Stanley Matthews Scourge of the Scots

COLIN ALLAN recalls when an England winger repeatedly tormented the Auld Enemy…

AN ABIDING stereotype claims Scots are tight-fisted. Yet in April 1955 most Scottish soccer fans would have willingly dipped into their deep pockets to pay for Stanley Matthews to be pensioned off by the English FA.
You see, he had been tormenting their full-backs ever since his debut in the international back in 1937.
Scots who had made the pilgrimage to Wembley had just witnessed another master-class in wizardry from ‘The Maestro’ as he led England to a 7-2 victory over the Bravehearts.
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