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Angleterre 3-1 Ecosse - May 26, 1979 / British Home Championship 1979

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British Home Championship 1979 - Journée 3

Wembley Stadium - Londres - England

May 26, 1979

100 000

Angleterre

England

3 - 1

Ecosse

Scotland

Peter Barnes

46'

Steve Coppell

63'

Kevin Keegan

70'

21'

John Wark

logo Angleterre ANG

21' - Goal John Wark

logo Angleterre ANG

46' - Goal Peter Barnes46

63' - Goal Steve Coppell63

70' - Goal Kevin Keegan70

logo Ecosse ECO

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Angleterre

3 - 1

Ecosse

Angleterre Ecosse

Team line-ups

Angleterre

Clemence

Ray Clemence

England

B.date05/08/1948

Age30 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Thompson

Phil Thompson

England

B.date21/01/1954

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

Watson

David Watson

England

B.date05/10/1946

Age32 years

positionDefender

Mills

Mick Mills

England

B.date04/01/1949

Age30 years

H1m71

positionCentral defender

Neal

Phil Neal

England

B.date20/02/1951

Age28 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Brooking

Trevor Brooking

England

B.date02/10/1948

Age30 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Wilkins

Ray Wilkins

England

B.date14/09/1956

Age22 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Coppell63

Steve Coppell

England

B.date09/07/1955

Age23 years

H1m72

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Barnes46

Peter Barnes

England

B.date10/06/1957

Age21 years

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Keegan70

Kevin Keegan

England

B.date14/02/1951

Age28 years

H1m70

positionStriker

Latchford

Bob Latchford

England

B.date18/01/1951

Age28 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ray Clemence		30	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Thompson		25	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Watson		32	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mick Mills		30	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Neal		28	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Trevor Brooking		30	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Wilkins		22	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Coppell	63	23	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Barnes	46	21	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Keegan	70	28	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bob Latchford		28	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Ecosse

Wood

George Wood

Scotland

B.date26/09/1952

Age26 years

positionGoalkeeper

Wark21

John Wark

Scotland

B.date04/08/1957

Age21 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

McQueen

Gordon McQueen

Scotland

B.date26/06/1952

Age26 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Hegarty

Paul Hegarty

Scotland

B.date25/07/1954

Age24 years

positionCentral defender

Burley

George Burley

Scotland

B.date03/06/1956

Age22 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

Gray

Frank Gray

Scotland

B.date27/10/1954

Age24 years

positionLeft full-back

Souness

Graeme Souness

Scotland

B.date06/05/1953

Age26 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Hartford

Asa Hartford

Scotland

B.date24/10/1950

Age28 years

positionMidfield

Graham

Arthur Graham

Scotland

B.date26/10/1952

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Jordan

Joe Jordan

Scotland

B.date15/12/1951

Age27 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Dalglish

Kenny Dalglish

Scotland

B.date04/03/1951

Age28 years

H1m78

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	George Wood		26	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Wark	21	21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gordon McQueen		26	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Hegarty		24	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	George Burley		22	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Gray		24	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graeme Souness		26	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Asa Hartford		28	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Arthur Graham		26	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Joe Jordan		27	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kenny Dalglish		28	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Phil Thompson

Emelyn Hughes

OUT

Steve Coppell

Terry McDermott

OUT

Phil Neal

Kenny Sansom

OUT

Ray Clemence

Joe Corrigan

OUT

Mick Mills

Trevor Cherry

OUT

Trevor Brooking

Tony Currie

OUT

Peter Barnes

Laurie Cunningham

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Ronald Greenwood

Success rate in this team:

69 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Greenwood vs Ecosse

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on May 26, 1979

Greenwood vs Stein

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on May 26, 1979

Manager

Age

Match num

Jock Stein

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

64 %

Stein vs Angleterre

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 26, 1979

Stein vs Greenwood

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 26, 1979

Referee

Antonio Garrido

3 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Angleterre3 matches	General total	Ecosse3 matches	0 victory	0 draw	3 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Angleterre1 match	Season total	Ecosse1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on June 16, 1982					Latest figure on December 15, 1982

Videos

October 13, 2011

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Steve Coppell scores a goal vs in his professional career since the 20/05/1978 (with vs )

Ecosse keeps its 6 consecutive losses away from home running (since 23/06/1977). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 01/06/1974 (5 matches)

The last time Ecosse has ended with the score 1-3 in British Home Championship, It was on the 22/05/1971 (vs )

Read the next 12 key stats

General ranking

+1	1	Angleterre	5 pts	3 rd
-1	2	Pays de Galles	4 pts	3 rd
	3	Ecosse	2 pts	3 rd
	4	Irlande du Nord	1 pt	3 rd

General ranking

+1	1	Angleterre	5 pts	3 rd
-1	2	Pays de Galles	4 pts	3 rd
	3	Ecosse	2 pts	3 rd
	4	Irlande du Nord	1 pt	3 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DAngleterre 1-1 Brazil19/04/1978

