S C O T L A N D - Internationals 1961
(Match 280) 15th April 1961 (British Championship)
ENGLAND - SCOTLAND 9-3 (3-0)
Referee: Marcel Lequesne (France)
Crowd: 97.350, Wembley Stadium, London
Goals: 1-0 Robert William Robson 9'
2-0 James Peter Greaves 21'
3-0 James Peter Greaves 30'
3-1 David Craig Mackay 48'
3-2 David Wilson 53'
4-2 Bryan Douglas 55'
5-2 Robert Alfred Smith 73'
5-3 Patrick Quinn 75'
6-3 John Norman Haynes 78'
7-3 John Norman Haynes 82'
8-3 James Peter Greaves 83'
9-3 Robert Alfred Smith 85'
ENGLAND: (Manager: Walter Winterbottom)
Ronald G.D.Springett - James Christopher Armfield, Michael O'Neil - Robert William Robson,
Peter Swan, Ronald Flowers - Bryan Douglas, James Peter Greaves, Robert Alfred Smith, John
Norman Haynes (Captain), Robert Charlton.
SCOTLAND: (Manager: Ian McColl/2)
Francis Haffey (2/Celtic) -
Robert Shearer (1/Rangers)
Eric Caldow (Captain) (28/Rangers) -
David Craig Mackay (15/Tottenham Hotspur)
William McNeill (1/Celtic)
Robert Johnston McCann (5/Motherwell) -
John Murdoch MacLeod (1/Hibernian)
Denis Law (11/Manchester City)
Ian St John (7/Motherwell)
Patrick Quinn (1/Motherwell)
David Wilson (3/Rangers)
NOTES:
This was the record Scottish defeat of all time.
(Match 281) 3rd May 1961 (World Cup Qualifying Group 8)
SCOTLAND - EIRE 4-1 (2-0)
Referee: Maurice Guigue (France)
Crowd: 46.696, Hampden Park, Glasgow
Goals: 1-0 Ralph Laidlaw Brand 14'
2-0 Ralph Laidlaw Brand 40'
2-1 Joseph Haverty 50'
3-1 David George Herd 55'
4-1 David George Herd 85'
SCOTLAND: (Manager: Ian McColl/3)
Lawrence Grant Leslie (3/Airdrieonians) -
Robert Shearer (2/Rangers)
Eric Caldow (Captain) (29/Rangers) -
Patrick Timothy Crerand (1/Celtic)
William McNeill (2/Celtic)
James Curran Baxter (2/Rangers) -
John Murdoch MacLeod (2/Hibernian)
Patrick Quinn (2/Motherwell)
David George Herd (4/Arsenal)
Ralph Laidlaw Brand (2/Rangers)
David Wilson (4/Rangers)
EIRE:
Noel Michael Dwyer - John (Brendan) McNally, Noel Eucharia Cantwell (Captain) - Matthew
(Andrew) McEvoy, Charles John Hurley, Patrick Saward - Johnny Giles, Ambrose Gerald
Fogarty, Dermot Patrick Curtis, George Patrick Cummins, Joseph Haverty.
(Match 282) 7th May 1961 (World Cup Qualifying Group 8)
EIRE - SCOTLAND 0-3 (0-2)
Referee: Gaston Grandain (Belgium)
Crowd: 45.000, Dalymount Park, Dublin
Goals: 0-1 Alexander Young 5'
0-2 Alexander Young 15'
0-3 Ralph Laidlaw Brand 85'
EIRE:
Noel Michael Dwyer - Phil Kelly, Noel Eucharia Cantwell (Captain) - Matthew (Andrew)
McEvoy, Charles John Hurley, Michael Kevin Meagan - Fionan (Paddy) Fagan, Johnny Giles,
Peter Joseph Fitzgerald, George Patrick Cummins, Joseph Haverty.
SCOTLAND: (Manager: Ian McColl/4)
Lawrence Grant Leslie (4/Airdrieonians) -
Robert Shearer (3/Rangers)
Patrick Timothy Crerand (2/Celtic) -
Eric Caldow (Captain) (30/Rangers)
William McNeill (3/Celtic)
James Curran Baxter (3/Rangers) -
John Murdoch MacLeod (3/Hibernian)
Patrick Quinn (3/Motherwell)
Alexander Young (7/Heart of Midlothian)
Ralph Laidlaw Brand (3/Rangers)
David Wilson (5/Rangers)
(Match 283) 14th May 1961 (World Cup Qualifying Group 8)
CZECHOSLOVAKIA - SCOTLAND 4-0 (3-0)
Referee: Erich Steiner (Austria)
Crowd: 48.000, Tehelne Pole Stadion, Bratislava
Goals: 1-0 Tomas Pospichal 7'
2-0 Andrej Kvasnak 12' Penalty
3-0 Josef Kadraba 44'
4-0 Tomas Pospichal 85'
CZECHOSLOVAKIA: (Coach: Rudolf Vytlacil)
Viliam Schrojf - Frantisek Safranek, Svatopluk Pluskal - Jan Popluhar, Jiri Tichy, Andrej
Kvasnak - Josef Masopust (Captain), Tomas Pospichal, Adolf Scherer, Josef Kadraba, Vaclav Masek.
