Scotland national football team results (1872–1914)
Scotland national football team results
The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international association football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association . It is the joint-oldest national football team in the world, alongside England , Scotland's opponents in what is now recognised as the world's first international football match , which took place at Hamilton Crescent in Glasgow in November 1872.[ 1] Prior to this, a series of matches had been played between teams representing the two countries, but the Scottish team was drawn almost entirely from players based in and around London and these games are now not regarded as full international matches.[ 2] The lack of involvement by players from Scottish clubs in these matches led to some controversy, which was resolved when The Football Association arranged to send a team to play in Glasgow, where the English players took on a Scotland team composed entirely of players from the Queen's Park club.[ 1]
Between 1872 and 1914, when competitive football was interrupted by the First World War , Scotland played 113 international matches, resulting in 70 victories, 23 draws and 20 defeats. This total does not include a match in 1902 which was declared void after a disaster at Ibrox Park in which 25 spectators died. Scotland played an annual friendly against England each year until 1883, and added a regular game against Wales in 1876. These two teams remained Scotland's only opponents until the British Home Championship was instituted in 1884, consisting of a round-robin tournament between England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland .[ 3] Of the 31 tournaments staged prior to the war, Scotland won 10 outright and 6 jointly.[ 3] Scotland's 11–0 defeat of Ireland in 1901 is the national team's biggest win,[ 4] and the 6–1 victory over England at Kennington Oval in 1881 remains the team's biggest win away to fierce rivals England .[ 5] Scotland's games with England during this period drew extremely large crowds, with five matches prior to the First World War attracting crowds of over 100,000 spectators. The compilers of the World Football Elo Ratings retrospectively consider Scotland to have been ranked at number 1 during much of the early period of international football.[ 6]
Key
Key to matches
Att. = Match attendance
(H) = Home ground
(A) = Away ground
Key to record by opponent
P = Games played
W = Games won
D = Games drawn
L = Games lost
GF = Goals for
GA = Goals against
Results
Scotland's score is shown first in each case.
Match number
Date
Venue
Opponents
Score
Competition
Scotland scorers
Att.
Ref.
1
30 November 1872
Hamilton Crescent , Partick (H)
England
0–0
Friendly
3,000
[ 7]
2
8 March 1873
Kennington Oval , Lambeth (A)
England
2–4
Friendly
Henry Renny-Tailyour , William Gibb
3,000
[ 7]
3
7 March 1874
Hamilton Crescent , Partick (H)
England
2–1
Friendly
Frederick Anderson , Angus MacKinnon
7,000
[ 7]
4
6 March 1875
Kennington Oval , Lambeth (A)
England
2–2
Friendly
Henry McNeil , Peter Andrews
2,000
[ 7]
5
4 March 1876
Hamilton Crescent , Partick (H)
England
3–0
Friendly
Billy MacKinnon , Henry McNeil , Thomas Highet
15,000
[ 7]
6
25 March 1876
Hamilton Crescent , Partick (H)
Wales
4–0
Friendly
John Ferguson , Jimmy Lang , Billy MacKinnon , Henry McNeil
17,000
[ 7]
7
3 March 1877
Kennington Oval , Lambeth (A)
England
3–1
Friendly
John Ferguson (2), James Richmond
2,000
[ 7]
8
5 March 1877
Racecourse Ground , Wrexham (A)
