World Cup Wilfreds

#35

Scotland

Co-creators (…along with the English neighbours, of course…) of the alleged Beautiful Game’, in the November of 1872 the Scots play host to their southern cousins International Football’s first official encounter in front of 4,000 hardy souls or so

…‘Mon the Scots!

…over at the West of Scotland Cricket Ground at Partick...

…a match with 15 forwards on the field in total somehow manages to find itself finishing

0-0

The foolish four-thousand may not have seen a Goal that day but could consider themselves rather fortunate, however, finding themselves treated to the very first sighting of the world-famous

Bicycle-Kick

courtesy of Queen’s Park’s…

Billy MacKinnon

Scotland’s

World Cup Report;

Tournaments: ‍ ‍7

P W D L G+ G- Pts

23 4 7 12 ‍ ‍ 1225 ‍ ‍19

Best Finish ; 9th

World Cup Rating ;

D

D for dreadful, we’re afraid to say- Given the extra-ordinary innovations & sheer wealth of talent the Scots have brought to the game, they really should be doing SO much better…

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