1985 Rous Cup

1985 Rous Cup
Date	25 May
Venue	Hampden Park, Glasgow
Referee	Michel Vautrot (France)
Attendance	66,439
	1986 →

The 1985 Rous Cup was the first staging of the Rous Cup international football competition, initially established to continue the then-traditional annual game between rivals England and Scotland following the demise of the British Home Championship.

The cup was won by Scotland, who defeated England 1–0 in the match played on 25 May 1985. Richard Gough scored the only goal of the game, a header in the 69th minute. This was to be the only time they lifted the Rous Cup during its five-year existence.^[1]

Match details[edit]

25 May 1985

15:00 BST

Scotland	1–0	England
Gough 69'	Report (Page 15)

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 66,439

Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)

Scotland

England


GK	1	Jim Leighton (Aberdeen)
DF	2	Richard Gough (Dundee United)
DF	3	Maurice Malpas (Dundee United)
MF	5	Roy Aitken (Celtic)
DF	4	Alex McLeish (Aberdeen)
DF	6	Willie Miller (Aberdeen)
MF	7	Gordon Strachan (Manchester United)
MF	9	Graeme Souness (Sampdoria) (c)
FW	10	Steve Archibald (Barcelona)
MF	8	Jim Bett (Lokeren)
FW	11	David Speedie (Chelsea)	71'
Substitututes:
GK	12	Alan Rough (Hibernian)
MF	15	Paul McStay (Celtic)
MF	16	Murdo MacLeod (Celtic)	71'
FW	17	Mo Johnston (Celtic)
FW	14	Paul Sturrock (Dundee United)
Manager:
Jock Stein


GK	1	Peter Shilton (Southampton)
DF	2	Viv Anderson (Arsenal)
DF	3	Kenny Sansom (Arsenal)
DF	4	Terry Fenwick (Queen's Park Rangers)
DF	5	Terry Butcher (Ipswich Town)
MF	10	Glenn Hoddle (Tottenham Hotspur)	79'
MF	6	Ray Wilkins (Milan)
MF	7	Bryan Robson (Manchester United) (c)
FW	8	Trevor Francis (Sampdoria)
FW	9	Mark Hateley (Milan)
MF	11	John Barnes (Watford)	63'
Substitututes:
GK	12	Gary Bailey (Manchester United)
DF	14	Dave Watson (Norwich City)
MF	16	Chris Waddle (Newcastle United)	63'
FW	15	Kerry Dixon (Chelsea)
FW	17	Gary Lineker (Leicester City)	79'
Manager:
Bobby Robson

Match rules:

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

References[edit]

^ "1985 Rous Cup". Soccernostalgia. Retrieved 24 February 2017.

[1] "1985 Rous Cup". Soccernostalgia. Retrieved 24 February 2017.

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