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#142 Why was the England-Scotland rivalry so significant? Plus, why it's lost some of its luster more recently

Soccer 101

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Soccer, Sports

4.9853 Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Graham and Taylor explore the history of the historic rivalry between England and Scotland. What is the history of England v Scotland in soccer? Why did this fixture happen in the first place? Does this rivalry matter in the 21st century? Plus, some of the best moments from the fixture over the years.

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0:00.0

Welcome, everyone to soccer 101.

0:17.0

My name is Taylor Rockwell, and on this week's episode, we're spending some time in the United Kingdom to discuss football's oldest rivalry, England versus Scotland.

0:26.3

The two countries played the first international almost 151 years ago.

0:31.5

On event, they commemorated on Tuesday evening with England earning a three-to-one win in what was labeled the 150th anniversary,

0:38.0

some confusing time keeping there. But how did that rivalry come to be? How is it evolved? And what

0:42.6

significance does it maintain in the 21st century? Here with me to discuss that and much,

0:47.2

much more, is a man who may well be sporting a headache after yesterday's events, either from

0:51.8

drink or frustration. It's Graham Ruffin. Hi, Graham.

0:55.0

Hello, Taylor.

0:57.9

Yeah, certainly sporting a headache from Andy Robertson,

1:00.5

just passing the ball straight to Jud Bellingham,

1:02.2

mid inside the box for him to score?

1:05.5

Yeah, it's inadvisable, I would say, to do that with Jude Bellingham,

1:07.7

particularly with the form that he's in at the moment.

1:13.9

So I think when we talked about this game yesterday somehow missed the historical significance of it.

1:15.1

Did you feel any added weight with it being the 150th asterisk anniversary of this fixture?

1:21.6

Or was it just another game?

1:23.6

No, I think it's just another game against England primarily.

1:26.9

I mean, they did have a lot of nice, there was nice videos before kickoff and there was like an old school like Scottish band that came out. Old school makes it sound like the 50s, but like an old timey Scottish band that came out onto the pitch and the programme, like the match they program looked quite nice and

1:44.5

I bought one of those. But other than that, it was mainly just an opportunity to give England

1:48.9

a bloody nose, which backfired because that's what they did to us in a 3-1 win.

1:54.0

That feels like what they've maybe historically done to you all in terms of the overall

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