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The Scottish Football League XI was a representative side of the Scottish Football League (SFL). Soon after the creation of the SFL in 1890, there was a desire on the part of its officials to test its strength against its older counterpart (English) Football League.[1] A match between the Scottish League and The Football League XI was first played in April 1892 at Pike's Lane, Bolton and ended in a 2–2 draw.[1] The Scottish League also played representative matches against the Irish League XI,[2] League of Ireland XI,[3] a Welsh League XI,[4] a Danish Combination and the Italian league. They had also played four fundraising matches during World War I and six unofficial trial matches against Scotland between 1958 and 1964 - players involved in those matches are recorded separately.

A Scottish League team last played in 1990, to mark the league's centenary, in a match against the Scotland national team.[5][6] The Scottish Football League ceased to exist in 2013, when it merged with the Scottish Premier League to form the Scottish Professional Football League.

Bobby Evans holds the record for Scottish League XI appearances, having played 25 times between 1948 and 1960.[7] George Young attained 22 caps, and is the only other player to have won at least 20.[7] Seventeen other players achieved at least 10 caps.[7] Willie Bauld scored the most goals for the Scottish League XI, with his 15 goals coming in 13 appearances between 1949 and 1958.[8] Lawrie Reilly scored 14 goals in as many games.[8] As well as being the third highest scorer, Barney Battles, Jr. is also the most prolific, with his 13 goals coming from only five games (averaging 2.6 goals per game).[8] Bobby Collins (12) and William Reid (10) also scored at least 10 goals for the team.[8]

List of players

Inter-league matches

Of the 155 players who made at least four appearances for the Scottish League team, only eight never played for the full Scotland team, including John Stewart Wright whose career coincided with World War I and played in unofficial internationals, Bob Ferrier who was ineligible during his era due to being born in Sheffield, South African Johnny Hubbard, and goalkeepers Willie White and George Niven, the latter of whom is the Rangers player with most appearances for the club without a full cap, having missed out through injury on several occasions.[9] The other players in that group are John McFarlane, Chic Geatons and Willie Rankin.

Barney Battles Jr. was capped for both Scotland and the United States, Joe Kennaway played for Scotland and Canada, and Patsy Gallacher featured for both Ireland teams.

