The 1986 FIFA World Cup

1986 FIFA World Cup

The 1986 FIFA World Cup, the 13th FIFA World Cup, was held in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-team format. Colombia had been originally chosen to host the competition by FIFA but, largely due to economic reasons, was not able to do so and officially...

 UEFA

UEFA

The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....

 – OFC

Oceania Football Confederation

The Oceania Football Confederation is one of the six continental confederations of international association football, consisting of Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and island nations such as Tonga, Fiji and other Pacific Island countries...

 qualification play-off was a two-legged home-and-away tie between the winners of the Oceania qualifying tournament

1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)

Listed below are the dates and results for the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Oceanian zone . For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification....

, Australia, and the second-placed team from the UEFA Group 7

1986 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7

The 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 7 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 1986 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Iceland, Scotland, Spain and Wales.The group was won on goals scored by Spain, who qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup...

, Scotland

Scotland national football team

The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. Scotland are the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside England, whom they played in the world's first international football match in 1872...

. The games were played on November 20 and December 4 of 1985 in Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

 and Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

 respectively. Australia was hoping to play in the FIFA World Cup for the first time since 1974

1974 FIFA World Cup

The 1974 FIFA World Cup, the tenth staging of the World Cup, was held in West Germany from 13 June to 7 July. The tournament marked the first time that the current trophy, the FIFA World Cup Trophy, created by the Italian sculptor Silvio Gazzaniga, was awarded...

 and Scotland was hoping for a fourth successive FIFA World Cup.

Background

Scotland had qualified for the play-off by finishing second in their UEFA group, behind Spain

Spain national football team

The Spain national football team represents Spain in international association football and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain. The current head coach is Vicente del Bosque...

. Scotland secured second place in dramatic circumstances with a 1–1 draw against Wales

Wales national football team

The Wales national football team represents Wales in international football. It is controlled by the Football Association of Wales , the governing body for football in Wales, and the third oldest national football association in the world. The team have only qualified for a major international...

 at Ninian Park

Ninian Park

Ninian Park was a football stadium in Leckwith, Cardiff, Wales. Until 2009, it was the home ground of Cardiff City F.C., who compete in the English Football League Championship...

, Cardiff

Cardiff

Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...

. Davie Cooper

Davie Cooper

David "Davie" Cooper was a professional football player. He was a Scotland international and played as a left winger....

 scored a late equalising goal with a penalty kick

Penalty kick

A penalty kick is a type of direct free kick in association football, taken from twelve yards out from goal and with only the goalkeeper of the defending team between the penalty taker and the goal.Penalty kicks are performed during normal play...

 to give Scotland the point they needed, but manager Jock Stein

Jock Stein

John 'Jock' Stein CBE was a Scottish association football player and manager. He became the first manager of a British side to win the European Cup, with Celtic in 1967...

 collapsed and died of a heart attack. This meant that assistant manager Alex Ferguson

Alex Ferguson

Sir Alexander Chapman "Alex" Ferguson, CBE is a Scottish association football manager and former player, currently managing Manchester United, where he has been in charge since 1986...

 took charge of the team for the play-off.

Scotland		Round	Australia
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;">
Team
	6	4	0	2	9	8	1	8
	6	3	1	2	8	4	4	7
	6	3	1	2	7	6	1	7
	6	1	0	5	4	10	−6	2

Final standing class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> Team 6 4 2 0 20 2 18 10 6 3 1 2 17 6 11 7 6 3 1 2 13 7 6 7 6 0 0 6 1 36 −35 0

