ArabGaz Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 The Greece and Finland home matches for the Euro 96 qualifiers were my first two Scotland games. I can vaguely remember that the old South Stand at Hampden was still on the go at the time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virtual Insanity Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 33 minutes ago, HibeeJibee said: I think this was the game that ended John Kennedy's career? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harlowspider Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 A game I was at: 8 September 1976 Scotland 6 Finland 0 Dalglish, Rioch, Masson (pen), Andy Gray (2), Eddie Gray. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted September 27, 2022 Author Share Posted September 27, 2022 For a bit of variety I’d like to see a euro qualifying group of Hungary Scotland Montenegro Azerbaijan Estonia Andorra The samey meh group would be Belgium Scotland Ukraine Georgia Lithuania 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 10 minutes ago, ArabGaz said: The Greece and Finland home matches for the Euro 96 qualifiers were my first two Scotland games. I can vaguely remember that the old South Stand at Hampden was still on the go at the time. Ditto, remember going for a curry on Aikenhead Rd before the game as it made it easier for my dad and his mates to have a few pints and get me in somewhere when the licensing laws for under 18s merely being in pubs were far more strict than now. The thing that strikes me looking back on the clip below is how shite the floodlights are compared to now, Mccoist nearly disappears into pitch black 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 17 minutes ago, ArabGaz said: The Greece and Finland home matches for the Euro 96 qualifiers were my first two Scotland games. I can vaguely remember that the old South Stand at Hampden was still on the go at the time. I was at the Greece game. Quite a lot of the stand was cordoned off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewan8472 Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 12 minutes ago, harlowspider said: A game I was at: 8 September 1976 Scotland 6 Finland 0 Dalglish, Rioch, Masson (pen), Andy Gray (2), Eddie Gray. Eddie Gray - footballing God 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewan8472 Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 (edited) 35 minutes ago, Thistle Bonnet said: My recollection is that in the Switzerland game Gough claimed that the ball took an awkward bounce off a water sprinkler head and he misjudged the flight. He handled the ball and was sent off. Craig Brown was Assistant Manager when we were thrashed by Portugal. He was given a lift to the stadium by Bobby Robson who was manager of Sporting Lisbon at the time. Brown passed on this local knowledge from his "taxi driver" - maybe Robson's insight was worthless or Gough dismissed it but we were an absolute shambles and fortunate just to lose five. Craig Levein went off injured Edited September 27, 2022 by Ewan8472 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentGuerin Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 (edited) 16 hours ago, craigkillie said: We played Bosnia in Euro 96 qualifying Apologies for pedantry, but it was Euro 2000. We beat them at Ibrox in a game I recently saw a picture of myself and my dad at, but have absolutely no recollection of attending. Weird as I was 15 at the time, and usually have a good memory for these things. 11 hours ago, Fuctifano said: Ditto, remember going for a curry on Aikenhead Rd before the game as it made it easier for my dad and his mates to have a few pints and get me in somewhere when the licensing laws for under 18s merely being in pubs were far more strict than now. The thing that strikes me looking back on the clip below is how shite the floodlights are compared to now, Mccoist nearly disappears into pitch black This was a fucking brilliant night. What a noise for the goal. I was at a couple of the USA 94 home qualifiers and the Germany friendly at Ibrox at that time, but the Euro 96 campaign was my first time going to every home game. Kept that up into the mid-2000s. This is still one of my favourites. Edited September 28, 2022 by VincentGuerin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 I went to 3 of the WC 98 qualifiers at home, my first Scotland games, and we won all 3. 