Club v Country matches held in Scotland

[HibeeJibee]

21 minutes ago, Highland Capital said:

Did Scotland not play Morton behind closed doors a few years ago? Did Brazil not play some junior side(s?) before the 66 World Cup as well?

Brazil visited Ayrshire but didn't play any matches. France visited the Borders and did.



Scotland will have played numerous games with clubs - especially if you include closed door warm-ups/bounce games.

e.g. even since the war these games were held before crowds as regular friendlies (not fundraising testimonials/etc.):

29 May 1949     Belfast Celtic 2-0 Scotland (at New York)

16 Nov 1954     Kilmarnock 0-2 Scotland
22 Nov 1954     Hibernian 0-3 Scotland
30 Nov 1954     Falkirk 4-4 Scotland

17 Feb 1958     Rangers 1-1 Scotland
03 Mar 1958     Hearts 3-2 Scotland
05 Jun 1958     Eskilstuna 0-2 Scotland

09 Jun 1982     Torralta 1-9 Scotland
10 Jun 1982     Torralta 0-7 Scotland

30 May 1986     Los Angeles Heat 0-3 Scotland
01 Jun 1986     Hollywood Kickers 0-4 Scotland

[Salvo Montalbano]

If we are including matches played abroad then Dunfermline played the New Zealand national side twice back in 2002. Pars beat the All Whites 1-0 in Wellington then lost 4-2 in Auckland before playing and beating an all-star team 2-1 in Hamilton.

[Highland Capital]

On 19/12/2022 at 13:16, HibeeJibee said:

Brazil visited Ayrshire but didn't play any matches. France visited the Borders and did.
 

I see there's talk on the St Mirren thread that Brazil played against them in a closed doors game in 1966.

[Guest]

On 22/11/2022 at 06:34, Eednud said:

I was at the NZ game, ex Dundee United goalie Sandy Davie was in goal for NZ and might have been captain for the game.

He used to run goalkeeper coaching sessions in Auckland during the school holidays, I remember being the youngest there and trying to catch crosses against opponents at least two feet taller than me.......

[latapythelegend]

Falkirk played Malta in Jun 1953. Won 2-0. Played a few locals team as well while on tour.

[bluedragon]

Here are some more matches played by Scotland against club opposition taken from the RSSSF website.

21 March 1891 v Corinthian (played in Glasgow) Won 9- 2 - Corinthian had travelled to Glasgow to play Queen’s Park, however, it was decided to give the Scotland team to play England on 4 April 1891 a warm-up game and so some players from other clubs donned Queen’s Park colours.

29 June 1927 v Hakoah Wein (Winnipeg) Won 4- 1 - The Scotland touring party were scheduled to meet Select (All-Star) teams from cities and areas around Canada.  The Austrian club were also touring and a game was arranged.

Although there were often teams styled as “Scotland XI” that played in benefit and testimonial matches  the following matches involved an SFA organised Scotland XI:

30 April 1953 v Sunderland (Glasgow) Won 5- 0 - Jimmy Mason testimonial match.

11 November 1964 v Tottenham Hotspur (London) Won 6- 2 - John White testimonial match.

2 May 1966 v Leicester City (Leicester) Drew 1- 1 - Alex Dowdells testimonial match.

27 January 1971 v Rangers/Celtic Select (Glasgow) Won 2- 1 - Ibrox disaster benefit match.

16 April 1978 v Rangers (Glasgow) Lost 0- 5 - John Greig testimonial match. 

[Anfield 1977]

Kilmarnock lost 0-3 to Scotlands Under 21 side at Rugby Park on October 9th !976 - same day as the Villa Park riot.

Premier League games were cancelled that Saturday with the impending World Cup qualifier in Prague.

This was the first U21 game we had played although officially that was three days later in Pilsen.

Edited January 21, 2023 by Anfield 1977

[MEADOWXI]

Good page on Troon website about Pele at Troon, they trained there prior to Scotland friendly before 66 WC,

https://troonfootballclub.co.uk/pele/

[Lurkst]

On 18/01/2023 at 10:46, bluedragon said:

16 April 1978 v Rangers (Glasgow) Lost 0- 5 - John Greig testimonial match. 

Remember that one. Should probably have been a warning for what awaited in Argentina