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THE DATE: April 13, 1967.
THE PLACE: Claremont Road.
THE EVENT: Scotland plan the downfall of
the world champions.
THE STORY: Any footballer will tell you
that proper preparation is a vital part of the game and
that nothing can be achieved without the best training
facilities. How was it, then, that 35 years ago, Scotland
became the first team to defeat Sir Alf Ramsey's World
Cup winners after their training sessions had been held
on the mud-heap that was Hendon's ground? Was it,
perhaps, the impetus given by the recent appointment of
Bobby Brown as manager?
More likely it was the desire of the core
of world-class players in the Scotland side to prove to
the rest of the planet who were the real masters. At
Wembley, two days after this photograph was taken,
Brown's team achieved a 3-2 victory over England that
ranks alongside the Wembley Wizards' win of 1928 as
Scotland's greatest under the twin towers. After the
humiliating start to Berti Vogts's reign in Paris last
month, more than a few Scotsmen will be raising a glass
in memory of happier days this weekend.
JIM McCALLIOG
(Wolverhampton Wanderers)
(midfield): The expression "dream debut" might
have been invented for the 20-year-old from Sheffield
Wednesday, who had the enviable job of slipping into a
midfield that also included such priceless talents as
Billy Bremner and Jim Baxter. His day was crowned five
minutes from time when he powerfully drove home
Scotland's third goal. However, it was not the start of a
distinguished international career and he won just five
caps, the last of them coming in a 2-0 defeat in Portugal
in 1970-71. Also played for Wolverhampton Wanderers and
Manchester United, among others, and was a member of
Southampton's 1976 FA Cup-winning team. Now aged 55, he
runs the George and Dragon pub in Wetherby, Yorkshire.
DENIS LAW
(striker): No Scotland player was more motivated than the
brilliant No 10 from Manchester United who - so legend
has it - played golf rather than suffer the indignity of
watching England's victory over West Germany the previous
summer. When he scored the opening goal it was the third
successive year that he had scored against England and he
was also on target against them for the Rest of the World
in the FA centenary match in 1963. Became his country's
youngest debut-maker when he pulled on the shirt against
Wales at 18 in October 1958 and was European Footballer
of the Year in 1964. Although he shares with Kenny
Dalglish the record of 30 goals for his country, Law's
tally came in just 55 appearances compared with
Dalglish's 102. Now aged 62, a statue of him was recently
unveiled at Old Trafford.
BILLY BREMNER
(midfield): As Leeds United entered their golden era,
so the man who had been schooled by Bobby Collins emerged
as one of the finest midfield players in Europe.
Constructive when in possession and tigerish in trying to
recover it, his presence was vital to ensuring that
Scotland had enough of the ball for Baxter to plot their
victory. Made his international debut against Spain two
years earlier and was at his peak as an inspirational
leader when the team performed heroically in the 1974
World Cup finals in West Germany, going out in the first
phase without losing a game. Won 54 caps before he was
suspended by the Scottish FA as one of the
"Copenhagen Five" involved in a bar-room
incident in the Danish capital. He died in 1997, aged 54.
BOBBY LENNOX
(Celtic) (winger) :
Travelled to London to join his team-mates afte~ somewhat
bizarrely being left out of the Celtic team for the first
leg of the European Cup semi-final against Dukla Prague
the night before. The scorer of Scotland's second goal at
Wembley, an effort that demonstrated his notable
finishing prowess, it is a measure of the depth of
resources at Scotland's disposal that he won only ten
caps. A little over a month after this game he was a
member of the Celtic team that became the first from
Great Britain to win Europe's premier trophy. He scored
273 goals for his club and, aged 58, is still seen
performing corporate hospitality duties at Celtic Park.
RICHARD WHITEHEAD THANKS
Kevin McCarra
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