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Saturday, 4 April 1908
Home International Championship 1907-08 (25th) Match

Scotland 1 England 1 
[1-0]
 
 

Hampden Park, Kinghorn Drive, Mount Florida, Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Kick-off (GMT): '3.30 p.m.'
Attendance: '121,452' (a new world record attendance)
Receipts: '£6,995' (a new record gate)
England's second visit to the new Hampden Park; eighteenth official visit to Glasgow & to Lanarkshire
won the toss kicked off
[1-0] Andy Wilson 27
 
'Quinn crossed, and although Crompton blocked White's volley, Wilson snatched the tap in'
 
   
28th equalising goal from England>
[1≡1] Jimmy Windridge 74
'a powerful shot hit the underside of the crossbar, and from the rebound the referee adjudged the ball to have crossed the line'; 'the ball hit the top of the net close to the crossbar, and rebounded out after striking the ground'
Football League Record
 
 
The new world record attendance was not without incident, "so great was the pressure that no fewer than seventy persons were injured, one so severely that he had to be treated at the hospital." - The Manchester Courier. "The majority of those had dropped to the ground in a faint and recovered fully when carried out on the stretchers, but three cases were so serious that the unfortunates had to be conveyed in the ambulance van to the Victoria Hospital. These were:-  Alexander Cuthill, 11 Annfield Road, Denistoun - Internal injuries. James McDade, Railway Road, Airdrie - Injured leg. John Holt, junior, Harbour Road, Musselburgh - Internal injuries." - The Dundee Courier. "Apart from the great crush, many were injured on the head, as spectators in ruthless and cruel fashion threw stones and empty bottles at those they regarded as intruding on the general view. For a time a perfect fusillade was maintained, and those in front were compelled to crouch down to save themselves. As was to be expected, cut heads were numerous. At the finish of the match a miner, whose identity has not been established, fell between a railway carriage and the platform at Mount Florida Station, and was conveyed to the Infirmary." - The Dundee Courier.
 

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Officials         

Team Records England
Referee
James Mason
Burslem, England
 
Linesmen
John Lewis
53 (30 March 1855), Market Drayton (Lancashire F.A.)
John Liddell
Queen's Park FC
 

Scotland Team

 
Rank No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 5th
Colours Made by F.A. Lumley's - Lord Rosebery's racing colours of primrose yellow and pink hooped striped shirts
Captain Charlie Thomson Selection The Scottish Football Association Selection Committee, of seven members
P 9 of 14, W 3 - D 2 - L 4 - F 13 - A 7.
  team chosen in Glasgow, on Monday, 30 March 1908.
Scotland Lineup
  McBride, Peter Fisher 33 16 November 1874 G Preston North End, England 5 5ᵍᵃ
  McNair, Alexander 25 24 December 1882 RB The Celtic FC 4 0
  Sharp, James 27 11 October 1880 LB Woolwich Arsenal FC, England 4 0
  Aitken, Andrew 32
x days
25 July 1875 RH Middlesbrough FC, England 11 0
  Thomson, Charles Bellany 29 12 June 1878 CH Heart of Midlothian FC 12 3
  May, John 29 15 April 1878 LH Rangers FC 4 0
  Howie, James 28 19 March 1880 OR Newcastle United FC, England 3 2
final app 1905-08
  Walker, Robert Staig 29 10 January 1879 IR Heart of Midlothian FC 22 5
Wilson, Andrew 27 10 December 1880 CF The Wednesday, England 2 1
  White, Walter 25 15 May 1882 IL Bolton Wanderers FC, England 2 0
  Quinn, James 29 8 July 1878 OL The Celtic FC 5 5

reserves:

Harry Rennie (Hibernian FC), William Agnew (Kilmarnock FC), Alex Gardner (Newcastle United FC, England), Alexander Bennett (The Celtic FC), Finlay Speedie (Newcastle United FC, England), William Lennie (Aberdeen FC).

team changes:

Peter McWilliam (Newcastle United FC, England) was the original named left-half, his place going to the named traveling reserve, Johnnie May, on 4 April. McWilliam had an 'injured limb'.
 
2-3-5 McBride -
McNair, Sharp -
Aitken, Thomson, May -
Howie, Walker, Wilson, White, Quinn.

