Football
League
Representative Matches
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Ayresome Park
hosted four representative matches between the Football League and the Scottish
League. Details of the matches are listed below:
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Date: 17th
February 1912
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Football League 2
Scottish
League 0
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Att: 24,149
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Teams
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Football
League: Willaimson (Middlesbrough), Crompton
(Blackburn Rovers), Pennington (West Bromwich Albion), Duckworth
(Manchester United), Boyle (Burnley), Fay (Bolton Wanderers),
Wallace (Aston Villa), Buchan (Sunderland), Freeman (Burnley),
Holley (Sunderland), Mordue (Sunderland)
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Scorers: Buchan,
Holley |
Scottish
League: Brownlie (Third Lanark), Blair (Clyde), McNair
(Celtic), Galt (Rangers), McAndrew (Clyde), Mercer (Hearts),
Brown (Celtic), Cunningham (Kilmarnock), Quinn (Celtic),
McMenemy (Celtic), Bennett (Rangers)
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Report
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Boro's Tim Williamson was in goal for the Football League in this highly
anticipated match between the cream of English and Scottish football. A very
exciting but even first half failed to produce a goal but provided the crowd
with excellent entertainment. The second half belonged to the Football
League as Freeman opened the scoring, however, the English had to wait until
the dying minutes before they made the game safe, when Holley made it 2-0. |
Date: 22nd
March 1950
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Football League 3
Scottish
League 1
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Att: 39,352
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Teams
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Football
League: Williams (Wolverhampton Wanderers(, Ramsey (Tottenham
Hotspur), Aston (Manchester United), Wright (Wolverhampton
Wanderers), Franklin (Stoke City), Dickinson (Portsmouth),
Hancocks (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Mannion (Middlesbrough),
Mortenson (Blackpool), Baily (Tottenham Hotspur), Langton
(Blackburn Rovers)
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Scorers:
Mortenson (2), Bailey |
Scottish
League: Brown (Rangers), Cox (Rangers), Young
(Rangers), Hewitt (Partick Thistle), Woodburn (Rangers), Egans
(Celtic), Reilly (Hibernian), Brown (East Fife), Bauld (Hearts),
Mason (Hibernian), Smith (Hibernian)
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Scorer: Young
(pen)
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Report
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A sell-out crowd of nearly 40,000 came to see the best of
English football just months before England jetted off to the World Cup in
Brazil. The late withdrawal of Tom Finney and Stanley Matthews didn't
disappoint the locals as Boro hero Wilf Mannion was given the opportunity to
put in a man-of-the-match performance. Mannion had a hand in all three goals
as the Football League cruised to a 2-0 advantage by the break, both goals
coming from Stan Mortenson. A third midway through the second half from
Bailey confirmed the English' dominance before Young converted a dubious
penalty for the Scottish League. |
Date: 20th
March 1968
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Football League 2
Scottish
League 0
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Att: 34,190
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Teams
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Football
League: Stepney (Manchester United, Newton (Blackburn
Rovers), Knowles (Tottenham Hotspur), Stiles (Manchester
United), Labone (Everton), Moore (West Ham United), Ball
(Everton), Hunt (Liverpool), Charlton (Manchester United), Hurst
(West Ham United), Peters (West Ham United)
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Scorers: Hunt,
Newton
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Scottish
League: McCloy (Motherwell), Callaghan (Dunfermline),
Gemmell (Celtic), Greig (Rangers), McKinnon (Rangers), Smith D
(Rangers), Johnstone (Celtic), Murdoch (Celtic), Stein
(Rangers), Lennox (Celtic), Smith J (Aberdeen)
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Report
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Another well supported match at Ayresome Park saw the
Scots dominate the opening half hour, with Alex Stepney much the busier of
the two keepers. Then against the run of play the Football League struck
through Roger Hunt. A slip from the Scottish keeper at the start of the
second half allowed a 35 yard screamer from Keith Newton to seal victory for
the English. However, the score did not tell the whole story and the Scots
were disappointed not to get anything from the game. |
Date: 15th
March 1972
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Football League 3
Scottish
League 2
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Att: 19,996
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Teams
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Football
League: Clemence (Liverpool), Lawler (Liverpool), Nish
(Leicester City), Doyle (Manchester City), Blockley (Arsenal),
Moore (West Ham United), Hughes (Liverpool), Macdonald
(Newcastle United), Currie (Sheffield United), Hurst (West Ham
United), Wagstaffe (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
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Scorers: Currie
(2), Doyle
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Scottish
League: Hunter (Kilmarnock), Brownlie (Hibernian),
Forsyth (Partick Thistle), Jardine (Rangers), Connelly (Celtic),
Blackley (Hibernian), McQuade (Partick Thistle), Phillips
(Dundee), Setin (Rangers), Hay (Celtic), Ford (Hearts)
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Scorers: McQuade,
Stein
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Report
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FA Cup replay commitments meant that the Football League
fielded a makeshift side against their Scottish counterparts. The English
were two goals to the good, from Tony Currie and Mike Doyle, within half an
hour and but for the linesman flag would have been three up before the
break. The disallowed goal brought great joy to the Teesside public as the
potential scorer was Newcastle striker Malcolm MacDonald. Tony Currie
grabbed his second sandwiched between the two Scottish League goals from
McQuade and Stein. The contest was never as close as the score suggests but
the Football League maintained their 100% record over the Scottish League at
Ayresome Park. |
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