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Specsavers looks for the opinions of Football Memories as they seek to narrow down Scotland’s greatest XI

As a part of the partnership between Football Memories, Specsavers and the Scottish FA, Football Memories groups and attendees around the country are being asked to compile the greatest Scotland XI.

With the national men's team recently made history by making it to the USA, Mexico and Canada next year, there is a World Cup theme to this fun challenge! Scotland were last at a World Cup in 1998, so the date range for selecting the greatest XI is the post-war era from1945 up until 1998.

Listed below is a range of players in every position and from across the eras of our national team, simply select your favourites and email them to ScotlandBest11@tigerbond.com to be in with the chance of winning an official Scotland World Cup 26 tee-shirt and a signed SWNT squad shirt. There are also some runners up prizes of passes to the Scottish Football Museum and Hampden Park Stadium tour.

The most popular choices, to be deemed 'the greatest XI; will be revealed in March 2026 as Scotland prepare to start a new World Cup adventure for the first time in 28 years.

Good luck, happy reminiscing and enjoy picking your team.

 

Football Memories Greatest Scotland XI (1945-1998)

Goalkeeper (pick one)

  • Jim Leighton 
  • Andy Goram
  • Alan Rough 
  • Jimmy Cowan 
  • Bill Brown

Right-back (pick one)

  • Danny McGrain 
  • Sandy Jardine 
  • Stewart McKimmie 
  • George Young

Centre-back (pick two)

  • Alex McLeish 
  • Willie Miller 
  • Alan Hansen 
  • Richard Gough 
  • Billy McNeill 
  • Colin Hendry 
  • John Greig 
  • David Narey 
  • Gordon McQueen 
  • Christian Dailly 
  • Colin Calderwood 
  • Jim Holton 
  • Bobby Evans 
  • David Weir 

Left-back (pick one)

  • Tom Boyd 
  • Maurice Malpas 
  • Tommy Gemmell 

Right-winger (pick one)

  • Jimmy Johnstone 
  • Gordon Strachan 
  • Peter Lorimer 
  • Willie Henderson 
  • Gordon Smith 
  • Archie Gemmill 

Centre-midfielder (pick two

  • Paul McStay 
  • Gary McAllister 
  • Graeme Souness 
  • John Collins 
  • Billy Bremner 
  • Asa Hartford 
  • Dave Mackay 
  • Bobby Collins
  • Paul Lambert 
  • Roy Aitken 

Left-winger (pick one)

  • Jim Baxter 
  • Pat Nevin 
  • John Robertson 
  • Billy Steel 
  • Billy Liddell 
  • Davie Cooper 

Centre-forward (pick two)

  • Kenny Dalglish 
  • Denis Law 
  • Lawrie Reilly 
  • Ally McCoist
  • Joe Jordan 
  • Colin Stein 
  • Mo Johnston 
  • Alan Gilzean 
  • Andy Gray 
  • Bobby Johnstone 
  • Steve Archibald 
  • Kevin Gallacher 
  • Charlie Nicholas  

 

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