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Danny McGrain in a Scotland shirt

Danny McGrain

Squad: A Squad
DOB: 01/05/1950

Statistics

Caps 62
Goals 0

Biography

Daniel Fergus McGrain was born on 1 May 1950 in Glasgow. He made his debut for Celtic in 1970 and became a stalwart of the successful sides of the 1970s becoming captain in 1977. He made 681 appearances for the Parkhead club where he remained until 1987, winning seven Scottish League Championships, five Scottish Cups and two League Cups.
McGrain made his full international debut in May 1973 in a tie against Wales at the British Home Championships. He represented Scotland at two World Cups, in 1974 in West Germany and 1982 in Argentina, playing five times at the tournament and never losing a game. In total, he played 62 times for Scotland and captained the side on 10 occasions.

Caps: All Levels

Match Appearances

A Squad Matches
Goals
Cards

All

22/06/1982
ussr 2 - 2 scotland
15/06/1982
new zealand 2 - 5 scotland
29/05/1982
scotland 0 - 1 england
28/04/1982
northern ireland 1 - 1 scotland
23/03/1982
scotland 2 - 1 netherlands
24/02/1982
spain 3 - 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
25/02/1981
israel 0 - 1 scotland
15/10/1980
scotland 0 - 0 portugal
10/09/1980
sweden 0 - 1 scotland
31/05/1980
hungary 3 - 1 scotland
28/05/1980
poland 1 - 0 scotland
24/05/1980
scotland 0 - 2 england
21/05/1980
scotland 1 - 0 wales
16/05/1980
northern ireland 1 - 0 scotland
26/03/1980
scotland 4 - 1 portugal
19/12/1979
scotland 1 - 3 belgium
21/09/1977
scotland 3 - 1 czechoslovakia
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
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
17/11/1976
scotland 1 - 0 wales
13/10/1976
czechoslovakia 2 - 0 scotland
08/09/1976
scotland 6 - 0 finland
15/05/1976
scotland 2 - 1 england
08/05/1976
scotland 3 - 0 northern ireland
06/05/1976
scotland 3 - 1 wales
07/04/1976
scotland 1 - 0 switzerland
29/10/1975
scotland 3 - 1 denmark
03/09/1975
denmark 0 - 1 scotland
01/06/1975
romania 1 - 1 scotland
24/05/1975
england 5 - 1 scotland
20/05/1975
scotland 3 - 0 northern ireland
17/05/1975
wales 2 - 2 scotland
13/05/1975
scotland 1 - 0 portugal
16/04/1975
sweden 1 - 1 scotland
05/02/1975
spain 1 - 1 scotland
22/06/1974
yugoslavia 1 - 1 scotland
18/06/1974
brazil 0 - 0 scotland
14/06/1974
zaire 0 - 2 scotland
06/06/1974
norway 1 - 2 scotland
01/06/1974
belgium 2 - 1 scotland
18/05/1974
scotland 2 - 0 england
14/05/1974
scotland 2 - 0 wales
14/11/1973
scotland 1 - 1 germany (west)
17/10/1973
czechoslovakia 1 - 0 scotland
26/09/1973
scotland 2 - 1 czechoslovakia
30/06/1973
scotland 0 - 1 brazil
22/06/1973
switzerland 1 - 0 scotland
19/05/1973
england 1 - 0 scotland
16/05/1973
scotland 1 - 2 northern ireland
12/05/1973
wales 2 - 0 scotland

Debut Match

wales 2 - 0 scotland
12/05/1973

Last Match

ussr 2 - 2 scotland
22/06/1982

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