Jock Stein played once for the Scottish League XI, in 1954. Stein and Alex Ferguson both played for the Scottish League XI and became Scotland national football team manager, but neither played for the national team.
Celtic players Tommy Gemmell (left) and Willie Wallace (right) both played for the Scottish League XI during the 1960s.
David Hay played four times for the Scottish League XI in the early 1970s.
Name First cap Last cap Caps Goals Club(s) when capped
Bobby Evans 1948 1960 25 0 Celtic
George Young 1947 1956 22 2 Rangers
Bobby Collins 1951 1958 16 12 Celtic
Alec McNair 1908 1920 15[a] 0 Celtic
Jimmy Gordon 1909 1920 14[b] 2 Rangers
Alan Morton 1919 1931 15 1 Queen's Park;
Rangers
Jimmy Brownlie 1909 1919 14 0 Third Lanark
Eric Caldow 1957 1965 14 1 Rangers
John Greig 1963 1976 14[c] 1 Rangers
Jimmy McMenemy 1908 1920 14[a] 2 Celtic
Lawrie Reilly 1948 1956 14 14 Hibernian
Alex Smith 1897 1913 14 2 Rangers
Bobby Walker 1899 1911 14 4 Heart of Midlothian
Willie Bauld 1949 1958 13 15 Heart of Midlothian
Sammy Cox 1948 1953 13 0 Rangers
Sandy Archibald 1919 1933 12 1 Rangers
Jerry Dawson 1931 1941 11 0 Rangers
Neilly Gibson 1895 1903 11 0 Rangers
Gordon Smith 1948 1955 11 3 Hibernian
Alex Bennett 1905 1912 10 0 Celtic;
Rangers
Andy Cunningham 1912 1928 10 1 Kilmarnock;
Rangers
Willie McStay 1919 1928 10 0 Celtic
Willie Ormond 1947 1958 10 3 Hibernian
George Stevenson 1927 1934 10 2 Motherwell
Dan Doyle 1892 1899 9 0 Celtic
Ronnie McKinnon 1966 1971 9 0 Rangers
Billy McNeill 1961 1967 9 0 Celtic
Peter Nellies 1911 1919 9 1 Heart of Midlothian
Alex Parker 1955 1958 9 0 Falkirk
Nicol Smith 1897 1904 9 1 Rangers
Jimmy Wardhaugh 1951 1956 9 8 Heart of Midlothian
Bill Brown 1956 1958 8 0 Dundee
Bobby Brown 1949 1952 8 0 Rangers
Joe Dodds 1912 1920 8 2 Celtic
Alex Hamilton 1961 1965 8 1 Dundee
Sandy McMahon 1892 1900 8 4 Celtic
Jimmy Quinn 1904 1912 8 7 Celtic
Willie Reid 1910 1915 8 10 Rangers
Tommy Ring 1953 1957 8 4 Clyde
Pat Crerand 1960 1962 7 1 Celtic
John Cumming 1955 1960 7 1 Heart of Midlothian
Bob Ferrier 1922 1930 7 5 Motherwell
Archie Glen 1954 1958 7 1 Aberdeen
Harry Haddock 1954 1956 7 1 Clyde
Robert Hamilton 1898 1904 7 9 Rangers
James Kelly 1893 1897 7 0 Celtic
Jimmy Mason 1948 1950 7 0 Third Lanark
Andrew McAtee 1912 1920 7 1 Celtic
Ian McColl 1952 1958 7 3 Rangers
Tommy McLean 1966 1973 7 0 Kilmarnock ;
Rangers
Willie Miller 1947 1948 7 0 Celtic
George Niven 1953 1960 7 0 Rangers
Willie Redpath 1948 1950 7 1 Motherwell
Harry Rennie 1900 1908 7 0 Heart of Midlothian;
Hibernian
Alex Scott 1956 1962 7 2 Rangers
Davie Wilson 1960 1964 7 3 Rangers
Willie Woodburn 1947 1951 7 0 Rangers
Tommy Cairns 1922 1926 6 0 Rangers
Peter Cormack 1966 1970 6 3 Hibernian
Jimmy Delaney 1936 1939 6 3 Celtic
John Grant 1958 1961 6 0 Hibernian
Dougie Gray 1927 1930 6 0 Rangers
Jimmy Hay 1909 1911 6 0 Celtic
Willie Henderson 1962 1968 6 2 Rangers
Bobby Hogg 1934 1939 6 0 Celtic
John Hughes 1961 1968 6 4 Celtic
Bobby Johnstone 1951 1954 6 1 Hibernian
Alex Massie 1932 1935 6 1 Heart of Midlothian
Jimmy McGrory 1926 1935 6 6 Celtic
Willie McNaught 1950 1957 6 0 Raith Rovers
Bob McPhail 1926 1936 6 5 Airdrieonians;
Rangers
David Meiklejohn 1921 1932 6 0 Rangers
Tommy Muirhead 1921 1929 6 1 Rangers
Andy Penman 1960 1967 6 3 Dundee;
Rangers
Pat Quinn 1959 1962 6 1 Motherwell
John Tait Robertson 1900 1905 6 1 Rangers
Pat Stanton 1966 1973 6 0 Hibernian
Jack Taylor 1892 1895 6 4 Dumbarton;
St Mirren
James Young 1904 1911 6 0 Celtic
Sammy Baird 1954 1958 5 1 Rangers
Barney Battles, Jr. 1928 1930 5 13 Heart of Midlothian
Jim Baxter 1961 1964 5 0 Rangers
James Blessington 1894 1898 5 1 Celtic
James Bowie 1911 1919 5 2 Rangers
Ralph Brand 1961 1963 5 8 Rangers
George Brown 1931 1936 5 0 Rangers
Jimmy Carabine 1937 1939 5 0 Third Lanark
Tully Craig 1925 1929 5 1 Rangers
Jimmy Crapnell 1929 1932 5 0 Airdrieonians
Chic Geatons 1932 1938 5 0 Celtic
Tommy Gemmell 1965 1968 5 0 Celtic
Graham Leggat 1954 1958 5 6 Aberdeen
Bert McCann 1959 1961 5 1 Motherwell
Peter McGonagle 1930 1934 5 1 Celtic
Colin McNab 1927 1930 5 0 Dundee
John McPherson 1897 1902 5 2 Rangers
Bob Mercer 1912 1913 5 1 Heart of Midlothian
Bobby Murdoch 1965 1969 5 0 Celtic
James Reid 1912 1919 5 6 Airdrieonians
Harry Ritchie 1921 1927 5 0 Hibernian
Charles Bellany Thomson 1904 1908 5 2 Heart of Midlothian
Willie Toner 1958 1960 5 0 Kilmarnock
Alex Venters 1935 1939 5 1 Rangers
Willie Waddell 1947 1951 5 1 Rangers
John Walker 1896 1904 5 0 Heart of Midlothian;
Rangers
Tommy Walker 1935 1939 5 2 Heart of Midlothian
Andrew Anderson 1934 1936 4 0 Heart of Midlothian
Bernard Breslin 1898 1900 4 1 Hibernian
Willie Callaghan 1968 1970 4 0 Dunfermline Athletic
John Campbell 1893 1902 4[d] 3 Celtic
Stevie Chalmers 1962 1967 4 0 Celtic
Eddie Connachan 1961 1962 4 0 Dunfermline Athletic
George Connelly 1970 1973 4 1 Celtic
Charlie Cooke 1962 1965 4 3 Aberdeen;
Dundee
William Cringan 1919 1921 4 0 Celtic
Jimmy Davidson 1952 1954 4 0 Partick Thistle
Arthur Duncan 1967 1976 4 0 Partick Thistle;
Hibernian
Willie Fernie 1953 1958 4 1 Celtic
David Hay 1970 1973 4 0 Celtic
Billy Houliston 1948 1949 4 3 Queen of the South
Johnny Hubbard 1955 1955 4 2 Rangers
Willie Hunter 1958 1961 4 0 Motherwell
Jock Hutton 1923 1925 4 0 Aberdeen
John Jackson 1929 1932 4 0 Partick Thistle
Jimmy Johnstone 1964 1970 4 0 Celtic
Joe Kennaway 1932 1934 4 0 Celtic
Jim Kennedy 1961 1964 4 0 Celtic
Alexander King 1896 1898 4 2 Heart of Midlothian;
Celtic
Jake Madden 1893 1896 4 2 Celtic
Harry Marshall 1898 1900 4 0 Heart of Midlothian;
Celtic
Daniel McArthur 1895 1899 4 0 Celtic
Joe McBride 1964 1966 4 8 Motherwell;
Celtic
Peter McCloy 1966 1973 4 0 Motherwell;
Rangers
John McFarlane 1924 1928 4 0 Celtic
Jimmy McMullan 1919 1921 4 0 Partick Thistle