VAngleterre 1-0 Northern Ireland16/05/1978

VAngleterre 4-1 Hungary24/05/1978

VAngleterre 1-0 Czechoslovakia29/11/1978

VAngleterre 4-0 Northern Ireland07/02/1979

DAngleterre 0-0 Wales23/05/1979

Overall

VDenmark 3-4 Angleterre20/09/1978

DIreland 1-1 Angleterre25/10/1978

VAngleterre 1-0 Czechoslovakia29/11/1978

VAngleterre 4-0 Northern Ireland07/02/1979

VNorthern Ireland 0-2 Angleterre19/05/1979

DAngleterre 0-0 Wales23/05/1979

Current form

Away

DArgentina 1-1 Ecosse18/06/1977

LBrazil 2-0 Ecosse23/06/1977

LEast Germany 1-0 Ecosse07/09/1977

LAustria 3-2 Ecosse20/09/1978

LPortugal 1-0 Ecosse29/11/1978

LWales 3-0 Ecosse19/05/1979

Overall

VEcosse 3-2 Netherlands11/06/1978

LAustria 3-2 Ecosse20/09/1978

VEcosse 3-2 Norway25/10/1978

LPortugal 1-0 Ecosse29/11/1978

LWales 3-0 Ecosse19/05/1979

VEcosse 1-0 Northern Ireland22/05/1979

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	8	11
Winless streak	1	1
Goalless streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	3	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	5	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	6	0
Drawless streak	5	6
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	8	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

2	General ranking (Competition total)	3
3	General ranking (Home / Away)	4

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	2
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
1	Victories (Competition total)	1
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
1	Draws (Competition total)	0
1	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

2	Goals scored (Competition total)	1
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.5
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.5
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	3

Betting aid

0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-3 (1 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

	Steve Coppell	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Arthur Graham
	Steve Coppell	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Arthur Graham

Historical head to head

Home

48 matches

21 v

11 d

16 l

107 gf

84 ga

Away

48 matches

15 v

11 d

22 l

67 gf

79 ga

Total

96 matches

36 v

22 d

38 l

174 gf

163 ga

Historical head to head

Home

48 matches

22 v

11 d

15 l

79 gf

67 ga

Away

48 matches

16 v

11 d

21 l

84 gf

107 ga

Total

96 matches

38 v

22 d

36 l

163 gf

174 ga

Largest victory

Overall	9 - 3	April 15, 1961
Home	9 - 3	April 15, 1961

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	March 12, 1881
Away	6 - 1	March 12, 1881

Latest head to head

May 20, 1978 - British Home Championship 1978

Ecosse

0 - 1

Angleterre logo Angleterre

June 04, 1977 - British Home Championship 1977

Angleterre

1 - 2

Ecosse

May 15, 1976 - British Home Championship 1976

Ecosse

2 - 1

Angleterre logo Angleterre

May 24, 1975 - British Home Championship 1975

Angleterre

5 - 1

Ecosse

May 18, 1974 - British Home Championship 1974

Ecosse

2 - 0

Angleterre logo Angleterre

Best historical scorers against Ecosse

Steve Bloomer	8 goals	1895 - 1907
Edward Bambridge	6 goals	1879 - 1885
John Goodall	5 goals	1888 - 1894
Bobby Charlton	5 goals	1958 - 1966
Martin Peters	5 goals	1968 - 1973
Denis Wilshaw	4 goals	1955 - 1955

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/03/1873. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Angleterre

George Ker	7 goals	1880 - 1882
John Smith	7 goals	1879 - 1884
Lawrence Reilly	6 goals	1949 - 1955
John McDougall	4 goals	1878 - 1879
Alexander Jackson	4 goals	1926 - 1928
Henry McNeil	4 goals	1875 - 1878

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/03/1873. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ecosse

Billy Wright	13 matches	1947 - 1959
Bobby Moore	12 matches	1963 - 1973
Bobby Charlton	12 matches	1958 - 1969
Robert Crompton	12 matches	1902 - 1914
Norman C Bailey	10 matches	1878 - 1887
Gordon Banks	10 matches	1963 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/11/1872. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Angleterre

Alan Morton	11 matches	1921 - 1932
Robert Walker	11 matches	1900 - 1913
Walter Arnott	10 matches	1884 - 1893
Charles Campbell	10 matches	1874 - 1886
Andy Aitken	10 matches	1901 - 1911
Billy Bremner	9 matches	1966 - 1974

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/11/1872. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

May 26, 1979

Irlande du Nord

1 1

Pays de Galles

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
+11	Angleterre	5	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4
-12	Pays de Galles	4	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3
3	Ecosse	2	3	1	0	2	2	6	-4
4	Irlande du Nord	1	3	0	1	2	1	4	-3

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Angleterre 3-1 Ecosse - May 26, 1979 / British Home Championship 1979

Angleterre

3 - 1

Ecosse

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Greenwood vs Ecosse

Greenwood vs Stein

Manager

Stein vs Angleterre

Stein vs Greenwood

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Ecosse

Best historical scorers against Angleterre

Players with most games played vs Ecosse

Players with most games played vs Angleterre

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking