Ronaldo Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 Thakfully I can remember this, when we were in the top ten international sides in the world as rated by FIFA. Tonight 11pm, this should be interesting viewing to see iof we were really as good as I remember. I recall Billy Btremner missing a sitter against Brazil and a bombardment of fire power on their goal. The Yugoslavia game was a hard one but we were unlucky to get Zaire in the first game because they wetre easy but we didn't know how easy until they started to falter by game three. Squad - David Harvey (Leeds), Sandy Jardine (Rangers), Danny McGrain (Celtic), Martin Buchan (Man Utd), Billy Bremner (Leeds), Jim Holton (Man Utd), John Blackley(Hibs), Kenny Dalglish Celtic), Htchison (Man City), Willie Morgan (Man Utd), Joe Jordan (Leeds), David Hay (Celtic), Peter Lorimer (Leeds), Denis Law (Man Utd), With the exception of Hutchison and Blackley all the players were in the top 20 European clubs, a far cry from our current status. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slf Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 yabadabadoo we support the boys in blue and its easy easy still got the 45 fae then yabadabadoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1884 Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 Requst fae Wee John... Can any kind person please record this for him onto DVD this evening... oor DVD recorder isnae connected up just now. Thanking you muchly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted February 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 Requst fae Wee John... Can any kind person please record this for him onto DVD this evening... oor DVD recorder isnae connected up just now. Thanking you muchly! Me or Ricky will give you a copy if you can't get one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCarry One Nil Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 Six Foot Two , Eyes of Blue Big Jim Holton's after you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lethamsaintee Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 should be as good watch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCarry One Nil Posted February 11, 2006 Report Share Posted February 11, 2006 Really good programme eh. Amazing scenes when the team arrived back in Glasgow Joe Jordan is my all time favourite Scotland player and great to see so much of him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted February 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2006 Brilliant, Happy Days. I thought when I was young we'd always be at the top. I wish they'd shown more of the actual games and stretched things out for an hour. Nice to see Willie again, genuis. Jordan was the Van Nistelrooy of his day, Kenny at his best, Lorimer had the strongest shot officially recorded in world football, Denis Law my hero, Jimmy Johnstone - awesome, David Harvey - a great goalkeeper and has always made me smile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted February 11, 2006 Report Share Posted February 11, 2006 Was an interesting watch. I wish I was around to see a great Scotland side that was capable of amazing things. Hopefully we will have one some time again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slf Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 Brilliant, Happy Days. I thought when I was young we'd always be at the top. I wish they'd shown more of the actual games and stretched things out for an hour. Nice to see Willie again, genuis. Jordan was the Van Nistelrooy of his day, Kenny at his best, Lorimer had the strongest shot officially recorded in world football, Denis Law my hero, Jimmy Johnstone - awesome, David Harvey - a great goalkeeper and has always made me smile. cant agree more,so am gonna go away an cry for a wee while Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garydavidson Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 was there that much difference really? getting the results against big teams and fluffing at the small ones. i never saw the programm and i only know a wee bit about it. but did this team set us on the trend we still have not got out of - ie struggling against minows! it would be great to have such confidence in a national team again. the songs were amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wee john Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 Has anyone got it copied onto dvd? I finished work early to watch it, superb. I hate the EBC, do my nut in the w**kers. Quote from the EBC news at the time, "TROUBLE COULD COME FROM THE ARABS, THE GERMAN BARDAR MEIN HOFF ANORCHISTS AND THE INVADING HOARD OF SCOTS FANS" B***ards, I hate them with a passion. Great reply from the narrator, "PERHAPS THEY FEARED THE SCOTS WOULD INFLICT A SING SONG N THEM" Alba gu brath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueheaven Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 I wish I was around to see a great Scotland side that was capable of amazing things. Hopefully we will have one some time again. "Capable" of amazing things perhaps, but never actually achieved any. For all that gets said about the Scotland players of old, they never managed to do any better than the more recent sides. They certainly didn't come any closer to qualifying for a 2nd round than Craig Brown's strongest team did. It would be great to see a Scotland team playing with that sort of flair again, but I think the history books show that (sadly) the end result is just the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wee john Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 "Capable" of amazing things perhaps, but never actually achieved any. For all that gets said about the Scotland players of old, they never managed to do any better than the more recent sides. They certainly didn't come any closer to qualifying for a 2nd round than Craig Brown's strongest team did. It would be great to see a Scotland team playing with that sort of flair again, but I think the history books show that (sadly) the end result is just the same. Glorius failures It is in our genes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wee john Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 We had players you would gladly pay to watch, Jordan, Bremner, Willie Morgan, Hutchison and Davie Hay, what a class act Davie Hay was, he really was a great great player. Perhaps some others will remember how good he was, he never really got the recognition he deserved. He was so comfortable on the ball, so laid back he was horizontal, Quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1884 Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 I finished work early to watch it, superb. Aye, had to watch it 3 times before getting some shut eye... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted February 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 "Capable" of amazing things perhaps, but never actually achieved any. For all that gets said about the Scotland players of old, they never managed to do any better than the more recent sides. They certainly didn't come any closer to qualifying for a 2nd round than Craig Brown's strongest team did. It would be great to see a Scotland team playing with that sort of flair again, but I think the history books show that (sadly) the end result is just the same. The Scotland teams of the 70Â’s were in the top 10 and rated higher than England who were in the top 5 in the 60's. Craig Brown got us to one World Cup finals, which was the 1998 finals in France where we got beaten by Brazil and gubbed by Morocco and drew with Norway. We have only qualified for one world cup in 16 years and 20 years by the next world cup. That means by the next world cup finals (20 years since Italia 90) whatever we do we will only have managed one point at the finals. You cannot really blame any of the Scotland managers for the last 20 years since the level of world class player has been very low. We are rated 60th in the world and the Scotland team of the 70's would love the current Scotland team in their qualifying group. On the other hand the Scotland team of the 70's and 80's qualified for five world cup finals in a row. Scotland weren't beaten at the 1974 finals. They had awesome fire power and didn't have to rely on a 4-5-1 system to battle out a narrow win or draw. There were world class players who were well known abroad and were highly rated in England. Many of the Scottish squad then were used to success in Europe at club level - Dalgleish, Souness, Hansen, Jimmy Johnstone, Denis Law, Leeds, Aberdeen, Dundee Utd players etc. Denis Law, Joe Jordan and Souness all played in Italy and Macleod, MacInally and Lambert played in Germany and John Collins played for Monaco. A couple of the latter players made the 1990's just but the conveyer belt of talent was drying up. They had a massive following from the young in the 70's because with the talent that they were going to see were guaranteed to give you entertainment with the exception of a few games. At last there are some decent young players appearing after a severe drought but can they make the jump to world class? We tend to be a bit insular and rate our players based on what we see locally. There is no equality between the two eras. [Wee John, I am giving Ricky the DVD tomorrow, he says he knows how to get it to you - Ronnie] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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