Local derbies are something of a rarity on the international stage, which ensured the meeting between England and Scotland at Euro 96 meant so much more.
The 10-year gap between the 1996 meeting and the previous clash between Scotland and their ‘Auld Enemy’ was primarily due to the hooliganism that brought an end to the annual meetings between the two nations, with police putting a halt to a fixture that saw thousands of Scots descend on London and ugly scenes that made front rather than back page news.
So there was a sense of trepidation as the two oldest rivals in the game were paired together in the group stages of the 1996 European Championship finals, with hosts England welcoming Craig Brown’s Scotland to Wembley on a warm June afternoon.
Read the interview at Planet Football.
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