Classic Matches 1995 – 2000

Scotland 0-0 Holland
Date Played – June 1996
Scotland’s Euro 96 campaign commenced with a decent 0-0 draw against Holland. Early on in the match Holland threatened to overwhelm the Scots and in the seventh minute, Goram made a great save from Seedorf. From the resulting corner, de Boer saw his shot handled on the goal line by John Collins, but fortunately the referee failed to see the incident. This seemed to motivate the Scots, as both McAllistar and Collins had opportunities well saved. Scotland threatened the most during the match and the Dutch midfield was ineffective. In the second half, Scotland created more opportunities when Spencer came on as a substitute for Booth, but in the absence of Ferguson they lacked a striker who was capable of causing the Dutch defence problems. McAllistar came close late on and in the end Scotland settled for a fine draw.

Scotland 1-0 Switzerland
Date Played – June 1996

Scotland played Switzerland in their final group match, Scotland dominated the early play and they should have been 2-0 up if McCosit would have converted two easy chances. In fact McCoist scored in the 37th minute. Scotland continued to create chances however they were unable to find the second goal, and 1-0 victory was not enough to progress them through to the second phase.