Averages:

Age oldest? Appearances/Goals 6.7 1.4
 

England Team

 

Rank

No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 1st
Colours White collared jerseys and navy blue shorts
Captain Vivian Woodward Selection The five-man FA International Selection Committee
P 3 of 14, W 2 - D 1 - L 0 - F 11 - A 3. P 63 of 195, W 44 - D 13 - L 6 - F 207 - A 58.
  team chosen, at 104 High Holborn, on Monday, 30 March 1908.
England Lineup
    two changes to the previous match (Hardy & Bridgett>Bailey & Hardman) league position (30th March) ave FL pos: 8th
  Hardy, Sam 25 26 August 1882 G Liverpool FC 4 3ᵍᵃ
  Crompton, Robert 28 26 September 1879 RB Blackburn Rovers FC 17 0
  Pennington, Jesse 24 23 August 1883 LB West Bromwich Albion FC 5 0
  Warren, Benjamin 28 7 May 1879 RH Derby County FC 9 0
  Wedlock, William J. 27 28 October 1880 CH Bristol City FC 6 1
  Lintott, Evelyn H. 24 2 November 1883 LH Queen's Park Rangers FC 3 0
  Rutherford, John, injured 23 12 October 1884 OR Newcastle United FC 7 0
  Woodward, Vivian J. 28 3 June 1879 IR Tottenham Hotspur FC 12 10
  Hilsdon, George 22 10 August 1885 CF Chelsea FC 4 4
Windridge, James E. 25 21 October 1882 IL Chelsea FC 3 2
  Bridgett, G. Arthur 25 11 October 1882 OL Sunderland AFC 2 0

reserves:

Sam Greenhalgh (Bolton Wanderers FC) and Frank Bradshaw (The Wednesday FC).
Bill Appleyard (Newcastle United FC) and George Woodger (Crystal Palace FC) were added on Wednesday, 1 April.

team notes:

On the Wednesday before this match took place, Chelsea FC played Everton FC and both Hilsdon and Windridge featured, despite the FA's request that these players were rested. As a result, the Selection Committee added two more to the reserve list.
Jock Rutherford picked up an injury through the first half and played out the rest of this match ineffectively.
 
2-3-5 Hardy -
Crompton, Pennington -
Warren, Wedlock, Lintott -
Rutherford, Woodward, Hilsdon, Windridge, Bridgett.

Averages:

Age   Appearances/Goals 6.5 1.5

England teams v. Scotland:

1907:

Hardy Crompton Pennington Warren Wedlock Veitch Rutherford Bloomer Woodward Stewart Hardman

1908:

Lintott Woodward Hilsdon Windridge Bridgett
 
       Match Report The x

  To come
   

          Match Report The Times, Monday, 6 April 1908

The Scotland and England match was decided at Hampden-park, Glasgow, on Saturday. After a hard game the result was a draw of one goal all. The popularity of this fixture keeps on increasing in Scotland, and all records for any football match in the shape of attendances were broken, the crowd numbering over 120,000. Unfortunately there were 70 casualties among the spectators, but only in one case was there anything serious.
In the first half England, against a strong wind and powerful sun, played the better football, the footwork of their forwards being superior to that of their opponents, but Scotland were the first to score. Quinn, their outside left, made a splendid run and centre, which enabled Wilson to score with an " unstoppable " shot...
...ten minutes before the close Windridge scored for England from a powerful shot...

 
       In Other News....
It was on 3 April 1908 that the Prime Minister, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman resigned through ill health, at the age of 71. He died just nineteen days later, at 10 Downing Street.
 
      
”””””
Teams in a silver box denotes a player representing England
Domestic Football Results (4 April 1908)
The Football League Division One:
  
Aston Villa 5 Liverpool 1
   Villa Park, Birmingham (18,000)
Hampton³⁵ ⁷⁷, Bache⁶⁴ ⁷³ ⁸⁶ ~ Orr⁵⁷
Villa
Liverpool were without Sam Hardy
 
Bristol City 1 Manchester United 1
   Ashton Gate, Bedminster (12,000)
Maxwell⁷⁰ ~ Wall³⁰
City were without Billy Wedlock
 
  
Bury 1 Middlesbrough 4
   Gigg Lane, Bury (8,775)
Richards⁸¹ ~ Wilcox²⁹ ⁷⁹, Cail⁴⁶ Bloomer⁷⁵
 
Boro were without Andy Aitken
        
Everton 2 Newcastle United 0
   Goodison Park, Liverpool (10,000)
Young⁵² Coleman⁷⁰
 
