Scotland head to Cardiff this week for their first competitive encounter against Wales since their vital Mexico World Cup qualifier 27 years ago. That decisive Group 7 match is of course remembered more for the tragic circumstances that followed the full-time whistle rather than the events that unfolded during the tense 90 minute struggle.
The idea of this series invoked plenty of discussion as to which player should be the first featured. Denis Law and Kenny Dalglish obviously garnered much support but in the end there was only one choice; a man whose face graces the pages of this site, a man whose principal achievement in a Scotland shirt was beating the English, a man who remains one of the greatest talents that Scotland ever produced. James Curran Baxter.
Supporting the Scotland national football team from a fresh perspective.
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