1980s


British Home Championship (LXXXV) – 1980

P W D L GF GA Pts GD
1 Northern Ireland 3 2 1 0 3 1 5 +2
2 England 3 1 1 1 4 5 3 -1
3 Wales 3 1 0 2 4 3 2 +1
4 Scotland 3 1 0 2 1 3 2 -2
Date Competition Opponent Venue Score
26th Mar 1980 European Qualifiers Portugal Glasgow 4-1
17th May 1980 British Championship Northern Ireland Belfast 0-1
21st May 1980 British Championship Wales Glasgow 1-0
24th May 1980 British Championship England Glasgow 0-2

World Cup 1982 Qualifiers – Group 6

P W D L GF GA Pts GD
1 Scotland 8 4 3 1 9 4 11 +5
2 Northern Ireland 8 3 3 2 6 3 9 +3
3 Sweden 8 3 2 3 7 9 8 -2
4 Portugal 7 3 1 4 8 11 7 -3
5 Israel 8 1 3 4 6 10 5 -4
Date Competition Opponent Venue Score
28th May 1980 Friendly Poland Poznan 0-1
31st May 1980 Friendly Hungary Budapest 2-3
10th Sep 1980 World Cup Qualifiers Sweden Stockholm 1-0
15th Oct 1980 World Cup Qualifiers Portugal Glasgow 0-0
25th Feb 1981 World Cup Qualifiers Israel Tel Aviv 1-0
25th Mar 1981 World Cup Qualifiers Northern Ireland Glasgow 1-1
28th Apr 1981 World Cup Qualifiers Israel Glasgow 3-1

British Home Championship (LXXXVI) – 1981

P W D L GF GA Pts GD
1 Scotland 3 2 0 1 3 2 4 +1
2 Wales 2 1 1 0 2 0 3 +2
3 England 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 -1
4 Northern Ireland 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 -2
Date Competition Opponent Venue Score
16th May 1981 British Championship Wales Swansea 0-2
19th May 1981 British Championship Northern Ireland Belfast 2-0
23rd May 1981 British Championship England London 1-0
9th Sep 1981 World Cup Qualifiers Sweden Glasgow 2-0
14th Oct 1981 World Cup Qualifiers Northern Ireland Belfast 0-0
18th Nov 1981 World Cup Qualifiers Portugal Lisbon 2-1
24th Feb 1982 Friendly Spain Valencia 0-3
23rd Mar 1982 Friendly Netherlands Glasgow 2-1

British Home Championship (LXXXVII) – 1982

P W D L GF GA Pts GD
1 England 3 3 0 0 6 0 6 +6
2 Scotland 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 0
3 Wales 3 1 0 2 3 2 2 +1
4 Northern Ireland 3 0 1 2 1 8 1 -7
Date Competition Opponent Venue Score
28th Apr 1982 British Championship Northern Ireland Belfast 1-1
24th May 1982 British Championship Wales Glasgow 1-0
29th May 1982 British Championship England Glasgow 0-1

World Cup 1982 – Group F

P W D L GF GA Pts GD
1 Brazil 3 3 0 0 10 2 6 +8
2 Soviet Union 3 1 1 1 6 4 3 +2
3 Scotland 3 1 1 1 8 8 3 0
4 New Zealand 3 0 0 3 2 12 0 -10
Date Competition Opponent Venue Score
15th Jun 1982 World Cup Finals New Zealand Malaga 5-2
18th Jun 1982 World Cup Finals Brazil Seville 1-4
22nd Jun 1982 World Cup Finals Soviet Union Malaga 2-2

Euro 1984 Qualifiers – Group 1

P W D L GF GA Pts GD
1 Belgium 6 4 1 1 12 8 9 +4
2 Switzerland 6 2 2 2 7 9 6 -2
3 East Germany 6 2 1 3 7 7 5 0
4 Scotland 6 1 2 3 8 10 4 -2
Date Competition Opponent Venue Score
13th Oct 1982 European Qualifiers East Germany Glasgow 2-0
17th Nov 1982 European Qualifiers Switzerland Berne 0-2
15th Dec 1982 European Qualifiers Belgium Brussels 2-3
30th Mar 1983 European Qualifiers Switzerland Glasgow 2-2

British Home Championship (LXXXVIII) – 1983

P W D L GF GA Pts GD
1 England 3 2 1 0 4 1 5 +3
2 Scotland 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 0
3 Northern Ireland 3 0 2 1 0 1 2 -1
4 Wales 3 1 0 2 2 4 2 -2
Date Competition Opponent Venue Score
30th Mar 1983 British Championship Northern Ireland Glasgow 0-0
28th May 1983 British Championship Wales Cardiff 2-0
1st Jun 1983 British Championship England London 0-2
12th Jun 1983 Friendly Canada Vancouver 2-0
16th Jun 1983 Friendly Canada Edmonton 3-0
20th Jun 1983 Friendly Canada Toronto 2-0
21st Sep 1983 Friendly Uruguay Glasgow 2-0
12th Oct 1983 European Qualifiers Belgium Glasgow 1-1
16th Nov 1983 European Qualifiers East Germany Halle 1-2