Wales
2–0
Friendly
Own goal , Charles Campbell
4,000
[ 7]
9
2 March 1878
Hampden Park [I] , Crosshill (H)
England
7–2
Friendly
John McDougall (3), John McGregor , Henry McNeil (2), Billy MacKinnon
10,000
[ 7]
10
23 March 1878
Hampden Park [I] , Crosshill (H)
Wales
9–0
Friendly
Peter Campbell (2), Jerry Weir (2), John Ferguson (2), John Baird , James Watson , Jimmy Lang
6,000
[ 7]
11
5 April 1879
Kennington Oval , Lambeth (A)
England
4–5
Friendly
Billy MacKinnon (2), John McDougall , John Smith
4,500
[ 7]
12
7 April 1879
Racecourse Ground , Wrexham (A)
Wales
3–0
Friendly
John Smith (2), Peter Campbell
2,000
[ 7]
13
13 March 1880
Hampden Park [I] , Crosshill (H)
England
5–4
Friendly
George Ker (3), John Baird , John Kay
12,000
[ 7]
14
27 March 1880
Hampden Park [I] , Crosshill (H)
Wales
5–1
Friendly
David Davidson , William Beveridge , Joseph Lindsay , J. McAdam , John Campbell
2,000
[ 7]
15
12 March 1881
Kennington Oval , Lambeth (A)
England
6–1
Friendly
John Smith (3), George Ker (2), David Hill
8,500
[ 5]
16
14 March 1881
Racecourse Ground , Wrexham (A)
Wales
5–1
Friendly
George Ker (2), Henry McNeil , two own goals
1,500
[ 5]
17
11 March 1882
Hampden Park [I] , Crosshill (H)
England
5–1
Friendly
George Ker (2), William Harrower , John Kay , Robert McPherson
10,000
[ 5]
18
25 March 1882
Hampden Park [I] , Crosshill (H)
Wales
5–0
Friendly
Eadie Fraser (2), John Kay , George Ker , James McAulay
5,000
[ 5]
19
10 March 1883
Bramall Lane , Sheffield (A)
England
3–2
Friendly
John Smith (2), Eadie Fraser
7,000
[ 5]
20
12 March 1883
Racecourse Ground , Wrexham (A)
Wales
3–0
Friendly
John Smith , Eadie Fraser , William Anderson
2,000
[ 5]
21
26 January 1884
Ulster Cricket Ground , Belfast (A)
Ireland
5–0
British Home Championship
James Gossland (2), William Harrower (2), John Goudie
2,000
[ 5]
22
15 March 1884
Cathkin Park [I] , Crosshill (H)
England
1–0
British Home Championship
John Smith
10,000
[ 5]
23
29 March 1884
Cathkin Park [I] , Crosshill (H)
Wales
4–1
British Home Championship
John Kay (2), Joseph Lindsay , Francis Shaw
5,000
[ 5]
24
14 March 1885
Hampden Park [II] , Crosshill (H)
Ireland
8–2
British Home Championship
Alexander Higgins (3), Alexander Barbour , W. Lamont , Willie Turner , John Marshall , Robert Calderwood
6,000
[ 5]
25
21 March 1885
Kennington Oval , Lambeth (A)
England
1–1
British Home Championship
Joseph Lindsay
8,000
[ 5]
26
23 March 1885
Racecourse Ground , Wrexham (A)
Wales
8–1
British Home Championship
Joseph Lindsay (3), Robert Calderwood (2), William Anderson (2), David Allan
4,000
[ 5]
27
20 March 1886
Ulster Cricket Ground , Belfast (A)
Ireland
7–2
British Home Championship
Charles Heggie (4), James Kelly , James Gourlay , Michael Dunbar
3,000
[ 5]
28
27 March 1886
Hampden Park [II] , Crosshill (H)
England
1–1
British Home Championship
George Somerville
11,000
[ 5]
29
10 April 1886
Hampden Park [II] , Crosshill (H)
Wales
4–1
British Home Championship
Bob McCormick , James McCall , David Allan , William Harrower
5,500
[ 5]
30
19 February 1887
Hampden Park [II] , Crosshill (H)
Ireland
4–1
British Home Championship
William Watt , Tom Jenkinson , William Johnstone , James Lowe
1,000
[ 5]
31
19 March 1887
Leamington Road , Blackburn (A)
England
3–2
British Home Championship
James McCall , Leitch Keir , James Allan
12,000
[ 5]
32
21 March 1887
Racecourse Ground , Wrexham (A)
Wales
2–0
British Home Championship
William Robertson , James Allan
2,000
[ 5]
33
10 March 1888
Hibernian Park , Edinburgh (H)
Wales
5–1
British Home Championship
