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England vs Scotland international football match report

Date, kick-off time:	Saturday, 23 May 1981, 15:00 (UTC+01:00)
National teams, score:	England - Scotland 0:1
Competition:	British Championship 1981 (Not finished)
Referee:	Robert Wurtz, Strasbourg / France
Attendance, venue:	90 000, British Empire Exhibition Stadium (Wembley), London
Goals:	0:1 (64') John Robertson (pen.)

England national football team line-up in match Nr.554

Managed by team manager Ron Greenwood
Player	Caps	Age	Club
Joe Corrigan	7	32	Manchester City FC, Manchester
Viv Anderson	8	24	Nottingham Forest FC, West Bridgford
Kenny Sansom	17	22	Arsenal FC, London
Dave Watson 46'	61	34	Southampton FC, Southampton
46' Alvin Martin	2	22	West Ham United FC, London
Bryan Robson	10	24	West Bromwich Albion FC, West Bromwich
Steve Coppell	31	25	Manchester United FC, Manchester
Glenn Hoddle	7	23	Tottenham Hotspur FC, London
Peter Withe	3	29	Aston Villa FC, Birmingham
Graham Rix	6	23	Arsenal FC, London
Tony Woodcock 46'	19	25	1. FC Köln, Köln
46' Trevor Francis	21	27	Nottingham Forest FC, West Bridgford
Ray Wilkins	40	24	Manchester United FC, Manchester

Scotland national team line-up in match Nr.441

Managed by team manager Jock Stein
Player	Caps	Age	Club
Alan Rough	42	29	Partick Thistle FC, Glasgow
Ray Stewart	3	21	West Ham United FC, London
Frank Gray	16	26	Leeds United AFC, Leeds
Danny McGrain	55	31	Celtic FC, Glasgow
Alex McLeish	12	22	Aberdeen FC, Aberdeen
Willie Miller	14	26	Aberdeen FC, Aberdeen
David Provan 80'	7	25	Celtic FC, Glasgow
80' Paul Sturrock	3	24	Dundee United FC, Dundee
Steve Archibald	10	24	Tottenham Hotspur FC, London
Joe Jordan	47	29	Manchester United FC, Manchester
Asa Hartford 27'	42	30	Everton FC, Liverpool
27' David Narey	10	24	Dundee United FC, Dundee
John Robertson	17	28	Nottingham Forest FC, West Bridgford

Match stats

National team	Players	Average caps	Average age	Clubs	Goals	Cautions	Expulsions
England	13	17.846	26.291	10	0	0	0
Scotland	13	21.385	26.526	10	1	1	0

Historical data sources

The Observer (London), №9900, 24.05.1981; Newspapers.com

The Guardian (Manchester), №41913, 25.05.1981; Newspapers.com

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England vs Scotland post-match head-to-head

Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals	Points/Match
99	38	22	39	179 - 165	0.990
England v Scotland match-by-match record

England matches

Previous match:

British Championship 1981 (Not finished)

England vs Wales 0-0

London, Wednesday 20 May 1981

Next match:

1982 FIFA World Cup Qualification

Switzerland vs England 2-1

Basel, Saturday 30 May 1981

English national team matches

Scotland matches

Previous match:

British Championship 1981 (Not finished)

Scotland vs Northern Ireland 2-0

Glasgow, Tuesday 19 May 1981

Next match:

1982 FIFA World Cup Qualification

Scotland vs Sweden 2-0

Glasgow, Wednesday 9 September 1981

Scottish football team international record

Scotland top scorers

1. Denis Law (1958 - 1972) - 30 goals
2. Kenny Dalglish (1972 - 1981) - 24 goals
3. Hughie Gallacher (1925 - 1930) - 23 goals
4. Lawrie Reilly (1949 - 1956) - 22 goals
... John Robertson (1979 - 1981) - 5 goals

(correct as of May 23, 1981)

Scotland international goal scorers

Brief match report

Sat. 23 May 1981
British Empire Exhibition Stadium (Wembley), London
England 0-1 Scotland
Goals: Robertson 64

England: Corrigan, Anderson, Sansom, Watson (c) (Martin 46), Robson, Coppell, Hoddle, Withe, Rix, Woodcock (Francis 46), Wilkins. Managed by Greenwood.

Scotland: Rough, Stewart, Gray, McGrain (c), McLeish, Miller, Provan (Sturrock 80), Archibald, Jordan, Hartford (Narey 27), Robertson. Managed by Stein.
Booked: McGrain .

Att: 90 000
Ref: Wurtz (France)