150th Anniversary Heritage Match
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| Date | 12 September 2023 | ||||||
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| Venue | Hampden Park, Glasgow | ||||||
The 150th Anniversary Heritage Match will be an international friendly association football match organised by the football associations of Scotland and England to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the first international football match, which was played between the two sides in 1872.[1][2][3]
Background[edit]
The match was announced on 22 November 2022 to celebrate 150 years of international football rivalry between Scotland and England.[1][2][3] The match between the two nations in 1872 is recognised by FIFA as the first ever international football match,[4] and since then the two sides have developed one of the greatest sporting rivalries on the planet,[5][6] having played 115 times over the years with England winning 48 and Scotland winning 41.[7]
Squads[edit]
Scotland[edit]
The 26 man Scotland squad selected for game, in addition to their UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying match against Cyprus played four days prior.[8]
Caps and goals updated as of 20 June 2023, after the match against Georgia. Clubs correct as of 27 August 2023.
England[edit]
The 26 man England squad selected for the game, in addition to their UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying match against Ukraine played three days prior.[9]
Trent Alexander-Arnold and Jack Grealish both withdrew from the squad due to injury on 4 September 2023.[10]
Caps and goals are correct as of 19 June 2023, after the match against North Macedonia.[11][12]
Pre-match[edit]
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Match Details[edit]
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Post-match[edit]
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References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Scotland v England | 150th Anniversary Heritage Match". 150 years of Scottish Football.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Association, The Football. "Scotland v England - 150th anniversary heritage match centre". https://www.englandfootball.com. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Scotland to play England in 150th Anniversary Heritage Match | Scotland | News". www.scottishfa.co.uk.
- ↑ "The day Scotland hosted the first football international". BBC News. November 29, 2022.
- ↑ Greg Duke (2008-11-06). "Top 10 international rivalries". CNN. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
- ↑ "BBC News | Battle of Britain | A history of fierce football rivalry". news.bbc.co.uk.
- ↑ "englandstats.com | Match Search". www.englandstats.com.
- ↑ Scotland National Team [@ScotlandNT] (28 August 2023). "Steve Clarke has named his Scotland squad for our upcoming matches against Cyprus and England" (Tweet). Retrieved 28 August 2023 – via Twitter.
- ↑ Veevers, Nicholas (31 August 2023). "England men's squad named to play Ukraine and Scotland". englandfootball.com. The Football Association.
- ↑ "England squad update: Jack Grealish & Trent Alexander-Arnold withdrawn". englandfootball.com. The Football Association. 4 September 2023.
- ↑ "Italy–England". UEFA. Archived from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Most England Caps - EU-Football.info". eu-football.info. Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022. Unknown parameter
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