Match No. 470 - Saturday, 19th May 1973, 3:00pm
Assist: Alan Ball. "In the 53th [sic] minute Ball sent over another, curling, hanging free kick and again Chivers surged forward, but this time he was the decoy and as Holton and Johnstone went with him Peters drifted in by the far post to nod the ball down past Hunter." Martin Peters20th of 20 goals. Header from 6 yards., 54' 53:56
- 1
- Peter ShiltonLeicester, 9th of 125 caps
23 years, 8 months, 1 day
- 2
- Peter StoreyArsenal, 15th of 19 caps
27 years, 8 months, 12 days
- 3
- Emlyn HughesLiverpool, 23rd of 62 caps
25 years, 8 months, 22 days 
77:33 Scything tackle on Bremner.
- 4
- Colin BellMan City, 27th of 48 caps
27 years, 2 months, 21 day
- 6
- Bobby MooreWest Ham, 103rd of 108 caps
32 years, 1 month, 7 days (c)85th captaincy
- 7
- Alan BallArsenal, 63rd of 72 caps
28 years, 0 months, 7 days
- 8
- Mick ChannonSouthampton, 5th of 46 caps
24 years, 5 months, 21 day
- 10
- Allan ClarkeLeeds, 9th of 19 caps
26 years, 9 months, 19 days
- 1
- Ally HunterAlistair Robert Hunter.
Born 4th Oct 1949, Glasgow.
- 2
- Sandy JardineWilliam Pullar Jardine.
Born 31st Dec 1948, Edinburgh.
- 3
- Danny McGrainDaniel Fergus McGrain.
Born 1st May 1950, Glasgow.
- 4
- Billy BremnerWilliam John Bremner.
Born 9th Dec 1942, Stirling.
(c)
- 5
- Jim HoltonJames Allan Holton.
Born 11th Apr 1951, Lesmahagow.
- 6
- Derek JohnstoneDerek Joseph Johnstone.
Born 4th Nov 1953, Dundee.
- 7
- Willie MorganWilliam Morgan.
Born 2nd Oct 1944, Alloa.
- 8
- Lou MacariLuigi Macari.
Born 7th Jun 1949, Edinburgh.
'7473:06
- 9
- Kenny DalglishSir Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish.
Born 4th Mar 1951, Glasgow.
- 10
- David HayDavid Hay.
Born 29th Jan 1948, Paisley.
- 11
- Peter LorimerPeter Patrick Lorimer.
Born 14th Dec 1946, Dundee.
- '8079:23
- 17
- Joe JordanJoseph Jordan.
Born 15th Dec 1951, Cleland.
'7473:06
- 16
- Colin SteinColin Anderson Stein.
Born 10th May 1947, Linlithgow.
- '8079:23
Notes
- Disallowed GoalClarke has the ball in the net in the 22nd minute (21:32) but he was adjudged to have been in an offside position.
Sources
- Wembley - The Complete Record 1923 - 2000 by Glen Isherwood (Sports Books 2006)
- England: The Complete Post-War Record by Mike Payne (Breedon Books Publishing Company 1993)
- The Guardian "England win, but the doubts return", Monday 21st May 1973, page 22.
- YouTube
Referee
West Germany Kurt Tschenscher
ELO Ratings
No change in rank, gaining 6 ranking points to 2022 points England - 3rd
Scotland - 20th
England 1 - 0 Scotland 
