Gallus: Scotland, England and the 1967 World Cup Final

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There are two kinds of people in this world.Those who insist that football is just a game, and those who know better.Take the April 1967 clash between England and Scotland. Wounded by their biggest rivals winning the World Cup just nine months earlier, Bobby Brown's Scots travelled to Wembley on the mother of allmissions.Win and they would take a huge step towards qualifying for the 1968 European Championship, end Englands formidable 19-game unbeaten streak, and, best of all, put Sir Alf Ramseys men firmly back in their box. Lose Well, that was just unthinkable.

Meanwhile, off the pitch, the winds of change were billowing through Scotland. Nationalism, long confined to the margins of British politics, was starting to penetrate the mainstream, gaining both traction and influence. Was Englands World Cup victory a defining moment in the Scottish independence movement Or did it consign Scotland to successive generations of myopic underachievement

Michael McEwan, author of The Ghosts of Cathkin Park, returns to 1967 to explore a crucial ninety minutes in the rebirth of a nation.

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Michael McEwanis a journalist from Glasgow. He is the Assistant Editor of PSP Media Groups portfolio of sports titles, which includeBunkered, Scotlands highest circulating golf magazine. He is a former winner of both the RBS Young Sportswriter of the Year andEvening TimesYoung Football Journalist of the Year awards and the author ofRunning the Smoke: 26 First-Hand Accounts of Running the London Marathon.