Auld Enemy

word: Or they used to, according to The Guardian. These days the Scots would rather take on the Auld Enemy in a referendum than a football match. They have played each other more often than anyone else, took part in the first ever international fixture in Glasgow in 1872, and enjoy – if that is the word – one of the most ancient and grudging of rivalries. The sad decline of Scotland as a force in the game has been reflected in an almost complete lack of interest in cross-border skirmishes in recent years, not helped by the fact that the last time Wembley staged a qualification game between the two countries Kevin Keegan England produced a performance of such staggering lifelessness that they managed to get beaten by a Don Hutchison goal even as they limped toward a predictably brief visit to Euro 2000. That is not going to be reopened here; suffice to say that the sooner poppy-wearing is allowed to return to being a private and personal gesture the better. The only reason Friday event has been talked about at all in advance is because it takes place on Armistice Day, giving rise to the annual stupidity of the poppies on shirts debate. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.