1986 Rous Cup

1986 Rous Cup

England Scotland 2 1
Date	23 April 1986
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	Michel Vautrot (France)
Attendance	68,357

The 1986 Rous Cup was the second staging of the Rous Cup annual international football match between two rivals: England and Scotland.

Scotland unsuccessfully defended its 1985 Cup losing on 23 April 1986 at Wembley Stadium, London the Cup to England, 2–1. This was the last game that the two nations alone would contest for the cup. From 1987 onward, a third team would be invited to participate.

Match details

23 April 1986

19:45 BST

England	2–1	Scotland
Butcher 27' Hoddle 39'	Report (Page 26)	Souness 57' (pen.)

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 68,357

Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)

England

Scotland

GK	1	Peter Shilton (Southampton)
DF	2	Gary Stevens (Everton)
DF	3	Kenny Sansom (Arsenal)
MF	4	Glenn Hoddle (Tottenham Hotspur)
DF	5	Dave Watson (Norwich City)
DF	6	Terry Butcher (Ipswich Town)
MF	7	Steve Hodge (Aston Villa)		75'
FW	8	Trevor Francis (Sampdoria)
FW	9	Mark Hateley (Milan)
MF	10	Ray Wilkins (Milan) (c)		46'
FW	11	Chris Waddle (Tottenham Hotspur)
Substitutes:
GK	0	Chris Woods (Norwich City)
MF	0	Peter Reid (Everton)		46'
DF	0	Gary Stevens (Tottenham Hotspur)		75'
MF	0	Trevor Steven (Everton)
CF	0	Kerry Dixon (Chelsea)
Manager:
Bobby Robson

GK	1	Alan Rough (Hibernian)
DF	2	Richard Gough (Dundee United)
DF	3	Maurice Malpas (Dundee United)
MF	4	Graeme Souness (Sampdoria) (c)
DF	5	Alex McLeish (Aberdeen)
DF	6	Willie Miller (Aberdeen)
MF	7	Steve Nicol (Liverpool)
FW	8	David Speedie (Chelsea)
FW	9	Charlie Nicholas (Arsenal)		58'
MF	10	Roy Aitken (Celtic)
MF	11	Eamonn Bannon (Dundee United)
Substitutes:
GK	0	Andy Goram (Oldham Athletic)
DF	0	David Narey (Dundee United)
DF	0	Arthur Albiston (Manchester United)
MF	0	Paul McStay (Celtic)
MF	0	Pat Nevin (Chelsea)		58'
MF	0	Jim Bett (Aberdeen)
Manager:
Alex Ferguson

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