1-0 v Sweden at Ibrox 2-0 v Austria at Parkhead 2-0 v Latvia at Parkhead Glorious. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 37 minutes ago, VincentGuerin said: Apologies for pedantry, but it was Euro 2000. We beat them at Ibrox in a game I recently saw a picture of myself and my dad at, but have absolutely no recollection of attending. Weird as I was 15 at the time, and usually have a good memory for these things. Nah no worries, was doing it off the top of my head. I should have thought about it a bit more, because they wouldn't have been playing in Euro 96 qualifying on account of being in the middle of a massive war at the time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 I think I was at a 0-0 draw vs Portugal that was played at Ibrox around 1993? It was that interesting I'm not really sure of my attendance or the scoreline. Think we played Italy and got the same result in the same venue and campaign. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordopolis Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 I went to 3 of the WC 98 qualifiers at home, my first Scotland games, and we won all 3. 1-0 v Sweden at Ibrox 2-0 v Austria at Parkhead 2-0 v Latvia at Parkhead Glorious.Those were my first three as well.What a time!In the years since it has often felt like bait and switch [emoji1] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 (edited) Below is a rough guide to when we last played each of the UEFA nations, only input year rather than exact date, obviously we didn't play Denmark chronologically between Czechia and England at the Euros. I've counted the Kirin Cup and Carling Cup as tournaments, if you don't then we last played Bulgaria competitively in Euro 92 qualifying and NI in the 1980s. Wild that we've never played Hungary in a qualifier, 9 friendlies dating back to their peak in the 1950s. If anyone has a better ideal how to paste directly from Excel into here without the formatting going to hell then let me know. Opposition Last Competitive Game Tournament Last Friendly Armenia 2022 Nations League n/a Republic of Ireland 2022 Nations League 2003 Ukraine 2022 Nations League n/a Austria 2021 WC 2022 Qual 2022 Croatia 2021 Euro 2020 Groups 2008 Czech Republic 2021 Euro 2020 Groups 2016 Denmark 2021 WC 2022 Qual 2016 England 2021 Euro 2020 Groups 2014 Faroe Islands 2021 WC 2022 Qual 2010 Israel 2021 WC 2022 Qual 1986 Moldova 2021 WC 2022 Qual n/a Serbia 2020 Euro 2020 Playoff final n/a Slovakia 2020 Nations League n/a Belgium 2019 Euro 2020 Qual 2018 Cyprus 2019 Euro 2020 Qual 2011 Kazakhstan 2019 Euro 2020 Qual n/a Russia 2019 Euro 2020 Qual n/a San Marino 2019 Euro 2020 Qual n/a Albania 2018 Nations League n/a Lithuania 2017 WC 2018 Qual n/a Malta 2017 WC 2018 Qual 1997 Slovenia 2017 WC 2018 Qual 2012 Georgia 2015 Euro 2016 Qual n/a Germany 2015 Euro 2016 Qual 1999 Gibraltar 2015 Euro 2016 Qual n/a Poland 2015 Euro 2016 Qual 2022 North Macedonia 2013 WC 2014 Qual n/a Wales 2013 2014 WC Qual 2009 Liechtenstein 2011 Euro 2012 Qual n/a Northern Ireland 2011 Carling Cup 2015 Spain 2011 Euro 2012 Qual 2004 Iceland 2009 WC 2010 Qual n/a Netherlands 2009 WC 2010 Qual 2021 Norway 2009 WC 2010 Qual 2013 France 2007 Euro 2008 Qual 2016 Italy 2007 Euro 2008 Qual 2016 Bulgaria 2006 Kirin Cup 1978 Belarus 2005 WC 2006 Qual n/a Latvia 2001 WC 2002 Qual n/a Bosnia and Herzegovina 1999 Euro 2000 Qual n/a Estonia 1999 Euro 2000 Qual 2013 Sweden 1997 WC 1998 Qual 2010 Switzerland 1996 Euro 96 Group Stage 2006 Finland 1995 Euro 96 Qual 1998 Greece 1995 Euro 96 Qual n/a Portugal 1993 WC 1994 Qual 2018 Romania 1991 Euro 92 Qual 2004 Luxembourg 1987 Euro 88 Qual 2021 Andorra Never n/a n/a Azerbaijan Never n/a n/a Hungary Never N/A 2018 Kosovo Never n/a n/a Montenegro Never n/a n/a Turkey Never n/a 1960 Edited September 28, 2022 by Fuctifano 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted September 28, 2022 Author Share Posted September 28, 2022 It is completely bizarre that we’ve never played a competitive match against Hungary or Turkey. The