 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Jock Stein, uyo akanga akunda mapfumbamwe akatevedzana mazita eScotland League uye European Cup somutungamiriri weCeltic, akagadzwa mutungamiri weScotland muna 1978. Pashure pokukundikana kupinda mu 1980 European ChampionshipMuna 1982, Scotland yakakwanisa kuenda kuFIFA World Cup ya1982 kubva muboka rakaoma raiva neSweden, Portugal, Israel neNorthern Ireland, ikarasikirwa nemutambo mumwe chete. Ivo ipapo vakakweverwa muBoka rorufu neNew Zealand, Brazil neSoviet Union. Scotland yakakunda New Zealand ne52 mumutambo wayo wekutanga, asi yakarasikirwa ne41 kuchikwata cheBrazil chine Socrates, Zico, Eder naFalcão. Scotland yakabviswa zvakare pamusiyano wezvinangwa, mushure mekunge vakwikwidzana neSoviet Union. Mutambo uyu unonyanyorangarirwa nokuda kwevatsigiri Alan Hansen naWillie Miller vaipesana vachidzingirira bhora refu, iro rakabvumira vaSoviet kuti vapfuure uye vawane zvibodzwa. 