Scottish Football League XI
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The Scottish League XI was a representative side of the Scottish Football League. The team regularly played against the Football League and other national league select teams between 1892 and 1980. Fo
Celtic Park, pictured in 1894. The ground hosted the first home game played by the Scottish League XI, in 1893.
Denis Law, the all-time top goalscorer for the Scottish national team, played against the Scottish League XI for the Italian league in November 1961.
Matt Busby
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Sir Alexander Matthew Busby was a Scottish football player and manager, who managed Manchester United between 1945 and 1969 and again for the second half of the 1970–71 season. He was the first manage
Scottish Football League XI
…Force) was played during the Second World War, a 3–2 defeat against the Football League at Blackpool in October 1941. The Scottish League XI selected Matt Busby, who was then playing as a guest for Hibernian. Attendances for the inter-league matches greatly increased after the war. The first match, a 3–1 defeat…
Busby in 1957
Busby (back row, far right) in a Manchester United team photo in 1957
Manchester United F.C. in 1960 – from the left, standing: Maurice Setters, Bill Foulkes, Ronnie Cope, Harry Gregg, Albert Scanlon, Bobby Charlton. Front row: Warren Bradley, Albert Quixall, Dennis Viollet, Shay Brennan and Joe Carolan.
A statue of Sir Matt Busby in front of Old Trafford stadium