The Demise Of the Scotland National Side
I can recall that epic win by them against World Cup winners England at Wembley in '67 ....Jinxy Jim Baxter running the show and players like Bremner, Mackay, Law, Gilzean, McCalliog and Johnstone on display ....but they haven't beaten England by a two goal margin or more since 1974
Of course our very own James Herriott , Kenny Burns, James McFadden, Archie Gemmill, Paul Devlin and Alex McLeish were Scottish internationals in their day, surprising too that Bertie Auld was never capped by his country while he was at Blues .....OK, I'm probably pushing it a bit mentioning Herriott but like just about every Scotland keeper since they stopped rationing , a lot of 'em have had absolute mares especially against the Sassenachs
But going back in time a nation within the British Isles (for the time being anyway and many of whom are considered still passionate about footy) that has produced players like Kenny Dalgliesh, Graeme Souness, Alan Hansen, Jon Wark, Joe Jordan, Peter Lorimer, Andy Gray, Willie Johnston, Tommy Hutchison etc etc ....I find it odd that they have fallen so far down the world rankings....while at roughly the same time Wales have been doing themselves quite proud and Rep Of Ireland can be a strong side on the day as well
What are the reasons ??
and do you think England will beat them comfortably early next month ....(again)
Strachan is already talking about putting half the Celtic Invinsibles in the side.....but I couldn't even name all of them TBH