Jimmy Millar 1961 1964 4 3 Rangers
Jackie Neilson 1951 1954 4 0 St Mirren
Willie Rankin 1919 1923 4 1 Motherwell
Jimmy Simpson 1934 1935 4 1 Rangers
Dave Smith 1966 1970 4 0 Aberdeen;
Rangers
Ian St. John 1959 1961 4 6 Motherwell
Billy Steel 1947 1952 4 2 Morton;
Dundee
Willie Telfer 1951 1955 4 0 St Mirren
Alec Thomson 1925 1930 4 0 Celtic
John Thomson 1928 1930 4 0 Celtic
Tom Townsley 1923 1925 4 0 Falkirk
Eddie Turnbull 1949 1958 4 0 Hibernian
Ian Ure 1961 1962 4 0 Dundee
Willie Wallace 1965 1969 4 3 Heart of Midlothian;
Celtic
Jock White 1923 1926 4 5 Heart of Midlothian
Willie White 1923 1926 4 0 Heart of Midlothian
Peter Wilson 1926 1933 4 0 Celtic
John Stewart Wright 1913 1919 4 0 Morton
Tommy Younger 1955 1955 4 0 Heart of Midlothian
Johnny Aitkenhead 1951 1952 3 3 Motherwell
Matt Armstrong 1935 1936 3 1 Aberdeen
Joe Baillie 1951 1952 3 0 Celtic
Isaac Begbie 1893 1894 3 0 Heart of Midlothian
Bertie Black 1958 1961 3 0 Kilmarnock
Danny Blair 1927 1928 3 0 Clyde
Jimmy Blair 1911 1912 3 0 Clyde
Billy Boyd 1931 1933 3 3 Clyde
Jock Cameron 1903 1904 3 0 St Mirren
Jimmy Caskie 1937 1941 3 0 St Johnstone;
Hibernian[e]
Joe Cassidy 1921 1923 3 1 Celtic
Bobby Combe 1948 1954 3 0 Hibernian;
Celtic
Alfie Conn, Sr. 1948 1955 3 2 Heart of Midlothian
Jimmy Cowan 1949 1953 3 0 Morton
Doug Cowie 1953 1956 3 0 Dundee
James Crawford 1931 1935 3 1 Queen's Park
Jimmy Croal 1913 1914 3 3 Falkirk
Jim Cruickshank 1964 1970 3 0 Heart of Midlothian
Johnny Deakin 1948 1949 3 3 St Mirren
Billy Dickson 1970 1971 3 0 Kilmarnock
John Divers 1962 1963 3 4 Celtic
Bobby Dougan 1950 1953 3 0 Heart of Midlothian
Jock Drummond 1895 1901 3 0 Rangers
Jimmy Dykes 1937 1939 3 0 Heart of Midlothian
Hughie Ferguson 1920 1922 3 3 Motherwell
Thomas Ferguson 1921 1927 3 0 Falkirk
Donald Ford 1971 1974 3 0 Heart of Midlothian
George French 1921 1922 3 1 Morton
Torrance Gillick 1947 1948 3 1 Rangers
Alan Gilzean 1960 1964 3 1 Dundee
George Hamilton 1947 1951 3 2 Aberdeen;
Heart of Midlothian
Bill Harper 1922 1925 3 0 Hibernian
Mike Haughney 1954 1954 3 0 Celtic
George Herd 1960 1960 3 3 Clyde
Tom Jackson 1902 1905 3 0 St Mirren
John Johnston 1928 1932 3 0 Heart of Midlothian
Willie Kivlichan 1909 1910 3 0 Celtic
Davie Laing 1952 1952 3 0 Heart of Midlothian
Bobby Lennox 1966 1968 3 2 Celtic
Lawrie Leslie 1960 1961 3 0 Airdrieonians
Willie Loney 1909 1910 3 0 Celtic
Sandy MacFarlane 1904 1911 3 1 Dundee
Dave Mackay 1957 1958 3 0 Heart of Midlothian
Bobby Main 1934 1935 3 0 Rangers
Fred Martin 1952 1954 3 0 Aberdeen
John May 1906 1908 3 0 Rangers
Willie McAndrew 1911 1912 3 0 Clyde
Adam McLean 1923 1928 3 0 Celtic
John McMenemy 1931 1933 3 0 Motherwell
Bob McNeil 1912 1913 3 0 Hamilton Academical
Davie McParland 1962 1964 3 0 Partick Thistle
Alex McSpadyen 1938 1941 3 1 Partick Thistle
Jimmy McStay 1926 1931 3 0 Celtic
Jimmy Millar 1897 1898 3 0 Rangers
George Mulhall 1959 1961 3 0 Aberdeen
Jimmy Oswald 1894 1896 3[f] 3 St Bernard's
Alex Raisbeck 1897 1912 3 0 Hibernian;
Partick Thistle
Davie Robb 1969 1974 3 1 Aberdeen
Charlie Shaw 1914 1920 3 0 Celtic
Davie Shaw 1948 1948 3 0 Hibernian
Jimmy Smith 1924 1927 3 2 Heart of Midlothian
William Smith 1911 1914 3 0 Hibernian
Peter Somers 1899 1909 3 0 Celtic
Doug Somner 1978 1980 3 2 Partick Thistle;
St Mirren
Colin Stein 1968 1972 3 1 Rangers
Jim Stewart 1974 1978 3 0 Kilmarnock
Bobby Templeton 1909 1910 3 1 Kilmarnock
James Adams 1893 1894 2 0 Heart of Midlothian
William Agnew 1907 1908 2 0 Kilmarnock
Charlie Aitken 1958 1958 2 0 Motherwell
Henry Allan 1899 1900 2 0 Heart of Midlothian
George Anderson 1901 1902 2 0 Kilmarnock
Bertie Auld 1958 1965 2 0 Celtic
Davie Baird 1893 1894 2 1 Heart of Midlothian
John Barker 1894 1895 2 0 Rangers
Barney Battles, Sr. 1899 1902 2 0 Celtic
Jack Bell 1892 1899 2 1 Dumbarton;
Celtic
Andy Black 1937 1938 2 3 Heart of Midlothian
James S. Blair 1939 1939 2 0 Third Lanark
John Blair 1934 1936 2 0 Motherwell
Jim Brogan 1969 1971 2 0 Celtic
Hugh Brown 1947 1948 2 0 Partick Thistle
John Browning 1914 1914 2 0 Celtic
Walter Bruce 1902 1903 2 0 St Mirren
Willie Buchan 1935 1937 2 3 Celtic
Paddy Buckley 1954 1955 2 0 Aberdeen
Albert Buick 1899 1903 2 0 Heart of Midlothian
Willie Bulloch 1911 1914 2 0 Partick Thistle
Patrick Callaghan 1900 1903 2 0 Hibernian
Tommy Callaghan 1968 1971 2 0 Dunfermline Athletic;
Celtic
John Clark 1966 1967 2 0 Celtic
Paul Clarke 1978 1980 2 0 Kilmarnock
Tom Collins 1909 1910 2 0 Heart of Midlothian
Donald Colman 1910 1911 2 0 Aberdeen
Willie Cook 1926 1927 2 0 Dundee
Willie Cooper 1934 1935 2 0 Aberdeen
Alan Cousin 1958 1958 2 1 Dundee
Allan Craig 1929 1930 2 0 Motherwell
George Cummings 1934 1935 2 0 Partick Thistle
Neil Dewar 1932 1939 2 2 Third Lanark
Ally Donaldson 1965 1969 2 0 Dundee
Jock Ewart 1910 1911 2 0 Airdrieonians
Alex Ferguson 1967 1967 2 1 Dunfermline Athletic;
Rangers
Bobby Ferguson 1966 1967 2 0 Kilmarnock
Bobby Flavell 1947 1947 2 6 Airdrieonians
Campbell Forsyth 1964 1965 2 0 Kilmarnock
Tom Forsyth 1971 1976 2 0 Rangers
Stewart Fraser 1962 1962 2 3 Dundee United
Hughie Gallacher 1925 1925 2 6 Airdrieonians
Patsy Gallacher 1913 1924 2 0 Celtic
Jimmy Galt 1911 1912 2 0 Rangers
Jimmy Gibson 1925 1927 2 0 Partick Thistle
John Gilchrist 1921 1922 2 0 Celtic
Robert Glen 1900 1900 2 0 Hibernian
Jimmy Gourlay 1914 1919 2 1 Morton
Jock Govan 1948 1952 2 0 Hibernian
Johnny Graham 1970 1970 2 1 Hibernian
Willie Hamilton 1962 1965 2 0 Heart of Midlothian;
Hibernian
Robert Harrison 1935 1936 2 0 Hamilton Academical
Jim Herriot 1962 1963 2 0 Dunfermline Athletic
Willie Hewitt 1947 1950 2 0 Partick Thistle
Johnny Hodge 1900 1900 2 2 Celtic
James Hunter 1923 1923 2 0 Falkirk
Sandy Jardine 1972 1973 2 0 Rangers
Willie Johnston 1969 1970 2 1 Rangers