Alex Latta (2), William Paul , Neil Munro , Willie Groves
8,000
[ 5]
34
17 March 1888
Hampden Park [II] , Crosshill (H)
England
0–5
British Home Championship
10,000
[ 5]
35
24 March 1888
Solitude Ground , Belfast (A)
Ireland
10 10–2
British Home Championship
William Dickson (4), Geordie Dewar , Thomas Breckenridge , Allan Stewart , Neil McCallum , Ralph Aitken , own goal
5,000
[ 5]
36
9 March 1889
Ibrox Park [I] , Govan (H)
Ireland
7–0
British Home Championship
Willie Groves (3), Frank Watt (2), David Black , Tom McInnes
6,000
[ 5]
37
13 April 1889
Kennington Oval , Lambeth (A)
England
3–2
British Home Championship
Neil Munro , Jimmy Oswald , James McLaren
10,000
[ 5]
38
15 April 1889
Racecourse Ground , Wrexham (A)
Wales
0–0
British Home Championship
6,000
[ 5]
39
22 March 1890
Underwood Park , Paisley (H)
Wales
5–0
British Home Championship
William Paul (4), Hughie Wilson
7,500
[ 5]
40
29 March 1890
Ulster Cricket Ground , Belfast (A)
Ireland
4–1
British Home Championship
Gilbert Rankin (3), Tom Wylie
5,000
[ 5]
41
5 April 1890
Hampden Park [II] , Crosshill (H)
England
1–1
British Home Championship
John McPherson
26,379
[ 5]
42
21 March 1891
Racecourse Ground , Wrexham (A)
Wales
4–3
British Home Championship
Bob Boyd (2), James Logan , Robert Buchanan
4,000
[ 8]
43
28 March 1891
Celtic Park [I] , Glasgow (H)
Ireland
2–1
British Home Championship
James Low , Tom Waddell
8,000
[ 8]
44
4 April 1891
Ewood Park , Blackburn (A)
England
1–2
British Home Championship
Frank Watt
31,000
[ 8]
45
19 March 1892
Solitude Ground , Belfast (A)
Ireland
3–2
British Home Championship
Alexander Keillor , William Lambie , Dave Ellis
10,500
[ 8]
46
26 March 1892
Tynecastle Park , Edinburgh (H)
Wales
6–1
British Home Championship
James Hamilton (2), John McPherson (2), Davie Baird , William Thomson
600
[ 8]
47
2 April 1892
Ibrox Park [I] , Govan (H)
England
1–4
British Home Championship
Jack Bell
20,000
[ 8]
48
18 March 1893
Racecourse Ground , Wrexham (A)
Wales
8–0
British Home Championship
Jake Madden (4), John Barker (3), William Lambie
4,500
[ 8]
49
25 March 1893
Celtic Park , Glasgow (H)
Ireland
6–1
British Home Championship
William Sellar (2), James Kelly , James Hamilton , own goal
12,000
[ 8]
50
1 April 1893
Athletic Ground , Richmond (A)
England
2–5
British Home Championship
William Sellar (2)
16,000
[ 8]
51
24 March 1894
Rugby Park , Kilmarnock (H)
Wales
5–2
British Home Championship
Davidson Berry , John Barker , Thomas Chambers , David Alexander , John Johnstone
10,000
[ 8]
52
31 March 1894
Solitude Ground , Belfast (A)
Ireland
2–1
British Home Championship
Jack Taylor , own goal
6,000
[ 8]
53
7 April 1894
Celtic Park , Glasgow (H)
England
2–2
British Home Championship
William Lambie , Sandy McMahon
45,017
[ 8]
54
23 March 1895
Racecourse Ground , Wrexham (A)
Wales
2–2
British Home Championship
Jake Madden , John Divers
4,000
[ 8]
55
30 March 1895
Celtic Park , Glasgow (H)
Ireland
3–1
British Home Championship
John Walker (2), William Lambie
15,000
[ 8]
56
6 April 1895
Goodison Park , Liverpool (A)
England
0–3
British Home Championship
42,500
[ 8]
57
21 March 1896
Carolina Port , Dundee (H)
Wales
4–0
British Home Championship
Robert Neil (2), Alexander Keillor , Daniel Paton
11,700
[ 8]
58
28 March 1896
Solitude Ground , Belfast (A)
Ireland
3–3
British Home Championship
Robert Smyth McColl (2), Patrick Murray
8,000
[ 8]
59
4 April 1896
Celtic Park , Glasgow (H)
England
2–1
British Home Championship
William Lambie , Jack Bell
56,500
[ 8]
60
20 March 1897
