1985 Rous Cup
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The 1985 Rous Cup was the first staging of the Rous Cup international football competition, initially established to continue the then-traditional annual game between rivals England and Scotland following the demise of the British Home Championship.
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Date | 25 May | ||||||
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Venue | Hampden Park, Glasgow | ||||||
Referee | Michel Vautrot (France) | ||||||
Attendance | 66,439 | ||||||
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The cup was won by Scotland, who defeated England 1–0 in the match played on 25 May 1985. Richard Gough scored the only goal of the game, a header in the 69th minute. This was to be the only time they lifted the Rous Cup during its five-year existence.[1]
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- "1985 Rous Cup". Soccernostalgia. Retrieved 24 February 2017.