Andrew Watson was the first black player to play international football . `` That 's an insight into the fact that , even in that time , this was clearly happening and Watson had to rise above that as a footballer and more widely as a human being . '' He captained Scotland on his debut , a 6 - 0 win over archrivals England . It remains the heaviest home defeat suffered by England . Watson was born in British Guiana and the son of a Glasgow merchant .
Andrew Watson was the first black player to play international football . He captained Scotland on his debut , a 6 - 0 win over archrivals England . It remains the heaviest home defeat suffered by England . Watson was born in British Guiana and the son of a Glasgow merchant .