Racecourse Ground , Wrexham (A)
Wales
2–2
British Home Championship
John Ritchie , John Walker
5,000
[ 8]
61
27 March 1897
Ibrox Park [I] , Govan (H)
Ireland
5–1
British Home Championship
John McPherson (2), Neil Gibson , Robert Smyth McColl , Alexander King
15,000
[ 8]
62
3 April 1897
Crystal Palace , London (A)
England
2–1
British Home Championship
Tommy Hyslop , Jimmy Millar
35,000
[ 8]
63
19 March 1898
Fir Park , Motherwell (H)
Wales
5–2
British Home Championship
James Gillespie (3), James McKee (2)
3,500
[ 8]
64
26 March 1898
Solitude Ground , Belfast (A)
Ireland
3–0
British Home Championship
Thomas Robertson , Robert Smyth McColl , William Stewart
5,000
[ 8]
65
2 April 1898
Celtic Park , Glasgow (H)
England
1–3
British Home Championship
Jimmy Millar
40,000
[ 8]
66
18 March 1899
Racecourse Ground , Wrexham (A)
Wales
6–0
British Home Championship
Robert Smyth McColl (3), John W. Campbell (2), Henry Marshall
12,000
[ 8]
67
25 March 1899
Celtic Park , Glasgow (H)
Ireland
9–1
British Home Championship
Robert Smyth McColl (3), John W. Campbell (2), Robert Hamilton (2), Jack Bell , Alex Christie
12,000
[ 8]
68
8 April 1899
Villa Park , Aston (A)
England
1–2
British Home Championship
Robert Hamilton
25,590
[ 8]
69
3 February 1900
Pittodrie , Aberdeen (H)
Wales
5–2
British Home Championship
Davie Wilson (2), Jack Bell , Alexander Smith , Robert Hamilton
12,500
[ 8]
70
3 March 1900
Solitude Ground , Belfast (A)
Ireland
3–0
British Home Championship
Alexander Smith , John J. Campbell (2)
6,000
[ 8]
71
7 April 1900
Celtic Park , Glasgow (H)
England
4–1
British Home Championship
Robert Smyth McColl (3), Jack Bell
63,000
[ 8]
72
23 February 1901
Celtic Park , Glasgow (H)
Ireland
11 11–0
British Home Championship
Sandy McMahon (4), Robert Hamilton (4), John W. Campbell (2), Davie Russell
15,000
[ 4]
73
2 March 1901
Racecourse Ground , Wrexham (A)
Wales
1–1
British Home Championship
John Robertson
5,000
[ 4]
74
30 March 1901
Crystal Palace , London (A)
England
2–2
British Home Championship
John J. Campbell , Robert Hamilton
18,520
[ 4]
75
1 March 1902
Grosvenor Park , Belfast (A)
Ireland
5–1
British Home Championship
Robert Hamilton (3), Robert Walker , Albert Buick
15,000
[ 4]
76
15 March 1902
Cappielow Park , Greenock (H)
Wales
5–1
British Home Championship
John Robertson , Albert Buick , Alec Smith , Robert Walker , John J. Campbell
5,284
[ 4]
77
3 May 1902
Villa Park , Aston (A)
England
2–2
British Home Championship
Bobby Templeton , Ronald Orr
15,000
[A] [ 4]
78
9 March 1903
Arms Park , Cardiff (A)
Wales
1–0
British Home Championship
Finlay Speedie
11,000
[ 4]
79
21 March 1903
Celtic Park , Glasgow (H)
Ireland
0–2
British Home Championship
17,000
[ 4]
80
4 April 1903
Bramall Lane , Sheffield (A)
England
2–1
British Home Championship
Finlay Speedie , Robert Walker
32,000
[ 4]
81
12 March 1904
Dens Park , Dundee (H)
Wales
1–1
British Home Championship
Robert Walker
12,000
[ 4]
82
26 March 1904
Dalymount Park , Dublin (A)
Ireland
1–1
British Home Championship
Robert Hamilton
1,000
[ 4]
83
9 April 1904
Celtic Park , Glasgow (H)
England
0–1
British Home Championship
45,000
[ 4]
84
6 March 1905
Racecourse Ground , Wrexham (A)
Wales
1–3
British Home Championship
John Robertson
6,000
[ 4]
85
18 March 1905
Celtic Park , Glasgow (H)
Ireland
4–0
British Home Championship
Charles Thomson (2 pens. ), Bobby Walker , Jimmy Quinn
35,000
[ 4]
86
1 April 1905
Crystal Palace , London (A)
England
0–1
British Home Championship
32,000
[ 4]
87
3 March 1906
Tynecastle Park , Edinburgh (H)
Wales
0–2
