Rous Cup
The Rous Cup was a short-lived football tournament played between the national teams of England and Scotland, and later Latin American visiting teams.
Summary
The Rous Cup was a revival of the British Home Championship . The competition was named after Sir Stanley Rous , a former Secretary of the Football Association and President of the world association FIFA . To make the tournament more exciting, teams from Latin America were later invited. Due to the growing number of English hooligans , the idea of the tournament was finally given up.
Results
| year | Results | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| winner | Second place | third place | ||
| 1985 |
 Scotland
|
 England
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| 1986 |
England
|
Scotland
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| 1987 |
 Brazil
|
England
|
Scotland
|
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| 1988 |
England
|
 Colombia
|
Scotland
|
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| 1989 |
England
|
Scotland
|
 Chile
|
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The individual tournaments
- 1985
- Scotland 1-0 England
- 1986
- England 2-1 Scotland
- 1987
- England 1-1 Brazil
- Scotland 0-0 England
- Scotland 0-2 Brazil
- 1988
- Scotland 0-0 Colombia
- England 0-0 Scotland
- England 1-1 Colombia
- 1989
- England 0-0 Chile
- Scotland 0-2 England
- Scotland 2-0 Chile
general overview
| team | Tournaments | Games | victory | draw | defeat | Goals scored | Goals conceded | Goal difference | Points | Points in percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
England
|
5 | 8th | 3 | 4th | 1 | 7th | 4th | +3 | 10 | 62.50% |
|
Scotland
|
5 | 8th | 2 | 2 | 4th | 4th | 7th | -3 | 6th | 37.50% |
|
Brazil
|
1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 75.00% |
|
Colombia
|
1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50.00% |
|
Chile
|
1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 | 25.00% |
Remarks: There are two points for wins and one for draws
Records
- Most appearances: Chris Waddle , Roy Aitken and Alex McLeish - 8
- Most goals: Gary Lineker - 2nd
- Biggest crowd: 92,000 (England v Brazil, 1987)
- Lowest attendance: 9,006 (Scotland v Chile, 1989)