Derek Johnstone 1973 1974 2 0 Rangers
Andy Kerr 1955 1957 2 0 Partick Thistle
Peter Kerr 1923 1926 2 0 Hibernian;
Heart of Midlothian
David Kinnear 1936 1938 2 0 Rangers
James Kirkwood 1893 1895 2 0 Abercorn
Archie Kyle 1906 1908 2 1 Rangers
David Lapsley 1951 1954 2 1 St Mirren
John Little 1954 1960 2 0 Rangers
Alec Logan 1907 1910 2[g] 1 Falkirk
James Low 1914 1914 2 0 Heart of Midlothian
Willie Lyon 1938 1938 2 0 Celtic
John Mackenzie 1949 1953 2 1 Partick Thistle
Willie Maley 1892 1894 2 0 Celtic
Neil Martin 1964 1964 2 1 Hibernian
Willie Martin 1938 1938 2 2 Clyde
James McAlpine 1928 1928 2 0 Queen's Park
Edward McBain 1893 1896 2 0 St Mirren
Archie McCall 1893 1894 2 0 Renton
James McCall 1892 1893 2 0 Renton
William McCartney 1902 1903 2 0 Hibernian
Allan McClory 1926 1927 2 0 Motherwell
Jock McDonald 1919 1919 2 0 Airdrieonians
Jock McDougall 1925 1927 2 0 Airdrieonians
Peter McKennan 1937 1938 2 1 Partick Thistle
Tommy McKenzie 1934 1937 2 0 Motherwell
Donald McLeod 1905 1906 2 0 Celtic
Eddie McLeod 1930 1931 2 0 Partick Thistle
John McLeod 1892 1893 2 0 Dumbarton
Ian McMillan 1952 1954 2 0 Airdrieonians
Chris McNee 1937 1939 2 0 Hamilton Academical
John McPhail 1950 1950 2 1 Celtic
John McTavish 1907 1908 2 0 Falkirk
George McWattie 1901 1902 2 0 Queen's Park;
Heart of Midlothian
Bobby Mitchell 1947 1948 2 1 Third Lanark
David Mitchell 1893 1894 2 0 Rangers
Tom Mooney 1933 1935 2 0 Airdrieonians
Willie Muir 1903 1907 2 0 Dundee
Charlie Napier 1932 1934 2 2 Celtic
Joe Nibloe 1929 1929 2 0 Kilmarnock
Gibby Ormond 1958 1958 2 1 Airdrieonians
Robert Orr 1919 1922 2 0 Third Lanark
Derek Parlane 1973 1974 2 0 Rangers
George Paterson 1935 1938 2 0 Celtic
John Patrick 1895 1898 2 0 St Mirren
Harry Paul 1909 1909 2 1 Queen's Park
Willie Pettigrew 1978 1978 2 1 Motherwell
Bobby Reid 1934 1934 2 0 Hamilton Academical
James Richardson 1919 1919 2 2 Ayr United
Andrew Richmond 1909 1909 2 0 Queen's Park
William Robb 1921 1924 2 0 Rangers
Archie Robertson 1954 1954 2 1 Clyde
Willie Russell 1924 1925 2 0 Airdrieonians
Jimmy Sharp 1902 1903 2 0 Dundee
Archie Shaw 1948 1951 2 0 Motherwell
Jock Shaw 1936 1947 2 0 Airdrieonians;
Rangers
Bobby Shearer 1961 1961 2 0 Rangers
George Sinclair 1912 1919 2 0 Heart of Midlothian
Graeme Sinclair 1978 1980 2 0 Dumbarton
James Stark 1907 1909 2 0 Rangers
Gregor Stevens 1978 1978 2 0 Motherwell
George Stewart 1904 1906 2 0 Hibernian
Jackie Stewart 1952 1952 2 0 East Fife
David Storrier 1899 1901 2 0 Celtic
James Templeton 1902 1903 2 0 Queen's Park
Bertie Thomson 1930 1931 2 0 Celtic
Bobby Thomson 1978 1980 2 0 Morton
David Thomson 1921 1921 2 0 Dundee
George Thomson 1959 1960 2 0 Heart of Midlothian
Alex Troup 1921 1921 2 0 Dundee
George Walker 1931 1932 2 0 St Mirren
William Walker 1909 1912 2[b] 0 Clyde
John White 1959 1959 2 2 Falkirk
Brian Whittaker 1978 1980 2 0 Partick Thistle
David Wilson 1902 1903 2 0 Queen's Park
Robert Wilson[h] 1910 1911 2 0 Partick Thistle
Bobby Wishart 1955 1955 2 1 Aberdeen
Alex Young 1958 1960 2 2 Heart of Midlothian
Archie Aikman 1948 1948 1 1 Falkirk
Thomas Allan 1911 1911 1 0 Heart of Midlothian
Willie Allan 1962 1962 1 1 Aberdeen
Robert Allison 1893 1893 1 0 Renton
John Anderson 1911 1911 1[i] 0 Falkirk
Andy Armour 1909 1909 1 0 Kilmarnock
Tommy Atherton 1901 1901 1 0 Partick Thistle
Doug Baird 1959 1959 1 0 Partick Thistle
Johnny Ballantyne 1930 1930 1 0 Partick Thistle
Eamonn Bannon 1978 1978 1 0 Heart of Midlothian
Robert Barbour 1894 1894 1 0 Third Lanark
Bobby Baxter 1941 1941 1 0 Hibernian[e]
Dick Beattie 1957 1957 1 0 Celtic
Frank Beattie 1961 1961 1 0 Kilmarnock
Laurie Bell 1895 1895 1 1 Third Lanark
Bob Bennie 1928 1928 1 0 Heart of Midlothian
George Bertram 1931 1931 1 0 Airdrieonians
Jimmy Binning 1954 1954 1 0 Queen of the South
Bob Birrell 1921 1921 1 0 Heart of Midlothian
Bobby Black 1954 1954 1 2 Queen of the South
Jimmy Black 1931 1931 1 0 Aberdeen
John Blackley 1972 1972 1 0 Hibernian
Bobby Blackwood 1960 1960 1 0 Heart of Midlothian
Alec Boden 1952 1952 1 0 Celtic
Tommy Bogan 1948 1948 1 0 Celtic
Alf Boyd 1949 1949 1 0 Dundee
Henry Boyd 1894 1894 1 0 Third Lanark
Dickie Boyle 1892 1892 1 0 Dumbarton
Jock Bradford 1912 1912 1 0 Morton
Des Bremner 1976 1976 1 0 Hibernian
Gordon Bremner 1941 1941 1 1 Motherwell
Hutton Bremner 1934 1934 1 0 Queen's Park
Allan Brown 1950 1950 1 0 East Fife
Andrew Brown 1893 1893 1 0 St Mirren
Craig Brown 1922 1922 1 0 Motherwell
Finlay Brown 1931 1931 1 0 Dundee
Jim Brown 1974 1974 1 0 Heart of Midlothian
John Brown 1912 1912 1 0 Celtic
John Brown 1938 1938 1 0 Clyde
Sandy Brown 1963 1963 1 0 Partick Thistle
Tommy Brown 1939 1939 1 0 Heart of Midlothian
John Brownlie 1972 1972 1 0 Hibernian
Tommy Burns 1978 1978 1 0 Celtic
Matt Busby 1941 1941 1 0 Hibernian[e]
D. S. Cameron 1900 1900 1 3 St Bernard's
Billy Campbell 1948 1948 1[j] 0 Morton
John Campbell 1899 1899 1 1 Rangers
Kenny Campbell 1921 1921 1 0 Partick Thistle
Robert Campbell 1903 1903 1[j] 0 Partick Thistle
Jack Chaplin 1909 1909 1 0 Dundee
Alec Cheyne 1929 1929 1 0 Aberdeen
William Cheyne 1936 1936 1 0 Rangers
Bobby Clark 1971 1971 1 0 Aberdeen
David Clunie 1969 1969 1 0 Heart of Midlothian
Jim Clunie 1964 1964 1 0 St Mirren
Archie Coats 1937 1937 1 0 Dundee
John Connell 1895 1895 1 1 St Mirren
Paddy Connolly 1926 1926 1 0 Celtic
Jackie Copland 1974 1974 1 0 Dundee United
Andy Cowie 1948 1948 1 0 Aberdeen
Joe Craig 1976 1976 1 1 Partick Thistle
Gordon Crammond 1978 1978 1 0 Ayr United
David Crawford 1906 1906 1 0 St Mirren
John Cross 1903 1903 1 0 Third Lanark
Paddy Crossan 1914 1914 1 0 Heart of Midlothian
Johnny Crum 1939 1939 1 0 Celtic
Joe Cullen 1894 1894 1 0 Celtic
Bill Culley 1919 1919 1 1 Kilmarnock
Peter Curran 1941 1941 1 0 Partick Thistle
