans either!

[@Fernandwinnie]

Dundee fans would!

[@markalexander9396]

well, 30 seconds later in the video Greaves is wide open 6 yards from the goal on a simple cross with Ure barely ambling his way.

[@Channel_PB]

Not a great England side but Bryan Douglas looked class. Scotland worthy winners.

[@fisherpeter695]

As an Everton fan I can vouch that Bryan Douglas was a marvellous skilful and intelligent player I often saw Goodison Park. Blackburn were a top side in the late 50s early 60s. Everton signed his teammate Fred Pickering in 1964 who had become a prolific goal scorer after starting out as a full back. He scored a hat trick on his Everton and England debut. Bryan Douglas may have had a longer career if he would have moved, like John Giles did years later to display his range of passing skill's in the mid field.

[@123macks]

Big slim Jim running the show

[@andisadler2897]

Who would have thought 3 years after this game England would be world champions. Poor Jimmy Greaves would be injured for final though, would have played otherwise. Jimmy finally did get his winners medal some 40 years later which is appalling.

[@robinlambert3917]

Jimmy Greaves was deliberately raked on shin by French defender in retaliation for Stiles tackle on Jacky Simon...

[@johnnyoranges]

Smith fouled Caldow, and was practically rewarded by coming back on, while Scotland had to get by with ten, and even nine, men. One of the reasons why we needed the card system.

[@clemilsonpedrodesouza4839]

E também alterações porque na época não tinha substituição

[@peezebeuponyou3774]

Well, we certainly needed substitutes.

[@Wee_Langside]

As I recall Caldow's leg was broken in three places and he was never the same player after. It's a good thing that players like Smith are no longer part of football at the highest levels

[@conn0rth]

Smith tripped the Scottish player and injured himself in the process. So obvious to everyone except the ref, the linesman and the commentator. He should have been sent off. And definitely not allows back on. And I am an Englishman!

[@gerrysmith7031]

I am afraid you are in the wrong era this is 1963

[@tadgerdavidson5377]

It was accidental....and I'm a daft Jock

[@johnnyoranges]

connOrth, fair play to you Sir.

[@robinlambert3917]

Bobby Smith penultimate cap he was hampered by fracture of his leg With Scotland's 40 cap full back and captain Eric caldow ..This is when Scotland had world class players law Baxter caldow white..later bremner Lorimer dalglish

[@nicholasdavies8795]

The four step rule for goalkeepers ....hence bouncing the ball !

[@yiseng4602]

The visiting team Scotland avenged their humiliating 9-3 defeat by England at the same turf two years ago with a well deserved 2-1 win at Wembley. England who were to play host to the 1966 World Cup three years later found themselves two goals to nil down at half time.aJinky Jim Baxter who four years later was to torment England again at Wembley scored a brace which included a penalty. Yes,this 1963 Home Championship match at Wembley between Scotland and England on 6 April 1963 would be fondly remembered as it was the late Gordon Bank's maiden England appearance.So were two Liverpool players Gerry Byrne and Jimmy Melia gaining their first England cap. For Gordon Banks it was an unhappy England debut as it ended in defeat.Coincidentally Banks would make his farewell England appearance also against Scotland at Hampden Park nine years later in 1972.

[@neilmccormick2064]

Jinky was Celtics Jimmy Johnstones famous nickname . Jim Baxter was known as slim Jim , he was never known as " Jinky Jim " .

[@geoffm9944]

Great game. I never rated Ian Ure. He was always for me a clumsy player. However, the match was marred by Scotland being down to ten men for most of the match. This was an excellent Scottish side. Baxter, Mackay, White, Henderson, St John, etc were top players! Byrne was disappointing for England. This England 1963 team was far more entertaining to watch than the present England team.

[@amhm89]

Unlike today's players the England players did not surround the referee complaining when the penalty was given.

[@jamessim1858]

Just goes to prove just how great a player Rangers legend Davie Wilson was. What a performance he did at left back when Eric Caldwell suffered a broken leg from that bastered Bobby Smith. All of the Scotland players was great that day. Great example of playing for the Jersey.

[@a.m.armstrong8354]

That all started with Arsenal and Don Howe. Just so you know.

[@seltaeb3302]

Thanks Gr8footy for digging this lot up. I was ten & no interest in football. Quality picture too. Pathe?

