Scotland v Holland WC '78
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- Having performed poorly in their two previous games, the Scots suddenly found their passion, drive and quality against an excellent Holland side.
Lady luck shined on Scotland too, as Dutch playmaker Johan Neeskens suffered an early rib injury in a challenge with Archie Gemmill and was withdrawn after just 10 minutes.
But it was Holland who took the lead on 34 minutes when Scotland defender Stuart Kennedy and keeper Alan Rough conspired to bring down Johnny Rep in the penalty box.
Rob Rensenbrink confidently dispatched the spot-kick. But Dutch defender Wim Rijsbergen looked uncomfortable with an injury and the uncertainty this brought to the Dutch defence gave Scotland hope. A minute before half-time, they drew level when Joe Jordan headed back across goal and Kenny Dalglish was on hand to prod the ball home.
Scotland came out of the traps strongly in the second half and within two minutes they were in front after Graeme Souness was brought down in the box. Gemmill stepped up to put the Scots ahead, but it was still hard to see Scotland creating the three-goal winning margin they needed.
On 68 minutes, however, one moment of genius from the wee man Gemmill had everyone hoping against hope that somehow Scotland could make the impossible possible. Picking up the ball on the right-hand edge of the Dutch box, Gemmill skipped his way majestically through three despairing tackles before coolly slipping the ball over advancing keeper Jan Jongbloed.
For a split second, everybody felt that Scotland were going to do it. Sadly, it wasn't to be. Four minutes later, Johnny Rep unleashed an unstoppable shot from 30 yards out. Scotland won 3-2, but MacLeod's team were out. But for one brief moment, Gemmill's piece of magic put Scotland in wonderland.
Key Figures
Archie Gemmill
The diminutive yet combative midfielder passed into legend after scoring that magic third goal and even if he says he's a bit embarrassed by all the fuss, Gemmill's goal will always be ranked amongst the finest ever moments in Scottish football history.
Johnny Rep
British footballing folklore barely mentions Rep's astonishing and brilliant long-range strike, coming just four minutes after Archie Gemmill's goal. But it was not only a hugely important score that put paid to any thoughts of an unlikely Scottish comeback, it was also a piece of footballing genius in its own right.
Graeme Souness
Liverpool's in-form midfielder had inexplicably been omitted from the starting line-up for Scotland's first two games. Restored to the team against Holland, Souness proceeded to run the game from the middle of the park, making many Scotland fans wonder about what might have been had Souness started all three games.
Did You Know...?
Rensenbrink's 34th-minute penalty was the 1,000th goal scored in World Cup history.
Scottish ballet dancer and choreographer Andy Howitt was so taken with the grace of Archie Gemmill's third goal that he created a dance piece in celebration of its beauty.
Gemmill's legendary goal also featured in a memorable scene from the film Trainspotting where Ewan McGregor's character Renton indulges in some vigorous sex, then claims "I haven't felt that good since Archie Gemmill scored against Holland in 1978."
What Happened Next
Scotland returned home with manager MacLeod's pre-tournament boasting ringing in their ears. The Scottish football authorities held an inquest into what had gone so badly wrong, but decided to stick with MacLeod. After just one more game, however, MacLeod resigned his position anyway. Ally's Tartan Army were consigned to history.
Holland got over the shock of nearly blowing their lines against Scotland by going all the way to the final, where they were beaten 3-1 in extra time by Argentina. The Dutch accused the host nation of gamesmanship and refused to attend the post-match celebrations in protest.
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Coleman - one of the best! No endless jabbering on , just a straightforward commentary on the game
Didn't like him. Moore & Davies far better. Marmite guy.
Que lindo poder tener este video, mu abuelo estuvo en el estadio, yo vivo a unas cuadras del parque donde está ese estadio. Lindo recuerdo
Have a nice day. Thank you so much for the video. Like from country Azerbaijan
*Asa Hartford* was a great player, underrated, he was tireless, always got stuck in, great on the ball, drove everyone forward. Played in a similar style to Archie Gemmell. Man City legend, though he only won a League Cup with them and another League Cup with Everton. He played a staggering 973 matches from 1967-1991 for clubs and country (50 caps for Scotland).
The high expectation from this Scottish team and the one in 1982 was quite substantiated . Look at all those players , each one a key player of their respective teams .
Yea, like Stuart Kennedy and Don Masson.
@@thevillaaston7811 Stuart Kennedy was class
@Lee Boyall lost 1 game
@Lee Boyall 74 should of been the year great squad great manager just didn't score enough against Zaire!!