John Cuthbertson 1948 1948 1 0 Hibernian
Bert Dainty 1910 1910 1 0 Dundee
Bobby Davidson 1934 1934 1 0 St Johnstone
Tommy Deans 1948 1948 1 0 Clyde
Andrew Devine 1910 1910 1 1 Falkirk
Matthew Dickie 1898 1898 1 0 Rangers
Peter Dickson 1976 1976 1[c] 0 Queen of the South
John Divers 1895 1895 1 0 Celtic
Billy Dougall 1923 1923 1 0 Falkirk
Jamie Doyle 1980 1980 1 0 Partick Thistle
Willie Duff 1954 1954 1 0 Heart of Midlothian
Tom Dunbar 1895 1895 1 0 Celtic
Charlie Duncan 1921 1921 1 1 Clyde
Davie Duncan 1948 1948 1 0 East Fife
John Duncan 1973 1973 1 2 Dundee
Jimmy Duncanson 1948 1948 1 1 Rangers
Jimmy Dundas 1896 1896 1 0 Dundee
James Dunn 1922 1922 1 0 Hibernian
Alex Elliott 1938 1938 1 0 Partick Thistle
Ben Ellis 1939 1939 1 0 Motherwell
Tommy Ewing 1957 1957 1 0 Partick Thistle
Jock Fairbairn 1893 1893 1 0 Heart of Midlothian
Tom Fairfoul 1909 1909 1 0 Third Lanark
John Falconer 1928 1928 1 0 Cowdenbeath
Willie Ferguson 1896 1896 1 0 Celtic
John Finlay 1909 1909 1 0 Airdrieonians
Tony Fitzpatrick 1978 1978 1 0 St Mirren
Jimmy Fleming 1934 1934 1 0 Rangers
Rikki Fleming 1974 1974 1 0 Ayr United
Gerry Follon 1947 1947 1 0 Dundee
James Forrest 1921 1921 1 0 Clyde
Alex Forsyth 1972 1972 1 0 Partick Thistle
John Fraser 1902 1902 1 0 St Mirren
Mark Fulton 1980 1980 1 0 St Mirren
Tommy Gallacher 1949 1949 1 0 Dundee
Ian Gardiner 1954 1954 1 1 East Fife
Tommy Gemmell 1958 1958 1 1 St Mirren
Will Gibson 1895 1895 1 0 Rangers
Willie Gibson 1980 1980 1 0 Heart of Midlothian
Patrick Gilhooley 1898 1898 1 0 Celtic
Dennis Gillespie 1961 1961 1 0 Dundee United
James Gillespie 1898 1898 1 1 Third Lanark
Robert Gillespie 1922 1922 1 0 Queen's Park
John Gilmour 1930 1930 1 1 Dundee
Hugh Goldie 1895 1895 1 0 St Mirren
Tom Gracie 1914 1914 1 1 Heart of Midlothian
Harry Graham 1914 1914 1 0 Heart of Midlothian
James Graham 1902 1902 1 0 Rangers
John L. Graham 1901 1901 1 0 Kilmarnock
Archie Gray 1903 1903 1 0 Hibernian
Don Greenlees 1904 1904 1 0 St Mirren
David Haddow 1894 1894 1 0 Rangers
Henry Hall 1970 1970 1 0 St Johnstone
George Halley 1910 1910 1 0 Kilmarnock
Dave Halliday 1924 1924 1 0 Dundee
Davie Hamilton 1903 1903 1 0 Celtic
James Hamilton 1924 1924 1 0 St Mirren
Johnny Hamilton 1958 1958 1 0 Heart of Midlothian
Tom Hamilton 1921 1921 1 0 Kilmarnock
Colin Hampton 1912 1912 1 0 Motherwell
Andrew Hannah 1892 1892 1 0 Renton
Joe Harper 1969 1969 1 2 Aberdeen
Walter Hay 1932 1932 1 0 St Mirren
Paul Hegarty 1978 1978 1 0 Dundee United
Geordie Henderson 1923 1923 1 1 Rangers
Joe Hendry 1910 1910 1 0 Rangers
Jim Henry 1970 1970 1 0 Dundee United
Sandy Herd 1934 1934 1 0 Heart of Midlothian
Jim Hermiston 1974 1974 1 0 Aberdeen
Jimmy Hickie 1938 1938 1 0 Clyde
John Higgins 1954 1954 1 0 Celtic
Frank Hill 1930 1930 1 0 Aberdeen
Dave Hilley 1959 1959 1 0 Third Lanark
Hugh Hilley 1924 1924 1 0 Celtic
George Hogg 1896 1896 1 0 Heart of Midlothian
Bobby Holmes 1957 1957 1 0 St Mirren
David Holt 1964 1964 1 0 Heart of Midlothian
Harry Hood 1970 1970 1 0 Celtic
Bobby Houston 1978 1978 1 0 Partick Thistle
James Howie 1901 1901 1 0 Kilmarnock
Bobby Howitt 1953 1953 1 0 Partick Thistle
Wilson Humphries 1952 1952 1 0 Motherwell
Ally Hunter 1972 1972 1 0 Kilmarnock
Willie Hunter 1909 1909 1 0 Airdrieonians
Jackie Husband 1947 1947 1 0 Partick Thistle
John Hutcheson 1933 1933 1 0 Falkirk
Tommy Hynds 1901 1901 1 0 Celtic
Alex Ingram 1969 1969 1 0 Ayr United
Colin Jackson 1976 1976 1 0 Rangers
James Jackson 1922 1922 1 0 Motherwell
John Jackson 1912 1912 1[i] 0 Clyde
Drew Jarvie 1971 1971 1 0 Airdrieonians
Tom Jarvie 1939 1939 1 0 Hamilton Academical
James Johnston 1903 1903 1 0 Third Lanark
Peter Johnstone 1914 1914 1 0 Celtic
Sammy Kean 1947 1947 1 0 Hibernian
Alex Keillor 1897 1897 1 0 Dundee
Bernie Kelly 1957 1957 1 1 Raith Rovers
Johnny Kelly 1947 1947 1 0 Third Lanark
Bob Kelso 1898 1898 1 0 Dundee
Jack Kennedy 1897 1897 1 0 Hibernian
Robert Keyes 1939 1939 1 0 Falkirk
Tommy Kiernan 1947 1947 1 0 Celtic
Willie Kilmarnock 1948 1948 1 0 Motherwell
James King 1932 1932 1 0 Hamilton Academical
John King 1912 1912 1 0 Partick Thistle
Robert Rae Laing 1893 1893 1 0 Leith Athletic
Alex Lambie 1928 1928 1 0 Partick Thistle
Jimmy Lawson 1912 1912 1 0 Dundee
Tom Ledgerwood 1952 1952 1 0 Partick Thistle
Willie Lennie 1910 1910 1 0 Aberdeen
Alec Linwood 1948 1948 1 0 Hibernian
George Livingstone 1907 1907 1 0 Rangers
James Logan 1913 1913 1 0 Rangers
Andy Love 1929 1929 1 0 Aberdeen
Tommy Low 1897 1897 1 1 Rangers
Alex MacDonald 1976 1976 1 0 Rangers
Willie MacFadyen 1934 1934 1 2 Motherwell
Rab Macfarlane 1897 1897 1 0 Third Lanark
Dave MacKinnon 1980 1980 1 0 Partick Thistle
Bert MacLachlan 1920 1920 1 0 Aberdeen
Johnny MacLeod 1961 1961 1 0 Hibernian
Murdo MacLeod 1978 1978 1 0 Dumbarton
Keith MacRae 1970 1970 1 0 Motherwell
James Main 1908 1908 1 0 Kilmarnock
Jim Mallan 1949 1949 1 0 Celtic
Danny Malloy 1955 1955 1 0 Dundee
Peter Marinello 1978 1978 1 0 Motherwell
James Marshall 1932 1932 1 0 Rangers
Robert Marshall 1895 1895 1 0 Rangers
Allan Martin 1896 1896 1 3 Celtic
David Mathers 1956 1956 1 0 Partick Thistle
Willie Mathieson 1969 1969 1 0 Rangers
Bud Maxwell 1933 1933 1 0 Kilmarnock
James Maxwell 1907 1907 1 0 Kilmarnock
William Maxwell 1902 1902 1 0 Third Lanark
Colin McAdam 1978 1978 1 0 Partick Thistle
Bob McAuley 1931 1931 1 0 Rangers
Pat McAuley 1948 1948 1 0 Celtic
James McBride 1892 1892 1 0 Renton
Bobby McCallum 1966 1966 1 0 Partick Thistle
Neil McCallum 1892 1892 1 0 Celtic
Bob McCartney 1898 1898 1 0 Heart of Midlothian
Robert Smyth McColl 1901 1901 1 1 Queen's Park
Andrew McCreadie 1893 1893 1 0 Rangers
Alan McCulloch 1980 1980 1 0 Kilmarnock
David McCulloch 1934 1934 1 1 Heart of Midlothian
Fred McDiarmid 1902 1902 1 0 Dundee
Derrick McDicken 1980 1980 1 1 Kilmarnock
