Scotland playing qualifiers when we're already through

[Richey Edwards]

The qualifiers should finish as soon as teams qualify IMO.

[Archie McSquackle]

On 10/11/2023 at 20:44, Anfield 1977 said:

We only lost one match in that qualifying group, the last match in Lisbon.

We had qualified in the previous game with a point in Belfast.

So was it 2 qualifying in those days? Obviously NI qualified so surprising Portugal were third.

[Ewanandmoreagain]

12 hours ago, Archie McSquackle said:

So was it 2 qualifying in those days? Obviously NI qualified so surprising Portugal were third.

and , IIRC , we only drew with Portugal at home .

N.I. were on fire that campaign 

[Snobot]

12 hours ago, Archie McSquackle said:

So was it 2 qualifying in those days? Obviously NI qualified so surprising Portugal were third.

Portugal were a bit up and down in the 80s / 90s. They didn’t qualify for anything between 86 and 96. Even the team that spanked Scotland 5-1 didn’t qualify for USA 94. Them being perennial contenders certainly wasn’t the case until the the last 20 years or so.

[ICTChris]

On 10/11/2023 at 14:17, Gordopolis said:

That McCoist goal is my earliest memory of seeing Scotland playing - and the one that got me hooked.

The Norway goal is spectacular, but surely Leighton's badly at fault there (unless there's a deflection or something you can't see in the footage)?

My first memory of Scotland was the first game of that qualifying campaign against Norway.

 

[Mark Connolly]

On 12/11/2023 at 09:15, Richey Edwards said:

The qualifiers should finish as soon as teams qualify IMO.

Imagine the scenes if the groups stopped as soon as the first team had mathematically qualified…

[Venti]

On 12/11/2023 at 09:15, Richey Edwards said:

The qualifiers should finish as soon as teams qualify IMO.

Qualifiers should be abandoned & Scotland win the tournament is what you meant.

[Anfield 1977]

On 13/11/2023 at 03:21, Archie McSquackle said:

So was it 2 qualifying in those days? Obviously NI qualified so surprising Portugal were third.

Yes mate two qualified automatically.

We went through ta 0-0 in Belfast in October '81 and the N Ireland fans thought they were out because they didn't beat us (Alan Rough had a  fine game). But the Portugal V Sweden game kicked off later and it went in their favour,

[Anfield 1977]

On 13/11/2023 at 15:57, Ewanandmoreagain said:

and , IIRC , we only drew with Portugal a

That was the funny thing about how that campaign started.

We won the opener in Stockholm, drew 0-0 with Portugal at Hampden then won in Tel Aviv and drew with Northern Ireland in Glasgow.

So two narrow 1-0 away wins and two drawn at home, At the time it seemed we weren't capitalising on the home fixtures.

[Ewanandmoreagain]

2 hours ago, Anfield 1977 said:

Yes mate two qualified automatically.

We went through ta 0-0 in Belfast in October '81 and the N Ireland fans thought they were out because they didn't beat us (Alan Rough had a  fine game). But the Portugal V Sweden game kicked off later and it went in their favour,

 

On 13/11/2023 at 12:17, ICTChris said:

My first memory of Scotland was the first game of that qualifying campaign against Norway.

 

Was the second goal started by Gary Gillespie going down the left wing ?

2 hours ago, Anfield 1977 said:

Yes mate two qualified automatically.

We went through ta 0-0 in Belfast in October '81 and the N Ireland fans thought they were out because they didn't beat us (Alan Rough had a  fine game). But the Portugal V Sweden game kicked off later and it went in their favour,

IIRC Hansen had a fine game as well !!!

[Ewanandmoreagain]

1 hour ago, Ewanandmoreagain said:

 

Was the second goal started by Gary Gillespie going down the left wing ?

IIRC Hansen had a fine game as well !!!

Sorry Gillespie was on the left wing !

He came inside beating one man , past one or two more and passed to McClair ?

[Monkey Tennis]

10 hours ago, Anfield 1977 said:

That was the funny thing about how that campaign started.

We won the opener in Stockholm, drew 0-0 with Portugal at Hampden then won in Tel Aviv and drew with Northern Ireland in Glasgow.

So two narrow 1-0 away wins and two drawn at home, At the time it seemed we weren't capitalising on the home fixtures.

Yes, the opening win in Sweden with a Strachan goal was a big result, as it transpired.

The away game in Israel was notable for taking place in the afternoon during the week.  We had a student teacher taking our P6 class.  Presumably by accident, rather than design, she had us doing a project on Israel at the time.  It was a good premise on which to allow us to listen to the match on the Radio.