1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA–OFC play-off)

1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA–OFC play-off) 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification Scotland Scotland 30px 2 Australia Australia 30px 0 Scotland won 2–0 on aggregate First leg 2 0 20 November 1985 Hampden Park Glasgow Vojtěch Christov (Czechoslovakia) 62,329 Second leg 0 0 4 December 1985 Olympic Park Melbourne José Roberto Ramiz Wright (Brazil) 29,852 1978 1990 The 1986 FIFA World Cup UEFA–OFC qualification play-off was a two-legged home-and-away tie between the winners of the Oceania qualifying tournament, Australia, and the second-placed team from the UEFA Group 7, Scotland. The games were played on 20 November and 4 December 1985 in Glasgow and Melbourne respectively. Australia were hoping to play in the FIFA World Cup for the first time since 1974 and Scotland were hoping for a fourth successive FIFA World Cup.https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19851121&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Scotland 2 Australia 0 21 November 1985 Glasgow Herald (page 32) 11 October 2012 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19851205&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Australia 0 Scotland 0 5 December 1985 Glasgow Herald (page 30) 11 October 2012 Background Scotland had qualified for the play-off by finishing second in their UEFA group, behind Spain. Scotland secured second place in dramatic circumstances with a 1–1 draw against Wales at Ninian Park, Cardiff. Davie Cooper scored a late equalising goal with a penalty kick to give Scotland the point they needed, but manager Jock Stein collapsed and died of a heart attack. This meant that assistant manager Alex Ferguson took charge of the team for the play-off. Australia finished top of a single four-team group that comprised New Zealand, as well as Israel and Chinese Taipei, both of whom were at the time members of FIFA but were outside their own regional confederations. ScotlandRoundAustraliaTeam Pld Played W Won D Drawn L Lost GF Goals for GA Goals against GD Goal difference Pts PointsSpain64029818Scotland63128447Wales63127617Iceland6105410−62Final standingsTeam Pld Played W Won D Drawn L Lost GF Goals for GA Goals against GD Goal difference Pts PointsAustralia64202021810Israel6312176117New Zealand631213767Chinese Taipei6006136−350 Play-off match In the first leg of the play-off in Hampden Park on 20 November 1985, Scotland took the lead in the 53rd minute from a twenty-yard free kick scored by Davie Cooper, hitting the ball around the wall and into the bottom right hand corner of the net. The second goal arrived in the 59th minute from Frank McAvennie who was making his senior debut for Scotland. He lobbed the ball over the goalkeeper after being set up by a header from Kenny Dalglish. The second leg on 4 December finished goalless which was enough for Scotland to advance to the 1986 FIFA World Cup finals in Mexico. First leg 20 November 1985 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification playoff First leg Scotland 2–0 Australia Report Cooper 53 McAvennie 59 Hampden Park, Glasgow 62,329 Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia) _sco8588h _sco8588h _sco8588h _sco8588h 000060 000060 000060 ffffff ff0000 Scotland _aus8485h _aus8485h _aus8485h _gold_stripes_adidas _color_3_stripes_on_white FFBB00 143e34 FFBB00 143e34 143e34 Australia GK 1 Jim Leighton (Aberdeen)DF 2 Steve Nicol (Liverpool)DF 5 Alex McLeish (Aberdeen)DF 6 Willie Miller (Aberdeen)DF 3 Maurice Malpas (Dundee United)MF 8 Gordon Strachan (Manchester United)MF 4 Graeme Souness (c) (Sampdoria)MF 10Roy Aitken (Celtic)MF 11Davie Cooper (Rangers)FW 7 Kenny Dalglish (Liverpool)FW 9 Frank McAvennie (West Ham United)Substitutions: Manager:Scotland Alex Ferguson GK 1 Terry Greedy (St. George)DF 2 Alan Davidson (Unattached)DF 3 Graham Jennings (Sydney Olympic)DF4 Charlie Yankos (Heidelberg United)DF 5 David Ratcliffe (St. George)DF 6 Steve O'Connor (Sydney City)MF 7 Joe Watson (Sydney City)FW8 Kenny Murphy (South Melbourne)MF 9 Oscar Crino (Anorthosis Famagusta)FW10David Mitchell (Eintracht Frankfurt)FW 11John Kosmina (Sydney City)Substitutions: Manager:SFR Yugoslavia Frank Arok OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Ivan Gregr (Czechoslovakia) Josef Poncek (Czechoslovakia)MATCH RULES 90 minutes 2 (of ?) substitutions permitted Second leg 4 December 1985 Second leg Australia 0–0 Scotland Report Olympic Park, Melbourne 29,852 José Roberto Wright (Brazil) _aus8485h _aus8485h _aus8485h _gold_stripes_adidas _color_3_stripes_on_white FFBB00 143e34 FFBB00 143e34 143e34 Australia _sco8588h _sco8588h _sco8588h _sco8588h 000060 000060 000060 ffffff ff0000 Scotland GK 1 Terry Greedy (St. George)DF 2 Alan Davidson (Unattached)DF 3 Graham Jennings (Sydney Olympic)DF 4 Charlie Yankos (Heidelberg United)DF5 David Ratcliffe (St. George)DF 6 Robbie Dunn (Preston Makedonia)MF 7 Jim Patikas (Sydney Croatia)FW 8 Kenny Murphy (South Melbourne)MF9 Oscar Crino (Anorthosis Famagusta)FW 10David Mitchell (Eintracht Frankfurt)FW 11John Kosmina (Sydney City)Substitutions: Manager:SFR Yugoslavia Frank Arok GK 1 Jim Leighton (Aberdeen)DF 2 Richard Gough (Dundee United)DF 5 Alex McLeish (Aberdeen)DF 6 Willie Miller (Aberdeen)DF 3 Maurice Malpas (Dundee United)MF 8 Paul McStay (Celtic)MF 4 Graeme Souness (c) (Sampdoria)MF 10Roy Aitken (Celtic)MF 11Davie Cooper (Rangers)FW 7 David Speedie (Chelsea)FW 9 Frank McAvennie (West Ham United)Substitutions: Manager:Scotland Alex Ferguson OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil) Carlos Felix Ferreira (Brazil)MATCH RULES 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level: 2 (of 2) substitutions permitted Aftermath Scotland qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup Finals in Mexico and were drawn into Group E with West Germany, Uruguay and debutants Denmark. Scotland lost 1–0 to Denmark and 2–1 to West Germany. Scotland had to beat Uruguay and Uruguay played with ten men and drew 0–0. Scotland finished bottom in the group on one point. References Play-off Play-off 1986 Play-off Category:1985 in Australian men's soccer Category:Australia men's national soccer team matches Category:Scotland national football team matches Category:1980s in sport in Melbourne Category:1980s in Glasgow Category:Football matches in Glasgow Category:Men's soccer matches in Australia Category:Men's soccer matches in Melbourne Category:November 1985 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:December 1985 sports events in Australia Category:Australia–United Kingdom sports relations Category:Men's international association football matches in Europe Category:Men's international association football matches in Oceania