Malky McDonald 1941 1941 1 0 Celtic
Tom McFarlane 1897 1897 1 0 Hibernian
Willie McFarlane 1947 1947 1 0 Heart of Midlothian
Frank McGarvey 1978 1978 1 0 St Mirren
Charlie McGill 1935 1935 1 0 Aberdeen
William McGinnigle 1924 1924 1 0 Hibernian
Danny McGrain 1973 1973 1 0 Celtic
James McGurk 1941 1941 1 0 Hamilton Academical
Johnny McIlwaine 1927 1927 1 0 Falkirk
Jock McIntyre 1921 1921 1 0 Morton
Bobby McKay 1925 1925 1 0 Rangers
Bobby McKean 1976 1976 1 0 Rangers
Alexander McLardy 1893 1893 1 0 Abercorn
Sandy McLaughlan 1962 1962 1 0 Kilmarnock
Stuart McLean 1980 1980 1 0 Kilmarnock
Ally McLeod 1980 1980 1 0 Hibernian
Thomas McMillan 1894 1894 1 0 Dumbarton
Jackie McNamara, Sr. 1980 1980 1 1 Hibernian
Alex McNeill 1900 1900 1 0 Port Glasgow Athletic
Andrew McPherson 1902 1902 1 0 Morton
Jim McPhie 1948 1948 1 0 Falkirk
Denis McQuade 1972 1972 1 1 Partick Thistle
George McQueen 1925 1925 1 0 Airdrieonians
Danny McRorie 1930 1930 1 0 Morton
Peter Meechan 1896 1896 1 0 Celtic
Jim Melrose 1980 1980 1 1 Partick Thistle
Frank Mennie 1949 1949 1 0 Clyde
Willie Michael 1899 1899 1 1 Heart of Midlothian
Peter Millar 1974 1974 1 0 Motherwell
Archie Miller 1938 1938 1 0 Heart of Midlothian
George Miller 1964 1964 1 0 Heart of Midlothian
Tommy Miller 1910 1910 1 0 Falkirk
Willie Miller 1934 1934 1 0 Partick Thistle
Willie Miller 1976 1976 1 0 Aberdeen
James Mitchell 1910 1910 1 0 Kilmarnock
Jimmy Mitchell 1955 1955 1 0 Aberdeen
Willie Moffat 1931 1931 1 0 Hamilton Academical
Hugh Morgan 1898 1898 1 1 St Mirren
Lew Morgan 1933 1933 1 0 Dundee
David Morris 1923 1923 1 0 Raith Rovers
Eric Morris 1980 1980 1 0 Ayr United
Hugh Morton 1928 1928 1 0 Kilmarnock
Billy Muir 1960 1960 1 0 Kilmarnock
Iain Munro 1980 1980 1 0 St Mirren
Frank Murphy 1936 1936 1 1 Celtic
George Murray 1965 1965 1 0 Motherwell
Pat Murray 1897 1897 1 0 Hibernian
David Narey 1978 1978 1 0 Dundee United
William Nash 1899 1899 1 0 Clyde
Bobby Neill 1901 1901 1[d] 0 Rangers
Willie Neil 1927 1927 1 1 Airdrieonians
John Neilson 1900 1900 1 1 Third Lanark
Davie Ness 1934 1934 1 1 Partick Thistle
Willie Nicholson 1934 1934 1 0 Rangers
Bobby Nutley 1939 1939 1 1 Hibernian
Willie O'Neill 1968 1968 1 0 Celtic
Neil Orr 1980 1980 1 0 Morton
James Oswald 1900 1900 1[f] 0 Leith Athletic
Jock Paterson 1952 1952 1 0 Hibernian
Tommy Pearson 1948 1948 1 0 Aberdeen
Iain Philip 1972 1972 1 0 Dundee
William Porter 1900 1900 1 0 Third Lanark
Bobby Prentice 1974 1974 1 0 Heart of Midlothian
John Prentice 1953 1953 1 0 Rangers
Thomas Preston 1924 1924 1 0 Airdrieonians
Charlie Pringle 1921 1921 1 0 St Mirren
David Provan 1967 1967 1 0 Rangers
David Provan 1978 1978 1 0 Kilmarnock
John Rankin 1911 1911 1 0 Third Lanark
Willie Rankin 1926 1926 1 0 Dundee
Tom Reid 1926 1926 1 0 Heart of Midlothian
Lex Richardson 1980 1980 1 0 St Mirren
Jim Richmond 1960 1960 1 0 Kilmarnock
Andy Ritchie 1980 1980 1 1 Morton
Bobby Roberts 1963 1963 1 0 Motherwell
George Robertson 1937 1937 1 0 Kilmarnock
Peter Robertson 1902 1902 1 0 Dundee
Robert Robertson 1909 1909 1 0 St Mirren
Colin Rodger 1935 1935 1 0 Ayr United
Andy Rolland 1976 1976 1 0 Dundee United
Alex Rollo 1951 1951 1 0 Celtic
Alan Rough 1978 1978 1 0 Partick Thistle
Davie Russell 1897 1897 1 0 Celtic
Eddie Rutherford 1950 1950 1 1 Rangers
Thomas Scott 1922 1922 1 0 Falkirk
Bob Shankly 1937 1937 1 0 Falkirk
Willie Sharp 1952 1952 1 0 Partick Thistle
Doug Sharpe 1952 1952 1 0 Queen of the South
Chris Shevlane 1964 1964 1 0 Heart of Midlothian
Jock Simpson 1910 1910 1 0 Falkirk
Ronnie Simpson 1968 1968 1 0 Celtic
Eric Sinclair 1980 1980 1 1 Dundee
Leslie Skene 1904 1904 1 0 Queen's Park
Bobby Skinner 1927 1927 1 2 Dunfermline Athletic
George Smith 1958 1958 1 0 Partick Thistle
Jimmy Smith 1941 1941 1 0 Rangers
Jimmy Smith 1968 1968 1 0 Aberdeen
John Smith 1926 1926 1 0 Ayr United
Thomas Smith 1933 1933 1 0 Queen's Park
Tom Smith 1936 1936 1[k] 0 Kilmarnock
Tommy Smith 1937 1937 1[k] 0 Dundee
Jimmy Soye 1911 1911 1 0 Aberdeen
Finlay Speedie 1905 1905 1 0 Rangers
Jock Stein 1954 1954 1 0 Celtic
Willie Stevenson 1959 1959 1 0 Rangers
Eric Stevenson 1969 1969 1 0 Hibernian
Alex Stewart 1919 1919 1 0 Partick Thistle
Alex Stewart[l] 1937 1937 1 0 Motherwell
Robert Stewart 1907 1907 1 0 Morton
Gerry Sweeney 1969 1969 1 0 Morton
Willie Telfer 1932 1932 1 1 Motherwell
James Tennant 1899 1899 1 0 St Bernard's
David Thackeray 1927 1927 1 0 Motherwell
Andrew Thomson 1893 1893 1 0 Third Lanark
Billy Thomson 1980 1980 1 0 St Mirren
Eddie Thomson 1969 1969 1 0 Heart of Midlothian
Jock Thomson 1929 1929 1 0 Dundee
Robert Thomson 1927 1927 1 0 Falkirk
Willie Thornton 1949 1949 1 0 Rangers
Jim Tolmie 1980 1980 1 0 Morton
Charles Traynor 1897 1897 1 0 Abercorn
Johnny Urquhart 1954 1954 1 1 Heart of Midlothian
Rod Walker 1911 1911 1 0 Heart of Midlothian
Dougie Wallace 1941 1941 1 1 Clyde
Jim Wallace 1974 1974 1 0 Dunfermline Athletic
Joe Walters 1960 1960 1 0 Clyde
James Warden 1933 1933 1 0 Third Lanark
Willie Wardrope 1903 1903 1 0 Third Lanark
Joe Wark 1976 1976 1 0 Motherwell
Jimmy Watson 1950 1950 1 1 Motherwell
Phil Watson 1930 1930 1 0 Hamilton Academical
Willie Watson 1933 1933 1 0 Hibernian
Andy Weir 1960 1960 1 0 Motherwell
James Welsh 1952 1952 1 0 Airdrieonians
Tom Wilkie 1899 1899 1 0 St Bernard's
Bobby Wilson 1967 1967 1 0 Dundee
George Wilson 1906 1906 1 0 Heart of Midlothian
Hughie Wilson 1902 1902 1 0 Third Lanark
Jock Wilson 1896 1896 1 0 St Bernard's
James Wilson 1904 1904 1 0 St Mirren
Jimmy Wilson 1967 1967 1 0 Aberdeen
Willie Wilson 1915 1915 1 0 Heart of Midlothian
Willie Wiseman 1926 1926 1 0 Queen's Park
Alex Wright 1922 1922 1 0 Aberdeen
Alexander Wylie 1893 1893 1 0 St Mirren
Jock Wyllie 1914 1914 1 0 Aberdeen
Harry Yorston 1952 1952 1 0 Aberdeen

