 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - MacLeod akasiya basa semurairidzi nguva pfupi mushure meNdebe yeNyika ya1978, uye Jock Stein, uyo akanga akunda mazita mapfumbamwe akatevedzana eScotland League uye European Cup semurairidzi weCeltic, akagadzwa semutsivi wake. 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. Vakarova New Zealand 52 mumutambo wavo wokutanga paWorld Cup, asi vakarasikirwa ne41 kuchikwata cheBrazil chine Sócrates, Zico, Eder naFalcão. Scotland yakabviswa zvakare pamusiyano wezvinangwa, mushure mekunge vakwikwidzana neSoviet Union. 