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Football match
1986 Rous Cup
England Scotland
England Scotland
2 1
Date23 April 1986
VenueWembley Stadium, London
RefereeMichel Vautrot (France)
Attendance68,357
1985 1987

The 1986 Rous Cup was the second staging of the Rous Cup annual international football match between two rivals: England and Scotland.

Scotland unsuccessfully defended its 1985 Cup losing on 23 April 1986 at Wembley Stadium, London the Cup to England, 2–1. This was the last game that the two nations alone would contest for the cup. From 1987 onward, a third team would be invited to participate.

Match details

England 2–1 Scotland
Butcher 27'
Hoddle 39'
Report (Page 26) Souness 57' (pen.)
Wembley Stadium, LondonAttendance: 68,357Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)
England Scotland

GK 1 Peter Shilton (Southampton)
DF 2 Gary Stevens (Everton)
DF 3 Kenny Sansom (Arsenal)
MF 4 Glenn Hoddle (Tottenham Hotspur)
DF 5 Dave Watson (Norwich City) Yellow card
DF 6 Terry Butcher (Ipswich Town)
MF 7 Steve Hodge (Aston Villa) downward-facing red arrow 75'
FW 8 Trevor Francis (Sampdoria)
FW 9 Mark Hateley (Milan)
MF 10 Ray Wilkins (Milan) (c) downward-facing red arrow 46'
FW 11 Chris Waddle (Tottenham Hotspur)
Substitutes:
GK 0 Chris Woods (Norwich City)
MF 0 Peter Reid (Everton) upward-facing green arrow 46'
DF 0 Gary Stevens (Tottenham Hotspur) upward-facing green arrow 75'
MF 0 Trevor Steven (Everton)
CF 0 Kerry Dixon (Chelsea)
Manager:
England Bobby Robson
GK 1 Alan Rough (Hibernian)
DF 2 Richard Gough (Dundee United)
DF 3 Maurice Malpas (Dundee United)
MF 4 Graeme Souness (Sampdoria) (c)
DF 5 Alex McLeish (Aberdeen)
DF 6 Willie Miller (Aberdeen)
MF 7 Steve Nicol (Liverpool)
FW 8 David Speedie (Chelsea)
FW 9 Charlie Nicholas (Arsenal) Yellow card downward-facing red arrow 58'
MF 10 Roy Aitken (Celtic)
MF 11 Eamonn Bannon (Dundee United)
Substitutes:
GK 0 Andy Goram (Oldham Athletic)
DF 0 David Narey (Dundee United)
DF 0 Arthur Albiston (Manchester United)
MF 0 Paul McStay (Celtic)
MF 0 Pat Nevin (Chelsea) upward-facing green arrow 58'
MF 0 Jim Bett (Aberdeen)
Manager:
Scotland Alex Ferguson

Match rules:

  • 90 minutes
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Five substitutes named, of which two may be used

References

  1. "1986 Rous Cup". Soccernostalgia. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
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