SCOTLAND: (Manager: Ian McColl/5)
Lawrence Grant Leslie (5/Airdrieonians) -
Robert Shearer (4/Rangers)
Eric Caldow (Captain) (31/Rangers) -
Patrick Timothy Crerand (3/Celtic)
William McNeill (4/Celtic)
James Curran Baxter (4/Rangers) -
John Murdoch MacLeod (4/Hibernian)
John Livingstone (Ian) McMillan (6/Rangers)
David George Herd (5/Arsenal)
Ralph Laidlaw Brand (4/Rangers)
David Wilson (6/Rangers)
NOTES:
Patrick Crerand & Andrej Kvasnak were Sent-Off in the 35th Minute
(Match 284) 26th September 1961 (World Cup Qualifying Group 8)
SCOTLAND - CZECHOSLOVAKIA 3-2 (1-1)
Referee: Leif Gulliksen (Norway)
Crowd: 51.590, Hampden Park, Glasgow
Goals: 0-1 Andrej Kvasnak 6'
1-1 Ian St John 20'
1-2 Adolf Scherer 51'
2-2 Denis Law 62'
3-2 Denis Law 83'
SCOTLAND: (Manager: Ian McColl/6)
William Dallas Fyfe Brown (11/Tottenham Hotspur) -
Duncan MacKay (12/Celtic)
Eric Caldow (Captain) (32/Rangers) -
Patrick Timothy Crerand (4/Celtic)
William McNeill (5/Celtic)
James Curran Baxter (5/Rangers) -
Alexander Silcock Scott (7/Rangers)
John Anderson White (10/Tottenham Hotspur)
Ian St John (8/Liverpool)
Denis Law (12/Torino CC)
David Wilson (7/Rangers)
CZECHOSLOVAKIA: (Coach: Rudolf Vytlacil)
Viliam Schrojf - Jozef Bomba, Titus Bubernik - Jan Popluhar, Ladislav Novak (Captain),
Andrej Kvasnak - Josef Masopust, Tomas Pospichal, Adolf Scherer, Josef Kadraba, Vaclav Masek.
(Match 285) 7th October 1961 (British Championship)
NORTHERN IRELAND - SCOTLAND 1-6 (1-3)
Referee: James Finney (England)
Crowd: 41.000, Windsor Park, Belfast
Goals: 0-1 David Wilson 14'
1-1 James Christopher McLaughlin 17'
1-2 Alexander Silcock Scott 34'
1-3 Ralph Laidlaw Brand 38'
1-4 Alexander Silcock Scott 53'
1-5 Ralph Laidlaw Brand 69'
1-6 Alexander Silcock Scott 79'
NORTHERN IRELAND:
Henry Gregg - Edward (James) Magill, Alexander Russell Elder - Robert Dennis (Danny)
Blanchflower, William John (Terence) Neill, Robert Peacock - Samuel Wilson, James McIlroy,
William (Ian) Lawther, James Hill, James Christopher McLaughlin.
SCOTLAND: (Manager: Ian McColl/7)
William Dallas Fyfe Brown (12/Tottenham Hotspur) -
Duncan MacKay (13/Celtic)
Eric Caldow (Captain) (33/Rangers) -
Patrick Timothy Crerand (5/Celtic)
William McNeill (6/Celtic)
James Curran Baxter (6/Rangers) -
Alexander Silcock Scott (8/Rangers)
John Anderson White (11/Tottenham Hotspur)
Ian St John (9/Liverpool)
Ralph Laidlaw Brand (5/Rangers)
David Wilson (8/Rangers)
(Match 286) 8th November 1961 (British Championship)
SCOTLAND - WALES 2-0 (1-0)
Referee: Arthur Holland (England)
Crowd: 74.329, Hampden Park, Glasgow
Goals: 1-0 Ian St John 22'
2-0 Ian St John 50'
SCOTLAND: (Manager: Ian McColl/8)
William Dallas Fyfe Brown (13/Tottenham Hotspur) -
Alexander William Hamilton (1/Dundee)
Eric Caldow (Captain) (34/Rangers) -
Patrick Timothy Crerand (6/Celtic)
John Francombe (Ian) Ure (1/Dundee)
James Curran Baxter (7/Rangers) -
Alexander Silcock Scott (9/Rangers)
John Anderson White (12/Tottenham Hotspur)
Ian St John (10/Liverpool)
Ralph Laidlaw Brand (6/Rangers)
David Wilson (9/Rangers)
WALES: (Manager: Jimmy Murphy)
Alfred John Kelsey - Alan Charles Harrington, Stuart Grenville Williams - Victor Herbert
Crowe, Melfyn Charles, Colin Walter Baker - Leonard Allchurch, Phillips Abraham Woosnam,
Kenneth Leek, Ivor John Allchurch, Clifford William Jones.
(Match 287) 29th November 1961 (World Cup Qualifying Group 8 - Play off match)
SCOTLAND - CZECHOSLOVAKIA 2-4 (2-2, 1-0) (AFTER EXTRA TIME)
Referee: Gerhard Versyp (Belgium)
Crowd: 6.000, Heysel Stadion, Brussels
Goals: 1-0 Ian St John 37'
1-1 Jiri Hledik 70'
2-1 Ian St John 72'
2-2 Adolf Scherer 82'
2-3 Tomas Pospichal 94'
2-4 Andrej Kvasnak 105'
SCOTLAND: (Manager: Ian McColl/9)
Edward Devlin Connachan (1/Dunfermline Athletic) -
Alexander William Hamilton (2/Dundee)
Eric Caldow (Captain) (35/Rangers) -
Patrick Timothy Crerand (7/Celtic)
John Francombe (Ian) Ure (2/Dundee)
James Curran Baxter (8/Rangers) -
Ralph Laidlaw Brand (7/Rangers)
John Anderson White (13/Tottenham Hotspur)
Ian St John (11/Liverpool)
Denis Law (13/Torino CC)
Hugh Robertson (1/Dundee)
CZECHOSLOVAKIA: (Coach: Rudolf Vytlacil)
Viliam Schrojf - Jiri Hledik, Svatopluk Pluskal - Jan Popluhar, Jiri Tichy (Captain), Andrej
Kvasnak - Josef Masopust, Tomas Pospichal, Adolf Scherer, Rudolf Kucera, Josef Jelinek.