WORLD CUP – WEST GERMANY 74 Second Round – Final

The Second Round comprised two groups of four teams each playing a further three round robin games with the two winners meeting in the final and the runners up playing in the third / fourth place playoff. PART TWO – 26TH JUNE TO 7TH JULY 1974 Wednesday 26th June 1974 Group A – HOLLAND 4 …

WORLD CUP – WEST GERMANY 74 First Round

The World Cup in West Germany was played just two years after the terrible terrorist attack when 11 Israeli athletes were killed during the Olympic Games in Munich 1972. The Jules Rimet trophy had been awarded to Brazil after their third success in Mexico 1970 so a new trophy was designed and used for the …

WORLD CUP – WEST GERMANY 74 First Round

The World Cup in West Germany was played just two years after the terrible terrorist attack when 11 Israeli athletes were killed during the Olympic Games in Munich 1972. The Jules Rimet trophy had been awarded to Brazil after their third success in Mexico 1970 so a new trophy was designed and used for the …

Scottish First Division 1975/76

In 1975 there was league reconstruction in Scottish Football with two leagues becoming three leagues. The initial format was a 10-14-14 structure and over the past 50 years the second tier of Scottish Football has been one of the most competitive in European and possibly World Football. It is a league which has also seen …

WORLD CUP 2026

PLAYOFFS MARCH 2026 The Playoffs took place recently to decide the final 6 teams to qualify for World Cup 2026 with 2 Inter Continental pathways and 4 European pathways. The semi finals took place on 26th March with the finals on 31st March 2026. Intercontinental Pathway 1 These playoffs took place in Guadalajara , Mexico …

WORLD CUP 2026 – Part 2

Scotland Opponents Qualification – Part Two MOROCCO CAF Qualifying saw the 54 countries divided into 9 groups of 6 countries with the 9 Group Winners qualifying for World Cup 2026. The four best runners up would play two semi finals and final to determine the one country to move forward to the Inter Continental Playoffs. …

Jackie McInally & Paul Hegarty

Hamilton Accies 1974/75 My first season as an Accies fan , I witnessed two strikers at the opposite ends of their career spectrums. JACKIE MCINALLY Jackie played for Crosshill Thistle and won the Scottish Amateur Cup in 1959 before signing for Kilmarnock. He was an integral part of the Killie team under manager Willie Waddell …

WORLD CUP – SPAIN 82 – Part Three

PART THREE – 19TH JUNE TO 25TH JUNE 1982 The Second Group Stage was played as Four Groups of Three teams with the Winners progressing to the semi finals , this was the only World Cup which used this format. The 1974 & 1978 with 16 teams versions saw Two groups of Four teams with …

WORLD CUP – SPAIN 82 – Part Two

PART TWO – 19TH JUNE TO 25TH JUNE 1982 Saturday 19th June Group 1 – POLAND 0 CAMEROON 0 – La Coruna Once again there was a draw in Group 1 , so that each team had drawn their opening two games. Group 3 – BELGIUM 1 EL SALVADOR 0 – Elche El Salvador proved …

WORLD CUP – SPAIN 82 – Part One

The 1982 World Cup was a fantastic festival of football but began against the backdrop of the Falklands War. PART ONE – 13TH JUNE TO 18TH JUNE 1982 Sunday 13th June Group 3 – ARGENTINA 0 BELGIUM 1 – Barcelona The opening game took place in the fabulously refurbished Nou Camp stadium in Barcelona. UK …