First Leg

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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	SCOTLAND:
GK	1	Jim Leighton Jim Leighton James "Jim" Leighton MBE is a Scottish former football goalkeeper. Among the clubs he played for are Aberdeen , Manchester United, Arsenal, Dundee and Hibernian.-Club:...
DF	2	Steve Nicol Steve Nicol Stephen "Steve" Nicol is a Scottish former professional footballer. A utility player who played in the all-conquering Liverpool team of the 1980s, he was most recently coach of New England Revolution, and was the longest-tenured head coach in MLS to coach a single club.As a player, Nicol was a...
DF	5	Alex McLeish Alex McLeish Alexander "Alex" McLeish , is a Scottish former professional footballer and manager, who is currently managing English Premier League club Aston Villa...
DF	6	Willie Miller Willie Miller William Ferguson Miller, MBE is a former professional football player who made a club record 558 league appearances for Aberdeen. He is currently the club's Director of Football...
DF	3	Maurice Malpas Maurice Malpas Maurice Daniel Robert Malpas is an ex-footballer and the assistant manager at Inverness Caledonian Thistle having joined the club on 27 January 2009 along with their new manager Terry Butcher...
MF	8	Gordon Strachan Gordon Strachan Gordon David Strachan OBE is a Scottish football manager and former player. He is currently without a club, having last managed Middlesbrough. Strachan played for Dundee, Aberdeen, Manchester United, Leeds United and Coventry City, as well as the Scotland national team. Prior to Middlesbrough,...
MF	4	Graeme Souness Graeme Souness Graeme James Souness is a Scottish former professional football player and manager.Souness was the captain of the successful Liverpool team of the early 1980s and player-manager of Rangers in the late 1980s as well as captain of the Scottish national team. He also played for Tottenham Hotspur,...  (c)
MF	10	Roy Aitken Roy Aitken Robert Sime "Roy" Aitken is a former footballer who went on to become a coach with clubs including Leeds United and Aston Villa. His position as a player was defence.Born in Irvine, Ayrshire, he grew up in Ardrossan...
MF	11	Davie Cooper Davie Cooper David "Davie" Cooper was a professional football player. He was a Scotland international and played as a left winger....
FW	7	Kenny Dalglish Kenny Dalglish Kenneth Mathieson "Kenny" Dalglish MBE is a Scottish former footballer and the current manager of Liverpool F.C.. In a 22-year playing career, he played for two club teams, Celtic and Liverpool, winning numerous honours with both. He is the most capped Scottish player, with 102 appearances, and...
FW	9	Frank McAvennie Frank McAvennie Francis "Frank" McAvennie is a former Scottish football striker best known as a player with West Ham United and Celtic, having had two spells with both of these clubs.-Early life:...
Substitutions:
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Manager:
Alex Ferguson Alex Ferguson Sir Alexander Chapman "Alex" Ferguson, CBE is a Scottish association football manager and former player, currently managing Manchester United, where he has been in charge since 1986...

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AUSTRALIA: | GK 1 Terry Greedy 2 Alan Davidson

Alan Edward Davidson

Alan Edward Davidson was an Australian football player. His mother is Japanese.-Club career:Davidson began his domestic senior football career in 1976 and 1977, playing for Altona City SC which had been his junior club...

3 Graham Jennings

Graham Jennings

Graham Jennings is a former Australian association footballer, who played predominantly as a defender and was renowned for his speed, earning him the nickname flash. After a distinguished club and international career spanning twenty years, Jennings was inducted into the Australian Football Hall...

4 Charlie Yankos

Charlie Yankos

Charles Yankos is a former Greek-Australian football player who played for the Australian football team 49 times and scored 7 full international goals...

5 David Ratcliffe 6 Steven O'Connor

Steven O'Connor

Steven O'Connor is a young adult fiction novelist, born in England and living in Australia, whose book EleMental was published by Murdoch Books/Pier 9 in June 2010 and launched at the Melbourne Writers’ Festival by Pat McGorry, the then Australian of the Year.Bookseller and Publisher described...

7 Joe Watson

Joe Watson (footballer)

Joseph Watson was an Australian footballer who played as a winger in a 24-year career extending from 1968 to 1992.-Playing career:...

8 Kenny Murphy

Kenny Murphy

Kenneth Murphy is a Scottish former footballer who played international football for Australia.-Career:Murphy signed for Dundee United as a youngster but never played for the first team. Murphy moved onto to Forfar Athletic before migrating to Australia. Here, he played for a number of clubs, also...

9 Oscar Crino

Oscar Crino

----Oscar Crino is a former Australian international footballer who played as a central midfielder.Crino played primarily in the National Soccer League with South Melbourne, Footscray JUST and Preston...

10 David Mitchell 11 John Kosmina

John Kosmina

Alexander John Kosmina , known as John Kosmina, is a former Australian football player and manager of Polish Australian ethnicity. He was most recently the manager of Sydney FC...

