Match Summary

Scotland Team

England Team

Scotland scored three goals to none and so beat England decisively at Hampden Park, Glasgow, on Saturday. The match aroused as much interest as ever in Scotland, and, though the cancelling of trains running in to Glasgow and out to the ground caused much inconvenience, a great crowd of 100,000 people were present at the game. An official estimate put the numbers paying at the gates as over 85,000, which yielded nearly £8,500, with 2s. the lowest price for admission ; and more than 10,000 ticket holders brought the total receipts up to about £14,000.

Considering the strength of the wind, the teams came through their ordeal with great credit. True England could not settle down in the manner necessary to approach the merit of Scotland in control of the ball, short passing, and general combination. But on turf that would have done credit to a cricket ground in a dry summer, the English eleven played a fast, hard, game that failed only because of the sound defence and skilful attack of their opponents...

...their defence might have staved off actual disaster had not hesitation in going for the ball by Smart given away a corner. Morton put the ball in front of the posts, and, as Gough did not punch away, a scramble ensued. Andrew Wilson brushed aside two opponents, and shot through from a few yards out. After obtaining the lead, when the game had been in progress for 20 minutes, and holding it against the ever freshening wind, Scotland won the match in the second minute after the interval. Morton tried a kick for goal from the touch line. A cloud hit the sun at that moment. Gough should have caught the ball. Instead he let it through his hands close under the bar. A disaster, indeed !

England could not recover from such a position, and within ten minutes another easily-got goal completed the visitors' discomfiture. McNab ran down the right wing and put in a perfect square pass, which Cunningham met with his head opposite the far post. The ball was forced to the ground some 15 yards from the goal. Gough ran across and threw himself down, either just too late or so that the ball bounced over his left hand.

England then had to play for over half an hour more without the slightest prospect of avoiding defeat, and with very little chance of gaining any reward. They were mastered by a stronger side, and, so certain had the result appeared for more than half the game, that the great crowd showed very little enthusiasm over a victory that gave Scotland a lead of 19 to 14 in the 45 matches played between the two countries. - The Times - Monday 11th April, 1921

Home International Championship

Other Championship match played on 9 April 1921:

WALES 2-1 IRELAND
Hole 40, Davies 80 (Chambers 60)
12,000 (Vetch Field, Swansea)

Football League Division One 9 April 1921
Team	P	Pts
Burnley	37	55
Bolton Wanderers	38	48
Liverpool	37	47
Newcastle United	37	44
Manchester City	36	44
Everton	38	44
Tottenham Hotspur	36	41
Middlesbrough	37	39
Arsenal	36	38
Manchester United	37	37
Bradford City	37	36
Sunderland	37	36
Chelsea	37	35
Aston Villa	38	35
Preston North End	35	34
Blackburn Rovers	37	34
West Bromwich Albion	37	34
Huddersfield Town	37	32
Sheffield United	39	28
Oldham Athletic	37	27
Derby County	37	24
Bradford	37	22

 

Division One matches played on 9 April 1921:

ARSENAL 2-1 BRADFORD
Toner 4, Rutherford 67 (Bauchop 26)
25,000 (Highbury, London)

BLACKBURN ROVERS 0-1 ASTON VILLA
(Dickson 18)
25,000 (Ewood Park, Blackburn)

Blackburn were without Robinson and Rollo, who were playing for Ireland against Wales at Swansea, whilst Villa were without Tommy Smart, who was making his international debut against Scotland in Glasgow.

BOLTON WANDERERS 3-1 NEWCASTLE UNITED
Smith 15, 42, 68 (McDonald 58)
25,000 (Burnden Park, Bolton)

Bolton were without Ted Vizard, who was playing for Wales against Ireland at Swansea.

BRADFORD CITY 1-0 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
Hibbert 68
17,000 (Valley Parade, Bradford)

City were without Jock Ewart, who kept a clean sheet on his only international appearance, for Scotland against England in Glasgow, whilst Tottenham were without Bliss (also making his only international appearance), Dimmock and Smith (also making their debuts), and Grimsdell, all of whom were playing against Scotland. Tottenham also missed a penalty.

DERBY COUNTY 0-0 LIVERPOOL
10,000 (Baseball Ground, Derby)

Liverpool were without Chambers, who was playing against Scotland in Glasgow, Matthews, who was making his international debut for Wales, against Ireland at Swansea, Lacey, who was playing for Ireland, and Scott, who was in goal for Ireland.

EVERTON 0-1 PRESTON NORTH END
(Woodhouse 65)
30,000 (Goodison Park, Liverpool)

Everton were without Brewster, who was making his only international appearance, for Scotland against England in Glasgow, Chedgzoy, who was playing against Scotland, and Davies, who scored the winner for Wales against Ireland at Swansea.

HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 2-0 CHELSEA
Johnston 30, Mann 81
14,200 (Leeds Road, Huddersfield)

MANCHESTER CITY 2-1 SHEFFIELD UNITED
Browell 1, Johnson 67 (Brown 71)
20,000 (Hyde Road, Manchester)

United were without Harold Gough, who was making his only international appearance, against Scotland in Glasgow.