Notes

  1. ^ a b One more cap should be attributed to Jimmy McMenemy and one fewer to Alec McNair than listed at London Hearts[7] due to an error in a 1908 match summary whereby McNair was counted twice, in place of McMenemy whom contemporary sources confirm did play.[12]
  2. ^ a b One more cap should be attributed to William Walker and one fewer to Jimmy Gordon than listed at London Hearts[7] due to an error in a 1912 match summary whereby Gordon was counted twice, in place of Walker whom contemporary sources confirm did play.[10]
  3. ^ a b Includes one appearance as a substitute in 1976, not recorded at London Hearts.[11]
  4. ^ a b One more cap should be attributed to Bobby Neill and one fewer to Johnny Campbell than listed at London Hearts[7] due to an error in a 1901 match summary whereby Campbell was counted twice, in place of Neill whom contemporary sources confirm did play.[13]
  5. ^ a b c Was on wartime guest loan, never played for club in official SFL match.
  6. ^ a b One more cap should be attributed to James Oswald and one fewer to Jimmy Oswald than listed at London Hearts[7] due to an error in a 1900 match summary; contemporary sources confirm the player involved was the Leith Athletic goalkeeper.[14]
  7. ^ Several sources[15][16][17] attribute a 1907 Scottish League appearance to Tommy Logan, but this is extremely unlikely as he was a teenager with no top level experience at the time of the fixture in question; by contrast, his elder brother Alec Logan was an established forward at Falkirk and it can be assumed that he was the player involved, with records of 'Logan, Falkirk' being linked to Tommy in error after he became a prominent member of the same team within a few years.
  8. ^ Attributed by London Hearts to Harry Wilson who played for the same club (Partick Thistle) in the same era.[18]
  9. ^ a b One more cap should be attributed to John Jackson (Clyde) and one fewer to John Anderson (Falkirk) than listed at London Hearts[7] due to an error in a 1912 match summary.[10]
  10. ^ a b One more cap should be attributed to Billy Campbell and one fewer to Robert Campbell than listed at London Hearts[7] due to an error in a 1948 match summary whereby Robert was counted in place of Billy whom contemporary sources confirm did play.[19]
  11. ^ a b One more cap should be attributed to Tommy Smith (Dundee) and one fewer to Tom Smith (Kilmarnock) than listed at London Hearts[7] due to an error in a 1937 match summary.
  12. ^ Attributed by London Hearts to Willie Stewart who played for the same club (Motherwell) at the time.[20]

Scotland trial matches / SFL Centenary players

See also: Scotland national football team results (unofficial matches)
  • During World War I, no inter-league matches were played after the English and Irish leagues were suspended in 1915. The Scottish League continued to operate, and three post-season challenge matches were arranged in 1915, 1916 and 1917, with the proceeds going to charities and war fundraising; the SFL XI (including some players who were contracted to English clubs but had returned to play in Scotland temporarily as the league continued, while the English Football League was suspended) played against the title-winning club, which was Celtic on all three occasions.[21] An additional match against a Military XI was also played in 1917 (again no Celtic players were selected as they played the Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup final on the same day).[22] In 1918, the Navy and Army War Fund Shield was played between clubs instead.
  • Between 1958 and 1964, except in 1963, the Scottish League XI played an annual mid-season trial match against the Scotland (SFA) team (or an approximation thereof) in an attempt to judge the ability of players in both sides for possible selection for the national squad.[23] A previous similar match took place in 1955 between Scotland and Scotland B.[24] Due to the matches' potential importance for some of the players' careers, they were taken fairly seriously and were well attended,[25] although some call-offs through injury and clashes with important club fixtures led to weaker teams taking the field than the original squads in some cases. As they were not inter-league fixtures, these six matches[26] are counted separately from other SFL XI totals, likewise the Scotland appearances and goals are not official - some of the players selected never received a full cap. A few players featured for both sides, particularly when they had played for an SFL club but then moved to England so were no longer eligible. The trials did serve as a stepping stone to the Scotland team for some players on both the SFA and SFL teams, although in terms of improving the standard of international players, the experimental series could be judged not to have been particularly successful as Scotland made little impact on the first relevant tournament after the initial trial match (the 1958 FIFA World Cup) and failed to qualify for the next seven major competitions, their next being the 1974 FIFA World Cup. They did manage to win three editions of the British Home Championship outright in the 1960s.
  • The 16-man SFL centenary match squad[6] which faced Scotland's 1990 FIFA World Cup squad in August 1990 contained 10 players who were already full internationals. Boyd, Lambert, Robertson, Wright and McKinlay were later capped by Scotland (Boyd within weeks); only Dutchman van der Hoorn was never selected for his country.
  • Flag icon in FIFA field shows the player gained a full FIFA-recognised cap for that nation.
Alan Morton played for the Scottish League in three World War I fundraising games, then made 15 appearances in official inter-league matches.
Netherlands national football team player Hans Gillhaus played for the Scottish League XI in its last ever match, in 1990. Gillhaus scored the only goal as the Scottish League won 1–0 against the Scotland national football team.
Name First Last Caps Goals FIFA
Peter Nellies 1915 1917 4 0 Scotland
Andy Kerr 1958 1961 3 3 Scotland
Alan Morton 1915 1917 3 0 Scotland
Jock Simpson 1916 1917 3 1 England
James Bowie 1917 1917 2 2 Scotland
Tommy Cairns 1916 1917 2 0 Scotland
Alan Cousin 1960 1962 2 2
Jimmy Gordon 1915 1916 2 0 Scotland
Joe Hogan 1960 1962 2 0
Bert McCann 1959 1961 2 1 Scotland
Davie McParland 1961 1964 2 2
Bob Mercer 1916 1917 2 0 Scotland
Pat Quinn 1961 1962 2 2 Scotland
Alex Stewart 1916 1917 2 0
Willie Toner 1960 1961 2 0 Scotland
Doug Baird 1959 1959 1 0
Jim Baxter 1960 1960 1 0 Scotland
Frank Beattie 1964 1964 1 0
Jimmy Blair 1917 1917 1 0 Scotland
Tom Blair 1917 1917 1 0
Pat Bonner 1990 1990 1 0 Republic of Ireland
Tom Boyd 1990 1990 1 0 Scotland
Bill Brown 1958 1958 1 0 Scotland
Jimmy Brownlie 1917 1917 1 0 Scotland
Bobby Carroll 1962 1962 1 1
Bobby Collins 1958 1958 1 0 Scotland
Eddie Connachan 1962 1962 1 0 Scotland
Bobby Connor 1990 1990 1 0 Scotland
Bobby Cox 1961 1961 1 0
Alex Craig 1915 1915 1 0 Ireland
Pat Crerand 1961 1961 1 0 Scotland
Paddy Crossan 1915 1915 1 0
Jim Cruickshank 1964 1964 1 0 Scotland
Bill Culley 1917 1917 1 0
Andy Cunningham 1915 1915 1 0 Scotland
Neil Duffy 1964 1964 1 0
Alex Edwards 1964 1964 1 0
Bobby Evans 1958 1958 1 0 Scotland
Hughie Ferguson 1917 1917 1 0
Jimmy Gabriel 1960 1960 1 0 Scotland
Hans Gillhaus 1990 1990 1 1 Netherlands
Jimmy Goodfellow 1962 1962 1 0
Jimmy Gourlay 1915 1915 1 0
Matt Gray 1959 1959 1 0
John Greig 1964 1964 1 0 Scotland
Billy Hainey 1964 1964 1 0
Johnny Hamilton 1960 1960 1 0
George Herd 1960 1960 1 0 Scotland
Billy Higgins 1962 1962 1 0
Willie Hunter 1962 1962 1 0 Scotland
Jim Kennedy 1962 1962 1 0 Scotland
Gordon Kerr 1915 1915 1 0
Peter Kerr 1917 1917 1 0 Scotland
Michael Kiernan 1917 1917 1 0
Andy King 1964 1964 1 0
Istvan Kozma 1990 1990 1 0 Hungary
Miodrag Krivokapic 1990 1990 1 0 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Paul Lambert 1990 1990 1 0 Scotland
John Little 1960 1960 1 0 Scotland
James Low 1915 1915 1 0
Dave Mackay 1958 1958 1 0 Scotland
Duncan MacKay 1959 1959 1 0 Scotland
Bert Manderson 1916 1916 1 0 Ireland
Andy Matthew 1958 1958 1 0
George McCallum 1959 1959 1 0
Ian McColl 1958 1958 1 0 Scotland
John McCormick 1962 1962 1 0
Jimmy McEwan 1959 1959 1 0
Jackie McGrory 1964 1964 1 0 Scotland
Jackie McInally 1961 1961 1 0
Jim McInally 1990 1990 1 0 Scotland
Bert McIntosh 1917 1917 1 0
Jimmy McIntosh 1958 1958 1 0
Billy McKinlay 1990 1990 1 0 Scotland
Malcolm McPhail 1917 1917 1 3
John McTavish 1916 1916 1 0 Scotland
Chris Morris 1990 1990 1 0 Republic of Ireland
Jimmy Murray 1958 1958 1 1 Scotland
Charlie Nicholas 1990 1990 1 0 Scotland
George Niven 1960 1960 1 0
John Ogston 1961 1961 1 0
George Ormond 1917 1917 1 0
Willie Ormond 1959 1959 1 0 Scotland
Andy Penman 1961 1961 1 0 Scotland
David Provan 1964 1964 1 0 Scotland
James Reid 1915 1915 1 0 Scotland
Willie Reid 1916 1916 1 0 Scotland
Frank Reilly 1915 1915 1 0
David Robertson 1990 1990 1 0 Scotland
Walter Rutherford 1917 1917 1 0
Alex Scott 1960 1960 1 1 Scotland
Bobby Seith 1962 1962 1 0
Bobby Shearer 1961 1961 1 0 Scotland
Chris Shevlane 1964 1964 1 0
Eric Smith 1959 1959 1 0 Scotland
Theo Snelders 1990 1990 1 0 Netherlands
Gary Stevens 1990 1990 1 0 England
Ian St John 1960 1960 1 0 Scotland
Fred van der Hoorn 1990 1990 1 0
Jock Wallace 1959 1959 1 0
Jimmy Wardhaugh 1958 1958 1 0 Scotland
John White 1959 1959 1 3 Scotland
Tom White 1964 1964 1 0
Jock Wilson 1916 1916 1 0
John Stewart Wright 1917 1917 1 0
Keith Wright 1990 1990 1 0 Scotland
Alex Young 1958 1958 1 1 Scotland

