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The England–Scotland football rivalry, between the England and Scotland national football teams, [1] [2] is the oldest international fixture in the world, first played in 1872 at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow.
Illustration of the Scotland v England match at Raeburn Place in 1892. England and Scotland have been playing each other at rugby union since 1871 when Scotland beat England in the first ever rugby union international. A total of 142 matches have been played, with England having won 76 times, Scotland 47 times and nineteen matches have been drawn.
All eleven Scottish players were members of the Queen's Park, the leading Scottish club at this time, [1] although three players were also members of other clubs; William Ker of Granville F.C. and the Smith brothers of South Norwood F.C. [7] Scotland had hoped to obtain the services of Arthur Kinnaird of The Wanderers and Henry Renny-Tailyour of Royal Engineers but both were unavailable. [1]
Alcock captained the England team whilst Scotland were led by James Kirkpatrick. [10] The match was 0–0 when the teams changed end at half-time – a rule that The Sporting Gazette of Saturday 12 March 1870 described as new – but Scotland took a lead through a goal by Robert Crawford after England had moved their goalkeeper upfield.
The British Home Championship (also known as the Home International Championship, the Home Internationals and the British Championship) was an annual football competition contested between the United Kingdom's four national teams: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (the last of whom competed as Ireland for most of the competition's ...
The Calcutta Cup is the trophy awarded to the winner of the rugby match between England and Scotland played annually in the Six Nations Championship.Like the match itself (England–Scotland), the Calcutta Cup is the oldest trophy contested between any two international rugby union teams, pre-dating the Bledisloe Cup (Australia–New Zealand) by more than half a century.
Scotland vs England is due to kick off at 7.45pm BST on Tuesday 12 September at Hampden Park in Glasgow. Viewers in the United Kingdom can watch the game live on Channel 4, with coverage from 7pm BST.
All established competitions and fully recognised international matches resumed in the 1946–47 season, the outset of which included one further unofficial England v Scotland match to raise funds for those affected by the Burnden Park disaster earlier that year. [90]