[@quimito8759]

What would be your historical ideal 11 in the history of Scottish football?

[@Fernandwinnie]

Bill Brown, Ian Ure and Alex Hamilton!

[@colindant3410]

These are not just players. To me they are Gods, probably because I was only 8 years old at the time. Shame about Caldow. Years later one of my teachers said you could hear the crack in the stadium when Caldow broke his leg.

[@truebluebears76]

Colin Dant the company that I served my time with built caldows house in Strathhaven Lanarkshire

[@andersonarmstrong2650]

Great comment!

[@ewantaylor5626]

@John Saunders garbage

[@Fernandwinnie]

Ian Ure....”The greatest centre half in the World today” Soon Dundee would sell off the Crown Jewels. Ure to Arsenal then Gilzean to Spurs.

[@Spirit-Of-The-Age]

Wow...weird rules when you get a player injured that you can't even replace him with a sub. Scotland played most of this game with 10 men (and were even down to 9 men due to St John also taking an injury) . Also the English player (who could easily have been sent off for injuring the 1st Scottish player who was so badly injured he was out of the whole game,) was allowed off the field for ages to recieve treatment in the dressing room even, then gets allowed to randomly come back on the pitch to play when he felf like it. Astonishing rules. Surely subs were allowed during matches from when football started being played in the 1800's ?

[@neilmccormick2064]

No they weren't. Subs didn't arrive in international football until 1970 .

[@nicholasbradford32]

How can a 2-1 win avenge a 9-3 defeat!!!? Also the Scottish penalty was a blatant dive I thought that was a modern disease?

[@andersonarmstrong2650]

England made it into a game of Rollerball..

[@ThefightingCelt]

I think this was the 2nd of 3 consecutive Scotland victories over England . After only 5 minutes of the match , the Scotland and Rangers captain , Eric Caldow , broke his leg in 3 places after a tackle by England and Spurs centre forward , Bobby Smith .

[@stwads]

England won the World cup in '66. Where were Scotland? The Scots had so many great world class players. Law, Baxter, Mackay & others like Bremner, Jimmy Johnstone, Gilzean, Alex Young, Bobby Simpson & all the future Lisbon Lions. The fact that they didn't even qualify for the tournament is beyond belief!!!

[@marypetrie930]

They were in the same qualifying group as West Germany!

[@a.m.armstrong8354]

@@marypetrie930 Excellent point, Mary! England never qualified for a World Cup between 1962 and 82. People forget that. Even in '82 qualification was because the format was enlarged to 24 teams.

[@timcotsford2056]

@@a.m.armstrong8354 Scotland never qualified for the World Cup between 1958 and 1974. They talked a good talk about all their world-class players, but that generation won nothing and qualified for nothing. Not even the European Championship

[@grahamhowat8387]

@@timcotsford2056 It was odd from a Scottish point of view that there were so many International class players yet so little achieved.The annual battle with England pre occupied them

[@timcotsford2056]

@@grahamhowat8387 You're probably right. Beating England has always meant more to Scotland than anything else. After qualifying for the WC in 1974, they didn't really care what happened; to them, they were already winners, given that England hadn't qualified. Interesting the whinge about having to play WGermany in the 66 qualifications. They seem to forget England had to play Poland in 1974!!

[@mateusznita4808]

5:33

[@Virpatrick]

Baxter & the whole side were the Wembley wizards

[@richardmmason]

Melia? Really? One can only presume Haynes was injured.

[@martinkimber8033]

Haynes had a bad car smash previous August, and never played for England again.

[@johnlee5423]

Joe Jordan was brilliant that day

[@claudioconti5593]

Silenzio! Giocano gli inventori del Football!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?

[@johnnyoranges]

Claudio Conti, the Scots created the game of Association Football, tho the Italians had Calcio for centuries, and the Chinese their own ball games. The English ? Sweet f.a. !

[@charcolew]

Scotland captain Caldow suffers a broken leg after 5 minutes. For the rest of the match we hear "It's nothing to do with Bobby Smith". Poor touch, lost control, lunged late over the top of the ball and broke Caldow's leg... but it was an accident (or what we refer to nowadays as a "straight red card"). Ridiculous commentary by someone watching the game wearing an England scarf.