British Home Championship
25,000
[ 4]
88
17 March 1906
Dalymount Park , Dublin (A)
Ireland
1–0
British Home Championship
Thomas Fitchie
8,000
[ 4]
89
7 April 1906
Hampden Park , Glasgow (H)
England
2–1
British Home Championship
James Howie (2)
102,741
[ 4]
90
4 March 1907
Racecourse Ground , Wrexham (A)
Wales
0–1
British Home Championship
7,715
[ 4]
91
16 March 1907
Celtic Park , Glasgow (H)
Ireland
3–0
British Home Championship
Frank O'Rourke , Robert Walker , Charles Thomson (pen. )
26,000
[ 4]
92
6 April 1907
St James' Park , Newcastle (A)
England
1–1
British Home Championship
Own goal
35,829
[ 4]
93
7 March 1908
Dens Park , Dundee (H)
Wales
2–1
British Home Championship
Alex Bennett , Willie Lennie
18,000
[ 4]
94
14 March 1908
Dalymount Park , Dublin (A)
Ireland
5–0
British Home Championship
Jimmy Quinn (4), James Galt
10,000
[ 4]
95
4 April 1908
Hampden Park , Glasgow (H)
England
1–1
British Home Championship
Andrew Wilson
121,452
[ 4]
96
1 March 1909
Racecourse Ground , Wrexham (A)
Wales
2–3
British Home Championship
Robert Walker , Harold Paul
6,000
[ 4]
97
15 March 1909
Ibrox Park , Govan (H)
Ireland
5–0
British Home Championship
James McMenemy (2), Sandy MacFarlane , Alexander Thomson , Harold Paul
24,000
[ 4]
98
3 April 1909
Crystal Palace , London (A)
England
0–2
British Home Championship
27,000
[ 4]
99
5 March 1910
Rugby Park , Kilmarnock (H)
Wales
1–0
British Home Championship
Archie Devine
22,000
[ 4]
100
19 March 1910
Windsor Park , Belfast (A)
Ireland
0–1
British Home Championship
17,000
[ 4]
101
2 April 1910
Hampden Park , Glasgow (H)
England
2–0
British Home Championship
Jimmy McMenemy , Jimmy Quinn
106,205
[ 4]
102
6 March 1911
Ninian Park , Cardiff (A)
Wales
2–2
British Home Championship
Robert Hamilton (2)
14,000
[ 9]
103
18 March 1911
Celtic Park , Glasgow (H)
Ireland
2–0
British Home Championship
William Reid , James McMenemy
32,000
[ 9]
104
1 April 1911
Goodison Park , Liverpool (A)
England
1–1
British Home Championship
Alexander Higgins
38,000
[ 9]
105
2 March 1912
Tynecastle Park , Edinburgh (H)
Wales
1–0
British Home Championship
James Quinn
32,000
[ 9]
106
16 March 1912
Windsor Park , Belfast (A)
Ireland
4–1
British Home Championship
Walter Aitkenhead (2), William Reid , Bobby Walker
12,000
[ 9]
107
23 March 1912
Hampden Park , Glasgow (H)
England
1–1
British Home Championship
Andrew Wilson
127,307
[ 9]
108
3 March 1913
Racecourse Ground , Wrexham (A)
Wales
0–0
British Home Championship
8,000
[ 9]
109
15 March 1913
Dalymount Park , Dublin (A)
Ireland
2–1
British Home Championship
William Reid , Alex Bennett
12,000
[ 9]
110
5 April 1913
Stamford Bridge , Chelsea (A)
England
0–1
British Home Championship
52,500
[ 9]
111
28 February 1914
Celtic Park , Glasgow (H)
Wales
0–0
British Home Championship
10,000
[ 9]
112
14 March 1914
Windsor Park , Belfast (A)
Ireland
1–1
British Home Championship
Joseph Donnachie
31,000
[ 9]
113
14 April 1914
Hampden Park , Glasgow (H)
England
3–1
British Home Championship
Charles Thomson , James McMenemy , William Reid
105,000
[ 9]
Notes
A. ^ This match replaced the original England–Scotland game, played at the new Ibrox Park on 5 April, which was declared void after a disaster in which 25 spectators died.
Record by opponent
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
WPCT
England
43
18
12
13
85
75
+10
41.86
Ireland
31
26
3
2
128
27
+101
83.87
Wales
39
27
8
4
128
35
+93
69.23
Total
113
71
23
19
341
137
+204
62.83
British Home Championship record by season
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