Same old, same old
The Scots had some fine players from '74 to '82. It's just bizarre how they couldn't get out of the group stages. '74 they were very unlucky. '78, they underestimated Peru (and played woefully against Iran) and in '82 Alan Hansen ran into Willie Miller.
I always wondered why the Scots could never go far in the WC or the Euros. They had talented teams,many of them key players at home and at the First Division in England.
Too many duds in the squad from the Scottish League.
Example: Look at the nightmare tournament that Stuart Kennedy had.
What a beautiful low angle winter sunshine at the start of the match in the Western part of Argentina at the foothill of the Andes.
Fun fact: both teams and the referees are wearing socks of almost same color. I don't think it would work nowadays.
Jorge Videla is watching at the stadium. It has been said he had not attended a football match in his life before this tournament.
There has also been speculation about Netherlands losing this match on purpose to avoid Argentina and Brazil in the second round.
0-1 Rob Rensenbrink (34 min (PK))
1-1 Kenny Dalglish (44 min)
2-1 Archie Gemmill (47 min (PK))
3-1 Archie Gemmill (68 min)
3-2 Johnny Rep (71 min)
I cried throughout the entire match
I must admit for the first time ever I wanted Scotland, Archie gemell was a great player, better than sourness in my opinion
Thank you! (Curitiba - Brazil)
Years later, the weight that some teams had on the referees is even more evident, but I didn't remember that an esteemed name like LINEMAYR had lent itself to this... the goal ⚽of the Scotsman GEMMILL was memorable to say the least !!! 🏆🌐
Interesting fact: For several minutes, both goalkeepers were playing without gloves simultaneously. Scotland's Alan Rough kept goal bare-handed the whole match, and Dutch goalie Jongbloed didn't put his gloves on till the 15th minute in the first half.
that's cause his hands where burned by all of Scotland shots
Yes 74 and 78 teams incredible talents
@Lee Boyall naughty!
The ref blew for time before 90 minutes were up.
Archie is lovely Pride of Scots
Este juego los holandeses,a los problemas internos y ausencias previas como la de CRUYFF ,Van Hagenegem, pilares del 74,así como la de Geels, y el joven Jan Peters,así como de nuevo inexplicablemente el mejor arquero holandés de los 70's Van Beveren y el mediocampista Van der Kjlen, hay que agregar tres lesionados Neeskens,que reaparece infiltrado ante Italia, así como Suurbier que terminó el partido lesionado,así como Rijsbergen que fue sustituido,en el caso de el fue su último partido con la selección,junto a Suurbier reaparecieron para la final entre los suplentes,pero este último último ingreso de cambio .
Scotland had the squad to go deep into this tournament. Shame about the shambolic start vs Peru and Iran. This game showed they were better than their early results
@Andy Butler very much so , they had the players but selection in the early games and preparation was not optimised. Shame really
Such a shame - Scotland showed what might have been had they not fluffed to two opening games by beating really the best team in the competition. Drawing the 2nd game was really inexcusable.
Wow, the whole freakin' match! Thanks for that. I remember watching that and being on Cloud Gemmill but then Rep destroyed that dream of getting thru to rd. 2. Look at both lineups, though. They don't make Scotland or Dutch (sorry, Arjen Robben) sides as loaded with talent as they did in 1978.
The Dutch side of 88-92 was better than that 78 team,if cruyff had gone to Argentina instead of pulling out it would have been about even. Scotland on the other hand has seen a continual descent from that period,nowadays you are basically seeing a championship team level of quality.
Remember this well the jocks had a super side all positions strangely didnt get going then out played the eventual runners up and Gemmils goal well. Mimd you Reps thunderbolt was a bit special.
Najpiekniejszy jeden z meczy Mundial 78 Argentyna.
Was this the year Scotland made a Lp which I got for the world cup
Was this shown as part of the 100 Greatest Sporting Moments series that BBC2 showed in the mid/late 1980s (the 100 Greatest Sporting Moments episode would be a 15/20 minute cut down version) prior to the 1998 in Scotland and 2002 UK wide red button screenings of the full match
Ignore me Im just being facetious....... it was part of a World Cup shown on BBC1 in the late 70’s. The clue being in the top right corner of your screen.......