MIDDLESBROUGH 2-4 MANCHESTER UNITED
W.Carr 22, G.Carr 33 (Spence 10, 63, Grimwood 15, Bissett 35)
15,000 (Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough)

Middlesbrough were without Davidson (making his only international appearance) and Marshall, who were playing for Scotland against England in Glasgow, whilst United were without Miller, who was also playing for Scotland, and Silcock, who was playing against Scotland.

SUNDERLAND 1-1 OLDHAM ATHLETIC
Cooke Pen. 30 (Butler 49)
9,000 (Roker Park, Sunderland)

WEST BROMWICH ALBION 2-0 BURNLEY
Crisp 13, Morris 75
17,242 (The Hawthorns, West Bromwich)

Burnley were without Bob Kelly, who was playing against Scotland in Glasgow.

Although Burnley did not win any of their last six games, they had already done enough to win the championship, so defeat to the defending title-holders did not damage them unduly. Two weeks later, the title would be theirs for the first time.

Football League Division Two 9 April 1921
Team	P	Pts
Birmingham	37	50
Cardiff City	36	49
Blackpool	38	47
Bristol City	37	45
West Ham United	37	42
Notts County	37	41
South Shields	37	40
Clapton Orient	37	39
Bury	37	37
Fulham	37	37
Leicester City	37	36
Leeds United	38	34
Port Vale	36	33
The Wednesday	36	33
Wolverhampton Wanderers	36	33
Hull City	36	33
Rotherham County	37	33
Stoke	36	32
Barnsley	37	32
Nottingham Forest	37	31
Coventry City	37	29
Stockport County	37	24

 

Division Two matches played on 9 April 1921:

BIRMINGHAM 3-0 NOTTINGHAM FOREST
Crosbie, Lane 2
30,000 (St Andrew's, Birmingham)

Birmingham were without Percy Barton, who was a reserve against Scotland in Glasgow.

BLACKPOOL 3-0 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
Bedford 2, Mee
10,300 (Bloomfield Road, Blackpool)

Wolves were without Peers (in goal) and Richards, who were playing for Wales against Ireland at Swansea.

CARDIFF CITY 1-0 SOUTH SHIELDS
Gill
30,000 (Ninian Park, Cardiff)

Cardiff were without Blair, who was playing for Scotland against England at Cardiff, and Keenor, who was playing for Wales against Ireland at Swansea.

COVENTRY CITY 2-1 BRISTOL CITY
Morgan, Hadley (Fairclough)
15,000 (Highfield Road, Coventry)

FULHAM 1-0 PORT VALE
Travers
18,000 (Craven Cottage, London)

LEEDS UNITED 0-0 BARNSLEY
13,000 (Elland Road, Leeds)

LEICESTER CITY 0-0 HULL CITY
12,000 (Filbert Street, Leicester)

NOTTS COUNTY 3-0 STOCKPORT COUNTY
Henshall, Hill 2
10,000 (Meadow Lane, Nottingham)

STOKE 0-1 BURY
(Hird)
8,000 (Victoria Ground, Stoke)

THE WEDNESDAY 1-1 CLAPTON ORIENT
Taylor (Smith)
15,000 (Hillsborough, Sheffield)

The Wednesday were without George Wilson, who was playing against Scotland in Glasgow.

WEST HAM UNITED 1-0 ROTHERHAM COUNTY
Leafe
20,000 (Upton Park, London)

Rotherham were without Harry Millership, who was playing for Wales against Ireland at Swansea.

Birmingham and Cardiff maintained their respective leads over the chasing pack right to the end, with Birmingham winning the championship on goal average.

Selected Division Three matches played on 9 April 1921:

CRYSTAL PALACE 2-2 WATFORD
Conner 2 (White, Waterall)
14,000 (Croydon Common Athletic Ground, London)

LUTON TOWN 0-0 MILLWALL
6,000 (Kenilworth Road, Luton)

Luton were without Simms, who was a reserve against Scotland in Glasgow, and Bookman and Mathieson (making his international debut), who were playing for Ireland against Wales at Swansea.

NEWPORT COUNTY 1-1 SWANSEA TOWN
Walker (Edmondson)
9,000 (Somerton Park, Newport)

Swansea were without Hole (who scored the opening goal on his international debut) and Jones, who were playing for Wales against Ireland at Swansea.

READING 1-1 PLYMOUTH ARGYLE
Andrews (Raymond)
7,500 (Elm Park, Reading)

Plymouth were without Moses Russell, who was playing for Wales against Ireland at Swansea.

Crystal Palace led the table by four points from Southampton, who had a game in hand. Palace held on to become the first winners of the Third Division Championship.

IN OTHER NEWS...

It was on 10 April 1921 that two eighteen-year-old soldiers from the East Lancashire Regiment (George Motley and John Steer) left their barracks in Killarney and were reported missing. Their bodies were found in a bog, five years later. They had, apparently, been captured by the Irish Republican Army and held for six months before being executed as spies.

Source Notes

Scottish Football Association
Scotland - The Complete International Record: Richard Keir
Andy Mitchell
London Hearts
original newspaper reports
FA Yearbooks 1950-60
LFChistory
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