The last ten meetings between England and Scotland

England vs Scotland is the oldest international fixture in football, so you’re unlikely to be knocked off your feet when we tell you the two teams have met quite a few times in the past.

The old rivals go head to head once again at Euro 2020, and it’s sure to be as fierce an encounter as the 115 to have gone before it.

You’d be forgiven for thinking England would be way ahead when looking at the victors of their previous meetings, but it’s actually a lot closer than you might expect, with Three Lions winning 48 to Scotland’s 41, while there’ve been 24 draws.

Right then, now the boring admin part is out of the way, let’s get ourselves excited for the game by taking a look at the ten most recent clashes between the two teams.

England and Scotland used to participate in a competition called the Rous Cup and in 1987 they decided to spice things up a little by introducing a third side – some team called Brazil?

Anyway, the three sides took part in a round-robin type tournament and England clash with Scotland at Hampden Park resulted in a 0-0 draw.

Bryan Robson and Peter Beardsley both came close to breaking the deadlock though it wasn’t to be as Andy Roxburgh’s side held on for a credible stalemate.

The Rous Cup again now and the following year Colombia were the third team added to the competition – not quite Brazil but who cares, it meant England won it.

Scotland travelled to Wembley Stadium to face the Three Lions in their second outing, and a hotly contested affair was settled by Beardsley’s early strike as he weaved his way through the backline before slotting home.

The fifth and final staging of the Rous Cup took place in 1989 and this time it was Chile who randomly joined England and Scotland in the competition – again, not quite Brazil, but again who cares because England won.

The Three Lions’ trip to Hampden Park never looked like resulting in anything other than an England win after Chris Waddle fired his side ahead early on with a bullet header.

The visitors dominated the game and with eight minutes to play they put the result beyond doubt as debutant Steve Bull did brilliantly to win an aerial battle before smashing the ball beyond Jim Leighton.

Having played each other at least once a year since 1947, England and Scotland would have to wait over seven years before their paths crossed again but it was certainly worth the wait.

The pair were drawn alongside each other in Group A at Euro 96 and after both taking a point from their opening outing they met at Wembley on 15 June 1996.

That date will be etched into the memory of England fans for eternity as Paul Gascoigne produced one of the best goals ever seen at the European Championships, flicking the ball over Colin Hendry’s head before volleying home.

Contrary to popular belief there was actually another goal in the game as Alan Shearer put England ahead before Gazza’s moment of magic, but the match will always be remembered for his wonder goal.

Neither of the two sides qualified automatically for Euro 2000 and they were then drawn against each other in the play-offs.

The tie would be a two-legged affair and England headed to Hampden Park for the first leg. Paul Scholes was the man of the hour as he opened the scoring with a beautiful piece of chest control before sliding the ball home, and on the stroke of half time he doubled his and England’s tally with a powerful header from David Beckham’s cross.

England saw out the remainder of the contest meaning they’d take a two-goal lead into the second leg at Wembley.

Speaking of which.

Scholes’ brace in Scotland four days earlier meant England were huge favourites to qualify from the tie, though Don Hutchison’s goal shortly before the interval really put the cat amongst the pigeons as he climbed above Tony Adams to power his header home.

The Three Lions would hang on for a 2-1 aggregate win, though the result represented Scotland’s first victory over the fierce rivals since 1985.

As if having to wait seven years to play each other again wasn’t bad enough, England and Scotland went almost 14 years without facing each other following their 1999 Wembley outing.

The pair finally met again at Wembley in a friendly – well, as ‘friendly’ as these games can be – where James Morrison put the visitors ahead before Theo Walcott restored parity for England.

The Scots took the lead once again in the second half thanks to Kenny Miller’s brilliant long-range strike, though again England hit back through Danny Welbeck before Rickie Lambert capped a dream international debut by heading home the winner.

Another friendly but this time they met at Celtic Park.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain ghosted into the box to nod England ahead before Wayne Rooney doubled Roy Hodgson’s side’s lead with another fine headed effort.

Scotland managed to claw their way back into the contest thanks to a near-post strike from Andy Robertson, though the visitors weren’t to be denied and Rooney bagged his second of the evening to put the result beyond doubt.

After years of avoiding each other in various qualifying campaigns, the 2018 World Cup finally saw the pair drawn together in a qualifying group once again.

Their first game saw England host the Scots and the home side raced into a lead thanks to Daniel Sturridge’s instinctive front-post header.

Scotland offered some resistance but it was only a matter of time before the Three Lions doubled their lead through Adam Lallana, and Gary Cahill’s goal just after the hour mark made it a hat-trick of headers for England as they cruised to a 3-0 win.

The reverse fixture was much more competitive as Hampden Park played host to a real barnstormer.

Oxlade-Chamberlain’s quick feet and sharp finish looked to have been enough to secure England the win with the game heading into the dying embers, though out of absolutely nowhere Leigh Griffiths produced two sublime free-kicks in the 87th and 90th minute respectively to edge Scotland ahead.

The home side looked to have done enough to hold on but that man Harry Kane popped up with just seconds to play to spoil the party as he tapped home Raheem Sterling’s diagonal ball to earn England a point.