@@duneideannaer5990 this was shown on BBC 2 in 1978. This repeat was shown in the 2000s on BBC 1. There were no channel logos on screen until the 2000s
Now we lose to the Faeroes (no disrespect to the Faeroes. It's a great wee place, but from the heights of this clip to now...Anyway, on a lighter note, I don't know if it's just coincidence, but great username by the way.
the best macht of the world cup 1978 , two crazy team
The sad thing about watching Scotland take on, and outplay, one of the greatest teams of all time, a team whose total football took them to 2 world cup finals in a row, is knowing that a Scotland team today would never play this way. Needing to beat one of the best team in the world by 3 goals, todays Scotland would play for a 0-0 draw to bow out gracefully. I can't remember the last time I saw Scotland play with such craft and guile, we can't even do it against the weak teams nevermind the best
Kenny Dalglish is fun and cool
Il a toujours manqué un bon gardien de but aux écossais (excepté David Harvey en 74 )alors que les autres
postes étaient bien pourvus.
Etrange de voir Brandts et Robertson (très bon joueur) sur le banc.
Dans quels clubs écossais les joueurs de cette équipe ont ils joué (je sais que Dalglish était du celtic) ?
Alan Rough jouait pour Partick Thistle, Tam Forsyth jouait pour Rangers et Stuart Kennedy jouait pour Aberdeen. Les autres ecossais jouaient pour les equipes anglaises en 1978.
@@wonjubhoy Est-ce le même Kennedy (très moyen) qui
avait joué avec les rangers contre St Etienne en 1975 ?
@@MrJeepsters No the right back Kennedy played for Aberdeen. He wasn't average either, a very good solid defender who could get up the flanks and support the forwards. Although he did give away a penalty in this game.
Καλός αγώνας.ειχε πέντε γκολ.
01:18 Rep goal
It was almost 'dreamland' but we fell a wee bit short! Great days for the Scottish national side though! Some team we had then!
It was always the last game of do or die with my Scotland. Another glorious Bonnie Prince Charlie failure again. In 1974 WC they didn't lose one match in the Group stage & still went home!
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Partidazo
Watch it again. You'll see that Rioch was hopeless and hid in a great team who carried him. So disappointing to see how obvious it was when I re-watched it again after all these years. We had an enormous task with 10 players and a passenger being carried by the team.
I'm only 20 odd minutes in, but he's had heider against the bar, set up Dalglish disallowed goal & won a free-kick at the edge of the 18 yard box against one of the best teams in the world (& eventual finalists again), so if that's him hidin, he must be some player when he doesnae! Edit: into the 2ndhalf & he was walking there at about 60 minutes point, looked injured as did get a couple of bad tackles on him, but played well b4 that. That's on Ally MacLeod as well, he never subbed him off! Crazy! There was Kenny Burns, Lou Macari, John robertson & wee Wullie Johnstone all on the bench
I'm a Scotland fan but don't rate this win. It's the classic example of a pyrrhic victory. Gemmill's goal is a classic, but everything is undone by Johnny Rep's screamer barely 3 minutes later. After that the Dutch basically stop playing for the final 20 minutes, suggesting they aren't caring about losing 3-2, but only about progression to the 2nd phase. It is essentially a Dutch victory.
I'd rate the 1-0 win over Holland at Hampden in 2003 more highly. Yes it was a two legged tie and we were routed in the return game in Amsterdam, but we were gigantic underdogs ranked 80-something in the world, playing one of the world's best teams at the time. We had no right to win and we did. An individually famous result, and unlike the 78 game, where the Dutch were seemingly happy to lose 3-2, the team of 2003 battered our goal until the final minute but to no avail
Sadly Scotland opponents didn't read the script on how the qualifiers should go!!!, and as Scotland allways did and do, leave it to the last and hardest match to pull anything out the bag😳
Peru won the group, so Holland would have been out of the tournament had the Scots won by three clear goals.
A classic even though it was a first round match .
Kkkkkkkk
Scotland were the only team to beat Holland over the 90 minutes at this world cup.Wonder how this Scotland team would have fared against Argentina.Maybe a good chance missed.
What an era, we should have won something, even a European cup. We had teams back then, now we're that pathetic that we can't even qualify.
It’s ok mah man, I’ve had a vision, in 7 years time we will qualify for the Euros. Trust me, I can feel it in my bones.
Make highlights of this
Miss commentary coming from a phone box
I feel so drunk hic, that my eyes can't focus hic.. can we not HD it?
