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Asa Hartford

Squad: A Squad
DOB: 24/10/1950

Statistics

Caps 50
Goals 5

Biography

Richard Asa Hartford was born in Clydebank on 24 October 1950. Spending the majority of his career in England, Hartford played for teams including West Bromwich Albion, Manchester City, Everton, Norwich City and Bolton Wanderers – winning the League Cup with Manchester City and Norwich.

Winning 50 caps for Scotland, he appeared at the 1978 and 1982 World Cups. Hartford scored five goals for his country; against Wales, Peru, Czechoslovakia, Chile and Sweden.

Caps: All Levels

Match Appearances

A Squad Matches
Goals
Cards

All

18/06/1982
brazil 4 - 1 scotland
29/05/1982
scotland 0 - 1 england
24/05/1982
scotland 1 - 0 wales
'7
28/04/1982
northern ireland 1 - 1 scotland
24/02/1982
spain 3 - 0 scotland
18/11/1981
portugal 2 - 1 scotland
14/10/1981
northern ireland 0 - 0 scotland
09/09/1981
scotland 2 - 0 sweden
23/05/1981
england 0 - 1 scotland
19/05/1981
scotland 2 - 0 northern ireland
16/05/1981
wales 2 - 0 scotland
28/04/1981
scotland 3 - 1 israel
25/03/1981
scotland 1 - 1 northern ireland
21/11/1979
belgium 2 - 0 scotland
12/09/1979
scotland 1 - 1 peru
'4
07/06/1979
norway 0 - 4 scotland
02/06/1979
scotland 1 - 3 argentina
26/05/1979
england 3 - 1 scotland
22/05/1979
scotland 1 - 0 northern ireland
19/05/1979
wales 3 - 0 scotland
29/11/1978
portugal 1 - 0 scotland
25/10/1978
scotland 3 - 2 norway
20/09/1978
austria 3 - 2 scotland
11/06/1978
netherlands 2 - 3 scotland
07/06/1978
iran 1 - 1 scotland
03/06/1978
peru 3 - 1 scotland
20/05/1978
scotland 0 - 1 england
17/05/1978
scotland 1 - 1 wales
22/02/1978
scotland 2 - 1 bulgaria
12/10/1977
wales 0 - 2 scotland
21/09/1977
scotland 3 - 1 czechoslovakia
'35
07/09/1977
germany (east) 1 - 0 scotland
23/06/1977
brazil 2 - 0 scotland
18/06/1977
argentina 1 - 1 scotland
15/06/1977
chile 2 - 4 scotland
'37
04/06/1977
england 1 - 2 scotland
01/06/1977
scotland 3 - 0 northern ireland
28/05/1977
wales 0 - 0 scotland
27/04/1977
scotland 3 - 1 sweden
'30
17/11/1976
scotland 1 - 0 wales
13/10/1976
czechoslovakia 2 - 0 scotland
08/05/1976
scotland 3 - 0 northern ireland
17/12/1975
scotland 1 - 1 romania
29/10/1975
scotland 3 - 1 denmark
05/07/1972
brazil 1 - 0 scotland
02/07/1972
czechoslovakia 0 - 0 scotland
29/06/1972
yugoslavia 2 - 2 scotland
27/05/1972
scotland 0 - 1 england
24/05/1972
scotland 1 - 0 wales
26/04/1972
scotland 2 - 0 peru

Debut Match

scotland 2 - 0 peru
26/04/1972

Last Match

brazil 4 - 1 scotland
18/06/1982

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