Substitutions: ' ' ' ' ' ' ' Manager:   Frank Arok

Frank Arok

Ferenc 'Frank' Arok is a retired Serbian football player and coach of Hungarian descent....

OFFICIALS Assistant referees: I. Gregr (Czechoslovakia Football Association of the Czech Republic The Football Association of the Czech Republic or colloquially the Czech Football Association is the governing body of football in the Czech Republic, based in Prague. It organizes the football leagues, Czech Liga and Czech 2. Liga, and the Czech Republic national football team... ) J. Poucek (Czechoslovakia Football Association of the Czech Republic The Football Association of the Czech Republic or colloquially the Czech Football Association is the governing body of football in the Czech Republic, based in Prague. It organizes the football leagues, Czech Liga and Czech 2. Liga, and the Czech Republic national football team... )

MATCH RULES 90 minutes 2 (of ?) substitutions Substitute (football) In association football, a substitute is a player who is brought on to the pitch during a match in exchange for an existing player. Substitutions are generally made to replace a player who has become tired or injured, or who is not performing well; there may also be tactical reasons such as...  permitted

AUS
Terry Greedy, Charlie Yankos, Alan Davidson, David Ratcliffe, Steve O'Connor, Graham Jennings, Joe Watson, Ken Murphy, Oscar Crino, David Mitchell, John Kosmina

Second Leg

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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	AUSTRALIA:
GK	1	Terry Greedy
	2	Alan Davidson Alan Edward Davidson Alan Edward Davidson was an Australian football player. His mother is Japanese.-Club career:Davidson began his domestic senior football career in 1976 and 1977, playing for Altona City SC which had been his junior club...
	3	Graham Jennings Graham Jennings Graham Jennings is a former Australian association footballer, who played predominantly as a defender and was renowned for his speed, earning him the nickname flash. After a distinguished club and international career spanning twenty years, Jennings was inducted into the Australian Football Hall...
	4	Charlie Yankos Charlie Yankos Charles Yankos is a former Greek-Australian football player who played for the Australian football team 49 times and scored 7 full international goals...
	5	David Ratcliffe
	6	Robbie Dunn Robbie Dunn Robert "Robbie" Dunn is an Australian former football player. Dunn played as a defender in a career that spanned 15 years.-Club career:...
	7	Jim Patikas Jim Patikas Jim Patikas is a former Australian football player. Renowned for his exceptional speed, he was capped 28 times for the Socceroos and played as a forward and midfielder for Sydney City, Sydney Olympic, Sydney Croatia, AEK Athens, Athinaikos and Kastoria....
	8	Kenny Murphy Kenny Murphy Kenneth Murphy is a Scottish former footballer who played international football for Australia.-Career:Murphy signed for Dundee United as a youngster but never played for the first team. Murphy moved onto to Forfar Athletic before migrating to Australia. Here, he played for a number of clubs, also...
	9	Oscar Crino Oscar Crino ----Oscar Crino is a former Australian international footballer who played as a central midfielder.Crino played primarily in the National Soccer League with South Melbourne, Footscray JUST and Preston...
	10	David Mitchell
	11	John Kosmina John Kosmina Alexander John Kosmina , known as John Kosmina, is a former Australian football player and manager of Polish Australian ethnicity. He was most recently the manager of Sydney FC...
Substitutions:
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Manager:
Frank Arok Frank Arok Ferenc 'Frank' Arok is a retired Serbian football player and coach of Hungarian descent....

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SCOTLAND: | GK 1 Jim Leighton

Jim Leighton

James "Jim" Leighton MBE is a Scottish former football goalkeeper. Among the clubs he played for are Aberdeen , Manchester United, Arsenal, Dundee and Hibernian.-Club:...

DF 2 Richard Gough

Richard Gough

Charles Richard Gough is a former Scottish football central defender who enjoyed great success as captain of Rangers. He also played for Scotland 61 times and had a brief spell as manager of Livingston...

DF 5 Alex McLeish

Alex McLeish

Alexander "Alex" McLeish , is a Scottish former professional footballer and manager, who is currently managing English Premier League club Aston Villa...

DF 6 Willie Miller

Willie Miller

William Ferguson Miller, MBE is a former professional football player who made a club record 558 league appearances for Aberdeen. He is currently the club's Director of Football...

