Just had a look at the Scots I recall from the 80's

Nevin born 63

Speedie born 60

Spencer born 70

McCoist 62

Gary McAllister 64

If we assume they were all playing top class football by 20 that covers the 80's I go back to what I said about 90's being when Europeans started coming over in the 90's.

8 hours ago, strider6004 said:

Just had a look at the Scots I recall from the 80's

Nevin born 63

Speedie born 60

Spencer born 70

McCoist 62

Gary McAllister 64

If we assume they were all playing top class football by 20 that covers the 80's I go back to what I said about 90's being when Europeans started coming over in the 90's.

Good shout.

You could add perhaps

Charlie Nicholas, born in 1961.

Brian McClair, born in 1963.

Graeme Sharpe, born in 1960.

I’m struggling to remember any more?!

Edited September 15, 2025Sep 15 by erskblue

Frank McAvennie b. 1959

9 hours ago, Backbiter said:

Frank McAvennie b. 1959

I’d actually forgotten about him!

Stevie Archibald, born in 1956 is another from the early to mid 1980s.

Couldn’t stand him when he played for Spuds. No surprise there!!!😀😀😀

To be fair to him in the summer of 1984, he got a great move to Barcelona.

I do remember Pat Nevin stating that when the Scotland Under 18s won the European Youth Tournament in Helsinki in 1982.

Many of those we’re playing in their respective clubs first team and so already they had good experience.

And that squad was without those players eligible from Aberdeen and Rangers respectively.

It certainly has dried up. There are, I believe, both economic and social factors involved in this respect.

7 hours ago, erskblue said:

I’d actually forgotten about him!

Stevie Archibald, born in 1956 is another from the early to mid 1980s.

Couldn’t stand him when he played for Spuds. No surprise there!!!😀😀😀

To be fair to him in the summer of 1984, he got a great move to Barcelona.

I'm sure Liverpool and Utd had a couple too though forget.

18 hours ago, erskblue said:

Good shout.

You could add perhaps

Charlie Nicholas, born in 1961.

Brian McClair, born in 1963.

Graeme Sharpe, born in 1960.

I’m struggling to remember any more?!

Our own Joe McLaughlin born in 1960

2 hours ago, just said:

Our own Joe McLaughlin born in 1960

We are talking skilful Scots, aren't we, not no-nonsense centre-halves?🙂

43 minutes ago, Backbiter said:

We are talking skilful Scots, aren't we, not no-nonsense centre-halves?🙂

Oh, I didn't realise. How about this bloke?

1 hour ago, just said:

Oh, I didn't realise. How about this bloke?

Who is going to tell him he’s not a skilful Scottish player? 😀

Not me…😀😀😀

Our own, Kevin McAllister born 1962.

In 2022, McAllister's contribution to Falkirk was marked with the renaming of the South Stand in his honour.

John Collins who played for Everton and Fulham in the 1990s and 2000s.

He also played for Monaco!

A skilful left sided midfielder. Born 1968.

Ian Durrant born 1966

19 hours ago, erskblue said:

Who is going to tell him he’s not a skilful Scottish player? 😀

Not me…😀😀😀

The tackle (if you can call it that) on Viv Anderson at Highbury on that hot, sunny day in 84 lives long in the memory; Anderson ended up in the spectators - Chopper would have approved.

1 hour ago, Gate 13 said:

The tackle (if you can call it that) on Viv Anderson at Highbury on that hot, sunny day in 84 lives long in the memory; Anderson ended up in the spectators - Chopper would have approved.

I would have been at that game but don't remember that. Poor old Doug, decent pro but largely remembered for badly timed challenges and giving away the penalty to make it 4-4 in the classic Sheff Wed game, and also for completely losing it in the home game against Wimbledon where he wanted to take on the whole crazy gang!!

38 minutes ago, Nibs said:

I would have been at that game but don't remember that. Poor old Doug, decent pro but largely remembered for badly timed challenges and giving away the penalty to make it 4-4 in the classic Sheff Wed game, and also for completely losing it in the home game against Wimbledon where he wanted to take on the whole crazy gang!!

And from memory right hooked Fashanu (when we about to take a corner) and put him on the floor, and was promptly sent off. We lost 0-4.

Just now, Gate 13 said:

And from memory right hooked Fashanu (when we about to take a corner) and put him on the floor, and was promptly sent off. We lost 0-4.

Here’s the aftermath in the Wimbledon penalty area …

2 hours ago, Nibs said:

I would have been at that game but don't remember that. Poor old Doug, decent pro but largely remembered for badly timed challenges and giving away the penalty to make it 4-4 in the classic Sheff Wed game, and also for completely losing it in the home game against Wimbledon where he wanted to take on the whole crazy gang!!

Big Doug v The whole Wimbledon crazy gang.

I know who my money would have been on!😀

10 hours ago, erskblue said:

Big Doug v The whole Wimbledon crazy gang.

I know who my money would have been on!😀

Fashanu was a black belt in martial arts but once Big Doug had the old red mist, you wouldn't want to mess with him!!

9 hours ago, Nibs said:

Fashanu was a black belt in martial arts but once Big Doug had the old red mist, you wouldn't want to mess with him!!

There’s a thought: Kung Fu - Fashanu v Eddie McCreadie, victim impact statement from Billy Bremner!

Here are another of past 80s players, Norman Whiteside, and Paul McGrath not Scots yet Irish and the picture is the same died out largely in the 90s.

33 minutes ago, strider6004 said:

Here are another of past 80s players, Norman Whiteside, and Paul McGrath not Scots yet Irish and the picture is the same died out largely in the 90s.

Duff, too, born 1979.

23 hours ago, Backbiter said:

Duff, too, born 1979.

Yeah Roy Keane too in 1971

Scottish players were considered foreign by European competitions like the Champions League in the 1990s because Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland were treated as separate national associations by UEFA, similar to other non-EU countries, due to the prevailing 3+2 rule introduced in 1991. This meant that players with Scottish nationality were subject to the same foreign player quotas as other non-EU citizens until the Bosman ruling in 1995. Man U in particular were hit with this ruling.

One Scottish player I used to love watching in the 80s, Strachan.

On 17/09/2025 at 18:05, Gate 13 said:

Here’s the aftermath in the Wimbledon penalty area …

Love it. Johnny B just about to put the boot in!!