Not sure that the penalty Holland got was even a penalty as we didn't get a replay or a different angle. Never liked Alan Rough as a keeper as a kid .. & never changed my mind when watching the games back again. Weak link for Scotland. I don't think the Peru result was the disaster people think it was as Cubillas was possibly their greatest ever player. Iran was a fuckin nightmare for sure! Souness should've played, would like to have seen more of John Robertson from Notts Forest who went onto win European Cup the next 2 years at Forest & be one of most dangerous players in the world at that time.
Yea, Scotland were robbed.
Scotland drawing with Iran really put them out - on par with the most embarrassing England debacles. Scotland generally lacked a quality keeper over the decades.
2:09 Videla
Mendoza Capital Parque Gral San Martín.
11 Jun 1978 Netherlands v Scotland L 2-3 FIFA World Cup
1:14:13 Your Welcome.
Scotland are a fucking embarrassment right now. We got the sweetest group ever in the world cup 2014 qualification, and we're bottom with zero wins out of five. Not only are we no longer producing quality players, but we can't even produce average players who can punch above their weight as a team (like we did for most of the 90's). We're pish at football, we've been dreadful at rugby for several years(tho this last 6 nations we performed alright), at least we've got Andy Murray...
Scotland v Holland WC '78 1039am 13.7.23 even has the vague muffled commentary which sounds far mor authentic where international football commentary is concerned is to be heard... just discussing this game so i am gonna watch it now i have located a complete world cup 178 game... maybe scotland fond it's passion due to the dutch allowing them to play their own style of football which is also a key to holland being an excellent side - pitting wits all good and well best team wins being a far better example of how football should be played......... to the woman who can't comprehend why people would want to watch a repeat of an old football match: go away!!!
MY IDOLS SCOTTLAND
GEMMILL
NETHERLANDS
KERKHOF
the greatest team that ever left these shores
74 team?
'the greatest team that ever left these shores'
ROTFL
@Uncle Gilbert hoiw did the rest of the British teams get on?
Not available in Scotland. Magic.
1:14:23
This is what you are looking for
yes, it is...
The story has been made
Scotland beat the runners up.
Lady luck (it always does) shined on Scotland purely because of Gemmill's terrible foul on Neeskens. Gemmill should have been off the field.
Scotland invented the game Ryan, we took and Englishmens heid and battered it wi our feet for a few days till we were bored of it. The English had that effect then :)
I got him told also, Comrade! 🍀
1:14:22 is what you’re looking for. You’re welcome
I'm English and even I think my own national team are shit. WE INVENTED THE GAME AND WE ARE SHIT but at least we have won the world cup in 1966
Correction you invented Football -the sport........ The Scots invented the game of football.
I think if you look into that you will find that is factually correct sir!
It’s no coincidence English clubs paid money under the table to bring Scottish players down into the Amatuer set up in England. The game was professional and always(nearly) was up here. We expressed ourselves in playing Pure Inventive Football, enough to make more than a living out of it.
@@duneideannaer5990
'The Scots invented the game of football.'
I don't think so.
@@thevillaaston7811 eh, the game we recognise as football? You don’t think so sounds about right, but fact is in fact -FACT!! Instead of being incredibly lazy, research more than one book and I know you’ll find that you are......... WRONG. Go back to scraping cornflakes of your face you twat.
HAHAHA Scotland give it large but they can't even get past the first round let alone qualify. That win for Scotland might as well been a loss. you can't expect to lose, then draw and hope that you will win the last game by a margin of three goals against the Netherlands. As a rule most of the players from Scotland in the past were great but now they are absolutely shit.
Did you enjoy the world cup this year? I did, especially the Italy and Uruguay games. As bad as Scotland are at times we have never been out the World Cup after 2 games. LOL!
Bobby Moore Bracelets and Handbags spring to mind : D
BOBBY MOORE LEAST SCOTLAND GOT THERE THIS SOTTISH BETTER THAN THE ENGLISH TEAM ARE REMEMBER 1967 DUDE ENGLAND 2 SCOTLAND 3 , ENGLANDS FIRST LOST AT WEMBLEY AFTER WINNING WORLD THE SCOTS BEAT YOU DUDES
@@davidreed1995
'REMEMBER 1967 DUDE ENGLAND 2 SCOTLAND 3'
Yea, after Jack Charlton had been crippled, and then England ended up with nine players on the pitch.
Scotland are magic england are tragic
Ha ha old big mouth souness had made so many mistakes missing shots, poor passing, ha ha
year setting up the first goal and winning the penalty, he had a nightmare
Holland weren't that great. Italy should have beaten them in 2nd phase.