others a bit more understandable because they are either minnows who didn’t bother with football until the 90s (Andorra) or they’re relatively newly independent countries full stop (Azerbaijan, Montenegro and Kosovo) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrison Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 14 hours ago, Self-raising Lazarus said: We haven't played Azerbaijan, would I be right in saying? Other teams I've never seen us play (since 2004) I haven't seen mentioned: Latvia Greece Bosnia Kosovo Romania Depends whether 'since 2004' means you wanted 'from 2005' or not, but this happened. I thought we'd played them in a friendly, but I also thought it was a lot more recent than this! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 That's the match where John Kennedy was out for about 3 year afterwards. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Drifter Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 26 minutes ago, TheScarf said: That's the match where John Kennedy was out for about 3 year the rest of his life afterwards. Fixed that for you. 1 hour ago, Fuctifano said: Below is a rough guide to when we last played each of the UEFA nations, only input year rather than exact date, obviously we didn't play Denmark chronologically between Czechia and England at the Euros. I've counted the Kirin Cup and Carling Cup as tournaments, if you don't then we last played Bulgaria competitively in Euro 92 qualifying and NI in the 1980s. Wild that we've never played Hungary in a qualifier, 9 friendlies dating back to their peak in the 1950s. If anyone has a better ideal how to paste directly from Excel into here without the formatting going to hell then let me know. Opposition Last Competitive Game Tournament Last Friendly Armenia 2022 Nations League n/a Republic of Ireland 2022 Nations League 2003 Ukraine 2022 Nations League n/a Austria 2021 WC 2022 Qual 2022 Croatia 2021 Euro 2020 Groups 2008 Czech Republic 2021 Euro 2020 Groups 2016 Denmark 2021 WC 2022 Qual 2016 England 2021 Euro 2020 Groups 2014 Faroe Islands 2021 WC 2022 Qual 2010 Israel 2021 WC 2022 Qual 1986 Moldova 2021 WC 2022 Qual n/a Serbia 2020 Euro 2020 Playoff final n/a Slovakia 2020 Nations League n/a Belgium 2019 Euro 2020 Qual 2018 Cyprus 2019 Euro 2020 Qual 2011 Kazakhstan 2019 Euro 2020 Qual n/a Russia 2019 Euro 2020 Qual n/a San Marino 2019 Euro 2020 Qual n/a Albania 2018 Nations League n/a Lithuania 2017 WC 2018 Qual n/a Malta 2017 WC 2018 Qual 1997 Slovenia 2017 WC 2018 Qual 2012 Georgia 2015 Euro 2016 Qual n/a Germany 2015 Euro 2016 Qual 1999 Gibraltar 2015 Euro 2016 Qual n/a Poland 2015 Euro 2016 Qual 2022 North Macedonia 2013 WC 2014 Qual n/a Wales 2013 2014 WC Qual 2009 Liechtenstein 2011 Euro 2012 Qual n/a Northern Ireland 2011 Carling Cup 2015 Spain 2011 Euro 2012 Qual 2004 Iceland 2009 WC 2010 Qual n/a Netherlands 2009 WC 2010 Qual 2021 Norway 2009 WC 2010 Qual 2013 France 2007 Euro 2008 Qual 2016 Italy 2007 Euro 2008 Qual 2016 Bulgaria 2006 Kirin Cup 1978 Belarus 2005 WC 2006 Qual n/a Latvia 2001 WC 2002 Qual n/a Bosnia and Herzegovina 1999 Euro 2000 Qual n/a Estonia 1999 Euro 2000 Qual 2013 Sweden 1997 WC 1998 Qual 2010 Switzerland 1996 Euro 96 Group Stage 2006 Finland 1995 Euro 96 Qual 1998 Greece 1995 Euro 96 Qual n/a Portugal 1993 WC 1994 Qual 2018 Romania 1991 Euro 92 Qual 2004 Luxembourg 1987 Euro 88 Qual 2021 Andorra Never n/a n/a Azerbaijan Never n/a n/a Hungary Never N/A 2018 Kosovo Never n/a n/a Montenegro Never n/a n/a Turkey Never n/a 1960 Calling the Carling Cup and Kirin Cup "competitive" is a reach! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stylish Kid Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 I seem to remember us always drawing a Baltic nation in qualifying from approximately 1996 through to about 2006? In my head we are rarely drawn against Portugal - and I guess that's another strand; competitive fixtures vs friendlies 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Kennedy did go on to play another 33 games after that injury, including in the Champions League, but it definitely did curtail his career. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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