England scored twice in the first seven minutes, the opening goal from Gerry Francis a spectacular shot that rocketed into the net from twenty-five yards. Scotland never recovered from this shattering start despite some superb play by Kenny Dalglish. Colin Bell made it 3-0 five minutes before half-time before Bruce Rioch pulled one back from the penalty spot in the last minute of the half. Ball, Bell and Francis were in unstoppable form, and it was Francis who made it 4-1 in the sixty-third minute with a deflected shot after Ball had pushed a free-kick through Bell's legs into his path. Kevin Keegan, a bundle of energy in the England attack, rammed a shot against the bar ten minute later and Johnson steered the rebound into the net to complete the rout of a dispirited Scottish side. 'That's as good as it gets,' said Alan Ball, who felt he was cemented into the team as skipper.

Source Notes

TheFA.com
Original newspaper reports
Rothman's Yearbooks
Mike Payne's England: The Complete Post-War Record (Breedon Books Publishing Company, Derby, U.K., 1993)
Norman Giller, Football Author
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