1985 in Scotland
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See also: | List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1985 in: The UK • England • Wales • Elsewhere Scottish football: 1984–85 • 1985–86 1985 in Scottish television |
Events from the year 1985 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Judiciary
Events
- 1 June — Scottish Bus Group reorganised into new regional companies.
- 10 September — Scotland national football team manager Jock Stein, 62, collapses and dies from a heart attack at the end of his team's 1-1 draw with Wales at Ninian Park, Cardiff, which secured Scotland's place in the World Cup qualification playoff.[1]
- 20 November — The Scotland national football team, managed on an interim basis by Aberdeen boss Alex Ferguson, beat Australia 2-0 in the World Cup qualifying play-off first leg at Hampden Park with goals from Davie Cooper (who scored in the game against Wales two months ago) and the debutant Frank McAvennie.[2]
Births
- 23 November — Scott Brash, showjumper
Deaths
- 27 January — Robert McLellan, playwright (born 1907)
- 29 January — Chic Murray, comedian (born 1919)
- 7 April — Willie MacRae, Scottish National Party politician and lawyer (born 1923)
- 10 September — Jock Stein, football player and manager (born 1922)
- 7 November — Alexander Thom, aerodynamicist and archaeoastronomer (born 1894)
- 24 December — Erich Schaedler, football player, by suicide (born 1949)
The Arts
- 10 May — First performance of Peter Maxwell Davies' orchestral piece Orkney Wedding, With Sunrise.
- 11 August — A memorial to Hugh MacDiarmid is unveiled near his home at Langholm.
- Deacon Blue form in Glasgow.
See also
References
- ^ Remembering Jock Stein BBC News, accessed 9 December 2011
- ^ [1]