Squad details correct up to and including Scotland's match against Northern Ireland on May 1969.
Tallies from SFA.

Diary

Wednesday, 23 April 1969 - Only two uncapped players, Willie Callaghan and Eddie Gray, have been included in Scotland's pool of 22 players for the British International Championship between 3 and 10 May and the World Cup qualification match with Cyprus the following week.  As both Callaghan and Gray were in the original pool of 22 for the recent World Cup match with West Germany, the only changes fron that squad is the exclusion of Chelsea's Charlie Cooke, a second half substitute, and Ernie Garr, the young Aberdeen goalkeeper. Rangers' Willie Johnston and Colin Stein come into the party. Stein and Celtic's Jimmy Johnstone are currentky under suspension, but Stein will be available from 1 May, whereas Johnstone will only miss the match against Wales.

Monday, 28 April 1969 - John Hughes has been withdrawn from Scotland's pool over the week-end. The Celtic wing-forward has been troubled by an anle injury since the league match with St. Johnstone at Perth at the beginning of April. No replacement has yet been named.

Wednesday, 30 April 1969 - Ronnie McKinnon and Bobby Lennox will miss the first of the Home International matches against Wales because of injury. Lennox damaged an ankle during the Scottish Cup Final and will join up with the rest of the squad at Largs on Sunday to prepare for the  final three matches. News of McKinnon, however, is not so encouraging. He received such a bad knee injury that he could well miss all three Home International matches, his club's Fairs Cities' Cup semi-final first leg with Newcastle United at Ibrox on 14 May, and the match with Cyprus three days later. As Scotland have seven days yet before they must register their pool of players for the Cyprus game with FIFA, Bobby Brown has decided to wait until later in the week before he makes a reappraisal of the situation.

Friday, 2 May 1969 - Greatly relieved at not having to make any more changes in the pool for the game against Wales, Bobby Brown took twelve players south to begin their preparations at Chester. They were joined by eight players from English clubs.

Saturday, 3 May 1969 - Wales 3 Scotland 5: The bald statement about the British Championship match at Wrexham to-day was that Scotland defeated Wales for the fiftieth time since the countries first et in 1876. The full story was that the result emerged from a game as strange as the environment in which it was played.

Tuesday, 6 May 1969 - After announcing his team to play Northern Ireland, Bobby Brown said that neither Ronnie McKinnon or Bobby Lennox will be considered for selection for the matches against England or Cyprus.

Scotland 1 Northern Ireland 1: Scotland were somewhat lucky to share the points with Northern Ireland at Hampden Park, where the vast terracings were bare not only because the weather was inclement but, perhaps more importantly, only dedicated followers of the game deserted their firesides and their television sets. Only 7483 watched.

Wednesday, 7 May 1969 - Billy McNeill and Alan Gilzean, who missed last night's international because of injury, are responding well to treatment and are expected to be available for the game against England. Tommy Lawrence, the Liverpool goalkeeper, who had to retire at half-time against Wales on Saturday with an injured nose, is completely fit and will travel to London to-day to rejoin the Scottish party.

Thursday, 8 May 1969 - Jimmy Johnstone has been withdrawn from the player-pool for the match against England. Johnstone, who has an aversion to air travel, was due to catch an early morning train south yesterday, but when the main party arrived at London Airport, Bobby Brown announced that Johnstone was no longer a member of the pool, giving no reason.

Friday, 9 May 1969 - Denis Law will not play against England. He was limping badly when he returned to Manchester yesterday.

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