United were without Jock Rutherford, Jimmy Howie and Peter McWilliam
    
Manchester City 0 Chelsea 3
   Hyde Road, Manchester (25,000)
Jackson OG⁶, Humphreys⁵⁵, Rouse⁶⁵
City lost the services of Irvine Thornley to injury after 10 mins
Chelsea were without George Hilsdon and Jimmy Windridge
 
Notts County 2 Nottingham Forest 0
   Trent Bridge, Nottingham (16,000)
Cantrell⁵¹, Gooch⁶²
 
 
   
Preston North End 0 Sheffield United 0
   Deepdale, Preston (9,000)
North End were without Peter McBride
 
 
Sunderland 1 Birmingham 0
   Roker Park, Sunderland (6,000)
Hogg OG⁷⁹
Sunderland were without Arthur Bridgett
 
 
The Wednesday 2 Blackburn Rovers 0
   Wednesday Ground, Owlerton (8,000)
Simpson⁴², Maxwell⁸⁰
Wednesday were without Frank Bradshaw and Andy Wilson
Rovers were without Bob Crompton
 
Woolwich Arsenal 1 Bolton Wanderers 1
   Manor Ground, Plumstead (10,000)
J.Satterthwaite¹⁶ ~ Shepherd⁷⁰
Arsenal were without Jimmy Sharp
Wanderers were without Sam Greenhalgh and Walter White

 
Division One Table
Team P
Manchester United 31 46
The Wednesday 32 38
Newcastle United 33 38
Manchester City 32 36
Middlesbrough 34 35
Preston North End 34 35
Sheffield United 35 34
Chelsea 33 34
Aston Villa 32 33
Bury 33 33
Everton 32 32
Liverpool 32 31
Sunderland 34 31
Woolwich Arsenal 34 31
Nottingham Forest 33 30
Blackburn Rovers 33 30
Bristol City 33 29
Bolton Wanderers 33 28
Notts County 33 28
Birmingham 34 28

Manchester United only picked up four points from their last six matches, but they had done enough to secure their first title which was confirmed a week later, despite their second home defeat of the season, to Notts County.
     
   
The Football League Division Two:
 
Bradford City 1 Grimsby Town 1
   Valley Parade, Bradford
(16,000)
Bartlett ~ Blanthorne
 
Burnley 2 Gainsborough Trinity 0
   Turf Moor, Burnley
(6,000)
A.Smith, Leake
 
Clapton Orient 0 Leeds City 0
   Millfields Road, Hackney (8,000)
     
Derby County 3 Stoke 0
   Baseball Ground, Derby (7,000)
Long, Davis (2)
County were without Ben Warren
 
Fulham 5 Leicester Fosse 1
   Craven Cottage, Fulham (30,000)
Harrison, Brown, Dalrymple (2), Carter ~
 
Durrant
 
Hull City 4 West Bromwich Albion 2
   Anlaby Road, Hull (6,086)
Temple (2), Jackie Smith, Joe Smith ~
 Pheasant, Timmins
Albion were without Jesse Pennington
 
Lincoln City 2 Blackpool 0
   Sincil Bank, Lincoln (3,000)
Wilson, Ormiston
 
Oldham Athletic 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0
   Boundary Park, Oldham (10,000)
Whaites, Newton
 
Stockport County 1 Chesterfield Town 0
   Edgeley Park, Stockport (2,000)
Green
    
 
Division Two Table
Team P
Oldham Athletic 33 45
Derby County 32 44
Bradford City 33 44
Fulham 32 43
Hull City 34 43
Burnley 33 42
Leicester Fosse 32 42
West Bromwich Albion 33 40
Wolverhampton Wanderers 33 31
Stoke 32 31
Stockport County 34 30
Gainsborough Trinity 34 30
Clapton Orient 33 29
Leeds City 33 27
Barnsley 31 26
Glossop 31 24
Blackpool 33 23
Grimsby Town 32 21
Chesterfield Town 32 20
Lincoln City 34 19
Oldham's fourth successive win took them top with only five games left of their first ever Football League season, and though they maintained their unbeaten home record to the end of the season, they were pipped to promotion by Bradford City and Leicester Fosse.
  
 
       Source Notes
TheFA
Scottish FA
England Football Factbook
Richard Keir's Scotland - The Complete International Record
Andy Mitchell's The Men Who Made Football
Rothman's Yearbooks
The Football Association Yearbooks
Original Newspaper Reports
Ancestry.com
London Hearts
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