Players for Scotland XI against SFL XI

  • § = Player was never capped at full international level.
Dave Mackay played for the Scotland XI against the Scottish League in three trial matches.
Name First cap Last cap Caps Goals
Eric Caldow 1958 1961 4 0
Dave Mackay 1959 1962 3 0
Alex Parker 1958 1960 3 0
Bill Brown 1959 1962 2 0
Bobby Collins 1959 1960 2 0
John Cumming 1959 1960 2 0
Alex Scott 1958 1959 2 0
John White 1962 1964 2 0
Charlie Aitken § 1962 1962 1 0
Roy Aitken 1990 1990 1 0
Sammy Baird 1958 1958 1 0
Jim Baxter 1961 1964 2 0
Ralph Brand 1961 1961 1 1
Billy Bremner 1964 1964 1 0
John Collins 1990 1990 1 0
John Colrain § 1959 1959 1 3
Doug Cowie 1958 1958 1 0
Dan Currie § 1958 1958 1 1
Pat Delaney § 1964 1964 1 0
Tommy Docherty 1958 1958 1 0
Bobby Evans 1959 1959 1 0
Robert Fleck 1990 1990 1 0
Campbell Forsyth 1964 1964 1 0
Dave Gibson 1959 1959 1 0
Alan Gilzean 1962 1962 1 2
Andy Goram 1990 1990 1 0
Frank Haffey 1960 1960 1 0
Alex Hamilton 1962 1964 2 0
John Harvey § 1960 1960 1 0
Willie Henderson 1964 1964 1 0
David Herd 1961 1961 1 2
John Hewie 1958 1958 1 0
Dave Hilley § 1961 1962 2 1
David Holt 1964 1964 1 0
Willie Hunter 1960 1960 1 0
Stewart Imlach 1958 1958 1 1
Denis Law 1960 1960 1 2
Graham Leggat 1959 1959 1 0
Lawrie Leslie 1961 1961 1 0
Duncan MacKay 1961 1961 1 0
Gary Mackay 1990 1990 1 0
Johnny MacLeod 1961 1962 2 0
Maurice Malpas 1990 1990 1 0
Gary McAllister 1990 1990 1 0
Joe McBride 1964 1964 1 2
Bert McCann 1960 1960 1 0
Chris McCart § 1990 1990 1 0
Ally McCoist 1990 1990 1 0
Brien McIlroy § 1964 1964 1 1
Frank McLintock 1962 1964 2 0
Stuart McKimmie 1990 1990 1 0
Billy McNeill 1961 1961 1 0
Dave McPherson 1990 1990 1 0
Paul McStay 1990 1990 1 0
Campbell Money § 1990 1990 1 0
Jackie Mudie 1958 1958 1 1
Stuart Munro § 1990 1990 1 0
Pat Nevin 1990 1990 1 0
John Robertson 1990 1990 1 0
Ian St John 1962 1962 1 0
Ian Ure 1962 1962 1 0
Andy Weir 1960 1960 1 0
Davie Wilson 1961 1961 1 0
Ron Yeats 1964 1964 1 0
Alex Young 1960 1960 1 0
Tommy Younger 1958 1958 1 0

References

  1. ^ a b (Bob Crampsey 1990, p. 245)
  2. ^ "Sat 29 Apr 1893 Irish League 3 SFL 2". Londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  3. ^ (Bob Crampsey 1990, p. 251)
  4. ^ (Bob Crampsey 1990, p. 253)
  5. ^ Traynor, Jim (18 August 1990). "The Aberdeen connection". The Herald. Herald & Times Group. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  6. ^ a b On this day, back in 1990, a Scottish League XI beat Scotland 1-0 at Hampden Park in the SFL Centenary match with the goal coming from then Aberdeen Football Club star Hans Gillhaus, Scottish Professional Football League via Facebook, 18 August 2016
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Scotland FL Players by Appearances". Londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  8. ^ a b c d "Scotland FL Players by Goals Scored". Londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  9. ^ "Ibrox custodian was club's rock during transition from 50s side to 60s". The Scotsman. 19 July 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  10. ^ a b Scottish League, 3; Irish League, 1, The Glasgow Herald, 7 November 1912
  11. ^ Under 9000 see Scots defeated, Glasgow Herald, 18 March 1976
  12. ^ League International: England v. Scotland, The Glasgow Herald, 2 March 1908
  13. ^ Saturday's Football. | Scotland V. England–League International Match, The Glasgow Herald, 18 March 1901
  14. ^ Saturday's Football. | Scottish v. Irish League., The Glasgow Herald, 19 February 1900
  15. ^ "Scottish League player Thomas Logan". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  16. ^ "Scottish League vs English League 0-0". 2 March 1907. Retrieved 14 November 2018 – via Play Up Liverpool.
  17. ^ "Died in bus: Passing of former noted Falkirk F.C. player". Falkirk Herald. 8 April 1944. Retrieved 14 November 2018 – via Falkirk Football Historian.
  18. ^ SFL player Harry Wilson, London Hearts Supporters Club
  19. ^ Late Penalty Goal Saves Scottish League, The Glasgow Herald, 18 March 1948
  20. ^ SFL player Willie Stewart, London Hearts Supporters Club
  21. ^ Association Football. Belgian Refugees' Fund, The Glasgow Herald, 17 May 1915
    Association Football. War Fund Games, The Glasgow Herald, 22 May 1916
    Notes on Sport. Football's Exit, The Glasgow Herald, 28 May 1917
  22. ^ Association Football. War Funds Match | The Army XI, 4; Scottish League, 3., The Glasgow Herald, 21 May 1917
  23. ^ Ronnie McDevitt (2016). Scotland in the 60s: The Definitive Account of the Scottish National Football Side During the 1960s. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 9781785312458.
  24. ^ Easter Road game should not have been played, Glasgow Herald (page 4), 22 February 1955
  25. ^ Scottish League v Scottish XI, 1959, David Stuart, The Scotland Epistles Football Magazine, 11 November 2016
  26. ^ Scottish trial match at Easter Road, Glasgow Herald, 4 February 1958
    The selectors still have problems, The Bulletin, 17 March 1959
    Selectors still have a problem, The Bulletin, 2 February 1960
    Herd excels in strong Scotland attack, Glasgow Herald, 31 January 1961
    Brown and White in good form, Glasgow Herald, 6 February 1962
    Scotland's victory over League, Glasgow Herald, 25 February 1964
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