British Home Championship (LXXXIX) – 1983-84

P W D L GF GA Pts GD
1 Northern Ireland 3 1 1 1 3 2 3 +1
2 Wales 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 0
3 England 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 0
4 Scotland 3 1 1 1 3 4 3 -1
Date Competition Opponent Venue Score
13th Dec 1983 British Championship Northern Ireland Belfast 0-2
28th Feb 1984 British Championship Wales Glasgow 2-1
26th May 1984 British Championship England Glasgow 1-1

World Cup 1986 Qualifiers – Group 7

P W D L GF GA Pts GD
1 Spain 6 4 0 2 9 8 8 +1
2 Scotland 6 3 1 2 8 4 7 +4
3 Wales 6 3 1 2 7 6 7 +1
4 Iceland 6 1 0 5 4 10 2 -6
Date Competition Opponent Venue Score
1st Jun 1984 Friendly France Marsielles 0-2
12th Sep 1984 Friendly Yugoslavia Glasgow 6-1
17th Oct 1984 World Cup Qualifiers Iceland Glasgow 3-0
14th Nov 1984 World Cup Qualifiers Spain Glasgow 3-1
27th Feb 1985 World Cup Qualifiers Spain Seville 0-1
27th Mar 1985 World Cup Qualifiers Wales Glasgow 0-1
25th May 1985 Friendly England Glasgow 1-0
28th May 1985 World Cup Qualifiers Iceland Reykjavik 1-0
10th Sep 1985 World Cup Qualifiers Wales Cardiff 1-1
16th Oct 1985 Friendly East Germany Glasgow 0-0
20th Nov 1985 World Cup Qualifiers Australia Glasgow 2-0
4th Dec 1985 World Cup Qualifiers Australia Melbourne 0-0

World Cup 1986 – Group E

P W D L GF GA Pts GD
1 Denmark 3 3 0 0 9 1 6 +8
2 West Germany 3 1 1 1 3 4 3 -1
3 Uruguay 3 0 2 1 2 7 2 -5
4 Scotland 3 0 1 2 1 3 1 -2
Date Competition Opponent Venue Score
28th Jan 1986 Friendly Israel Tel Aviv 1-0
26th Mar 1986 Friendly Romania Glasgow 3-0
23rd Apr 1986 Friendly England London 1-2
29th Apr 1986 Friendly Netherlands Eindhoven 0-0
4th Jun 1986 World Cup Finals Denmark Nezahualcoyotl 0-1
8th Jun 1986 World Cup Finals West Germany Queretaro 1-2
13th Jun 1986 World Cup Finals Uruguay Nezahualcoyotl 0-0

Euro 1988 Qualifiers – Group 7

P W D L GF GA Pts GD
1 Ireland 8 4 3 1 10 5 11 +5
2 Bulgaria 8 4 2 2 12 6 10 +6
3 Belgium 8 3 3 2 16 8 9 +8
4 Scotland 8 3 3 2 7 5 9 +2
5 Luxembourg 8 0 1 7 2 23 1 -21
Date Competition Opponent Venue Score
10th Sep 1986 European Qualifiers Bulgaria Glasgow 0-0
15th Oct 1986 European Qualifiers Ireland Dublin 0-0
12th Nov 1986 European Qualifiers Luxembourg Glasgow 3-0
18th Feb 1987 European Qualifiers Ireland Glasgow 0-1
1st Apr 1987 European Qualifiers Belgium Brussels 1-4
23rd May 1987 Rous Cup England Glasgow 0-0
26th May 1987 Rous Cup Brazil Glasgow 2-0
9th Sep 1987 Friendly Hungary Glasgow 2-0
14th Oct 1987 European Qualifiers Belgium Glasgow 2-0
11th Nov 1987 European Qualifiers Bulgaria Sofia 1-0
2nd Dec 1987 European Qualifiers Luxembourg Esch-Sur-Alzette 0-0

World Cup 1990 Qualifiers – Group 5

P W D L GF GA Pts GD
1 Yugoslavia 8 6 2 0 16 6 14 +10
2 Scotland 8 4 2 2 12 12 10 0
3 France 8 3 3 2 10 7 9 +3
4 Norway 8 2 2 4 10 9 6 +1
5 Cyprus 8 0 1 7 6 20 1 -14
Date Competition Opponent Venue Score
17th Feb 1988 Friendly Saudi Arabia Riyadh 2-2
22nd Mar 1988 Friendly Malta Ta’Qali 1-1
27th Apr 1988 Friendly Spain Madrid 0-0
17th May 1988 Rous Cup Colombia Glasgow 0-0
21st May 1988 Rous Cup England London 0-1
14th Sep 1988 World Cup Qualifiers Norway Oslo 2-1
19th Oct 1988 World Cup Qualifiers Yugoslavia Glasgow 1-1
22nd Dec 1988 Friendly Italy Perugia 0-2
8th Feb 1989 World Cup Qualifiers Cyprus Limassol 3-2
8th Mar 1989 World Cup Qualifiers France Glasgow 2-0
26th Apr 1989 World Cup Qualifiers Cyprus Glasgow 2-1
27th May 1989 Rous Cup England Glasgow 0-2
30th May 1989 Rous Cup Chile Glasgow 2-0
6th Sep 1989 World Cup Qualifiers Yugoslavia Zagreb 1-3
11th Oct 1989 World Cup Qualifiers France Paris 0-3
15th Nov 1989 World Cup Qualifiers Norway Glasgow 1-1