[@dlamiss]

Woolstenholme was an awful commentator

[@who9387]

@@dlamiss - Woolstenholme was the ONLY commentator BBC had

[@who9387]

charcolew - ad he said it on quite a few occasions too !! Clumsy challenge - STRAIGHT RED today

[@dlamiss]

@@who9387 Coleman and Alan Weeks commentated on football for the BBC during the 60s

[@who9387]

@@dlamiss Sorry - forgot those 2 (both miles worse than der old Ken), I always thought Barry Davies was their best.

[@stevenshackleford5630]

10 man Scotland seemed miles better than woeful England, who just had no bite up front and two defensive nightmares. England just didn't seem interested. Scotland controlled the midfield possession in the second half.

[@jontalbot1]

The great mystery is why Scottish football has been in such a poor state for so many years. I know it has revived recently but it is from a very low ebb. And Steve Clark’s teams do not play with the openness of the great Scottish teams

[@esoteros]

Was this England's first football team? Incredibly poor performance. The Scots, even with ten players, played better.

[@robinlambert3917]

Leicester almost did the double 1962/63 Keyworth 27 goals Inc Losing 1/3 to Manchester United in fa cup final..String fellow should have been capped for England Sjoberg Ian king for Scotland!!?

[@callithowiseeit5806]

Smith clearly pretended to be hurt, you could see him checking the other player then copying his 'agony' to avoid the ref lol schneaky

[@timcotsford2056]

And limped for the rest of the match just to be even more sneaky....

[@eslermanu47]

Ian Ure the best centre half in the world is somebody on drugs

[@Fernandwinnie]

Never played on a losing side v England.

[@bmac4846]

Never a pen......willie h would have made the diving team Tokyo '64. Loads of class players, baxter,law,henderson and banks greaves charlton

[@chrisfallon9678]

It was good body swerves beat the first defender all ends up but did seem to throw himself against the English player ,ref too quick to point to the spot.

[@a.m.armstrong8354]

It was a penalty.

[@yiseng4602]

The Scots could not click as team whereas England did precisely and just three years later the three Lions won the World Cup at Wembley.Where was Denis Law that afternoon when England created history?Playing golf,sulking as to what if had Scotland qualified for the 1966 World Cup.Law quipped,"It should have been us instead of England."

[@johnnyoranges]

Yi Seng, how the hell could you possibly know that ?

[@yiseng4602]

@@johnnyoranges if I am not mistaken Scotland didn't qualify for the 1966 World Cup finals in England after having lost to Italy in the qualifiers.Yes,Denis Law didn't want to hear the news that England had won the World Cup that historic afternoon as he was playing golf.But somehow he got the news and must have been very disappointed and said,"It should have been us instead of England had we qualified." But somehow or rather,Denis Law the following year in the Home Championship was more the satisfied as Scotland ended England's unbeaten 19 match record with a stunning 3-2 victory at Wembley.

[@johnnyoranges]

@@yiseng4602 England also didn't qualify for WC66. The Scots - with 1/10th the population - were dominant over England until the 1980s, when the Home Champs were ended. Also, the Scots invented association football, yet our southern neighbors claim they did. Don't you think we have an obligation to set the record straight, when they lie so much, yet have never even reached the final of a major tournament held outside of England ?

[@johnnyoranges]

@@yiseng4602 PS Apparently, at 3-1 up, Law said to Baxter : "let's rub their noses in it." Baxter said : "no. Let's just take the piss." We maybe should've really humiliated these 'world champions' on their own soil.

[@yiseng4602]

@@johnnyoranges yes Scotland were delighted and over the moon when they upset the odds to beat England 3-2 in the 1967 Home Championship match which was counted as a Nations Cup tie.But that afternoon the world champions were playing with only nine men and Jackie Charlton was just a mere passenger although he did score. So delighted and elated after the match that Denis Law approached goalkeeper Gordon Banks,"Would you like to taste a plate of mayonnaise?"Banks nodded and refused but then Law shot back at Banks,"Since we have beaten you aren't we now the unofficial world champions?"But a cool and calm Banks took that slight like a pinch of salt and walked off. Yes,Scotland were deserved winners over England at Wembley in April 1967 and rightly so.

[@eslermanu47]

Never a penalty Henderson dived