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| England v Scotland at Wembley, August 2013 | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jun 18 2012, 04:21 AM (114 Views) | |
| THFC6061 | Jun 18 2012, 04:21 AM Post #1 |
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Olivier Tebily
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As part of The FA’s 150th anniversary celebrations in 2013, England have confirmed they will once again play Scotland at Wembley, as they rekindle international football’s oldest rivalry. The fixture is the first to be confirmed ahead of what will be a spectacular year of blue-chip international matches at Wembley, as well as further events around England to commemorate the landmark year. The pair will play each other at Wembley on Wednesday 14 August 2013. England manager Roy Hodgson said: “I am privileged to be manager of England at UEFA Euro 2012 and it will be another huge honour to lead our nation out against our oldest rivals. For us, England versus Scotland is one of the finest fixtures in international football and I know what this game means to both sets of supporters. “It will be a fitting part of The FA’s 150th anniversary celebrations and the supporters, the team and my coaching staff all look forward to welcoming Scotland to Wembley Stadium next year.” Scotland’s National Team Coach, Craig Levein, believes his squad will relish the challenge of this historic fixture. He said: “For any Scotland supporter, player or coach, Scotland versus England is the ultimate contest: it really is as good as it gets. I am thrilled that we have reached agreement with The FA to play at Wembley as part of their 150th Anniversary celebrations and I am sure the supporters will be there in their tens of thousands. “Our match against Brazil at the Emirates Stadium in London last year was a tremendous spectacle and I was overwhelmed by the support we had that day. This is an even more mouth-watering prospect for all concerned and the players will be desperate to record another famous victory at Wembley. “It will also be the best test possible before we resume our FIFA World Cup Qualifying campaign next year.” England and Scotland are international football’s oldest opponents. They met in the first official match ever played. The original staging of this fixture took place at the ground of the West of Scotland Cricket Club at Partick, near Glasgow, on Saturday, 30 November 1872. In the previous month The FA Committee had formally agreed to send a representative team, “in order to further the interests of The Association in Scotland”. Bell’s Life saw it as “one of the jolliest, one of the most spirited and most pleasant matches that has ever been played according to Association rules”. There was a crowd of nearly 4,000 and it finished in a 0-0 draw. The teams have now met on 110 occasions, most recently in 1999 when Scotland won 1-0 in the second leg of a UEFA Euro 2000 Qualifying Play-Off at Wembley. England has won 45 times, Scotland 41 times and there have been 24 draws. Scotland’s ‘Wembley Wizards’ were 5-1 winners in 1928 but an England side managed by Walter Winterbottom thumped the Scots 9-3, also at Wembley, to clinch the British Championship trophy in 1961. A colossal attendance of 149,547, still a British record, saw Scotland win 3-1 at Glasgow’s Hampden Park in 1937. Full history of England v Scotland matches 1872-2013 |
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| Bart P. Cozner | Jun 18 2012, 09:13 AM Post #2 |
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Trevor Francis
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THey should play that fixture every season. |
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| maulley54 | Jun 18 2012, 09:28 AM Post #3 |
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Mikael Forssell
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yeah and look forward to the trouble. april 25th 1970 went to hampden to see scotland v england cause astle was playing for england score was 0-0 but the biggest crowd i have been in, 134,000. what an atmosphere |
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| Des | Jun 18 2012, 09:44 AM Post #4 |
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Malcom Page
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Maulley From Memory the King never scored for England but did score for an FA 11 pre 1970 world cup. Sorry mate not quite sure how to break this to you, but Peter Osgood was an all round better player and he won very few England caps either. We were truly blessed for Strikers back then. KRO |
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| maulley54 | Jun 18 2012, 11:52 PM Post #5 |
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Mikael Forssell
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sorry mate osgood was no where near as good as astle in the air. he was just lucky he played for a better team at the time. although we knocked them out the cup in 69 at the bridge 2-1 brown missed a penalty or bonetti made a fantastic save, i was stood at the other end. heres one for you brown only missed 5 penalties in 20 odd years and i saw 4 of them. astle once scored 5 in an england b team game. i dont know why ramsey picked astle and then played a team without wingers. ramsey ruined english football when he won the world cup without wingers. tony brown was division one top scorer a couple of times and only won 1 cap that was against wales at wembley again was 0-0 and again i was there, he was substituted after 1 hour there were 5 new caps in the team that night. and if you know your history.................... ps astle was the first player to score in every round of the cup and the first player to score in a wembley fa cup final and a wembley league cup final. |
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