DF 3 Maurice Malpas

Maurice Malpas

Maurice Daniel Robert Malpas is an ex-footballer and the assistant manager at Inverness Caledonian Thistle having joined the club on 27 January 2009 along with their new manager Terry Butcher...

MF 8 Paul McStay

Paul McStay

Paul Michael Lyons McStay MBE, nicknamed the Maestro , is a former football player who spent his entire career with Scottish team Celtic F.C., making his debut in 1982 and retiring in 1997. He captained both Scotland and Celtic at all age levels...

MF 4 Graeme Souness

Graeme Souness

Graeme James Souness is a Scottish former professional football player and manager.Souness was the captain of the successful Liverpool team of the early 1980s and player-manager of Rangers in the late 1980s as well as captain of the Scottish national team. He also played for Tottenham Hotspur,...

 (c) MF 10 Roy Aitken

Roy Aitken

Robert Sime "Roy" Aitken is a former footballer who went on to become a coach with clubs including Leeds United and Aston Villa. His position as a player was defence.Born in Irvine, Ayrshire, he grew up in Ardrossan...

MF 11 Davie Cooper

Davie Cooper

David "Davie" Cooper was a professional football player. He was a Scotland international and played as a left winger....

FW 7 David Speedie

David Speedie

David Robert Speedie is a retired Scottish footballer who played for several clubs in England during the 1980s and 1990s, most notably Chelsea, Coventry City, Liverpool and Blackburn Rovers. He accumulated more than 500 football league appearances and scored almost 150 goals in a 14 year...

FW 9 Frank McAvennie

Frank McAvennie

Francis "Frank" McAvennie is a former Scottish football striker best known as a player with West Ham United and Celtic, having had two spells with both of these clubs.-Early life:...

Substitutions: ' ' ' ' ' ' ' Manager:   Alex Ferguson

Alex Ferguson

Sir Alexander Chapman "Alex" Ferguson, CBE is a Scottish association football manager and former player, currently managing Manchester United, where he has been in charge since 1986...

OFFICIALS Assistant referees: A. Filko (Brazil Brazilian Football Confederation The Brazilian Football Confederation is the governing body of football in Brazil. It was founded on June 8, 1914, as Confederação Brasileira de Desportos , meaning Brazilian Sports Confederation. Its first president was Álvaro Zamith. It organizes the Brazilian national competitions, like... ) F. Ferreira (Brazil Brazilian Football Confederation The Brazilian Football Confederation is the governing body of football in Brazil. It was founded on June 8, 1914, as Confederação Brasileira de Desportos , meaning Brazilian Sports Confederation. Its first president was Álvaro Zamith. It organizes the Brazilian national competitions, like... )

MATCH RULES 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level: 2 (of ?) substitutions Substitute (football) In association football, a substitute is a player who is brought on to the pitch during a match in exchange for an existing player. Substitutions are generally made to replace a player who has become tired or injured, or who is not performing well; there may also be tactical reasons such as...  permitted

AUS
Terry Greedy, Charlie Yankos, Alan Davidson, David Ratcliffe, Robbie Dunn, Graham Jennings, Jimmy Patikas, Oscar Crino, Ken Murphy, John Kosmina, David Mitchell

SCO
Jim Leighton, Richard Gough, Alexander McLeish, William Miller, Paul McStay, Graeme Souness(c), Roy Aitken, Maurice Malpas, David Speedie, Frank McAvennie, David Cooper

Aftermath

Scotland qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup Finals in Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 and were drawn into Group E with West Germany

Germany national football team

The Germany national football team is the football team that has represented Germany in international competition since 1908. It is governed by the German Football Association , which was founded in 1900....

, Uruguay

Uruguay national football team

The Uruguayan national football team represents Uruguay in international association football and is controlled by the Uruguayan Football Association, the governing body for football in Uruguay. The current head coach is Óscar Tabárez...

 and debutants Denmark

Denmark national football team

The Denmark national football team represents Denmark in association football and is controlled by the Danish Football Association , the governing body for the football clubs which are organized under DBU...

. Scotland lost 1–0 to Denmark and 2–1 to West Germany, Scotland had to beat Uruguay by more than one goal and Uruguay played with ten mean and drew 0–0. Scotland finishing bottom in the group on one point.

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