 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nicol akatanga kuvharirwa padanho repamusoro reScotland musi wa12 Gunyana 1984, nguva pfupi mushure mekuva mutambi wekutanga wechikwata cheLiverpool. Jock Stein akapa Nicol kutanga kwake kwenyika yose mumutambo wehushamwari neYugoslavia. Kutanga kwake kwaiva kusingakanganwiki, sezvo akabatsira Scotland kukunda Yugoslavia 6-1 mumutambo wehushamwari paHampden Park pamberi pevanhu 18,512. Kubatsira Nicol kugadzikana nechikwata chenyika kwakanga kuri shamwari dzekirabhu Kenny Dalglish uye kaputeni Graeme Souness, avo vose vakawana zvibodzwa. Yekupedzisira yemitambo yake yakazara ye27 yeScotland yakauya musi wa11 Gunyana 1991 mu2x2 muSwitzerland panguva yeEuro 92vanokodzera. Akanga ari muchikwata cheScotland nokuda kweNdebe yeNyika ya1986. 