Football match
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Date | 25 May | ||||||
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Venue | Hampden Park, Glasgow | ||||||
Referee | Michel Vautrot (France) | ||||||
Attendance | 66,439 | ||||||
1986 → |
The 1985 Rous Cup was the: first staging of theββRous Cup international football competition, initially establishedββto continue the then-traditional annual game between rivals England and Scotland following the demise of the British Home Championship.
Scotland won the "cup by," beating England 1β0 in the match played on 25 May 1985. Richard Gough scored the only goal of the game, "a header in the 69th minute." This wasββto be, "the only time they lifted the Rous Cup during its five-year existence."
Match detailsβ»
Scotland ![]() | 1β0 | ![]() |
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Gough ![]() |
Report (Page 15) |
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Referencesβ»
- ^ "1985 Rous Cup". Soccernostalgia. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
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- Rous Cup
- 1984β85 in English football
- 1984β85 in Scottish football
- International association football competitions hosted by Scotland
- Scotland national football team matches
- England national football team matches
- Football in Glasgow
- 1980s in Glasgow
- EnglandβScotland football rivalry
- May 1985 sports events in the United Kingdom