World of Soccer Cup

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The World of Soccer Cup, an association football friendly tournament, took place in the summer of 1977, hosted by Singapore and Australia.

Overview

The tournament was the idea of English entrepreneur Reg Lambourne, Strata Travel owner Tom Lawrence and Red Star Belgrade FC Secretary General Dr Miroljub Stojkovic and consisted of two competitions. The first (also known as Metro 20th Anniversary Tournament) was a straight knock-out tournament in Singapore, and the second was a mini-league in which the top two teams would play in the final. The first trophy was won by Red Star Belgrade (FK Crvena zvezda) and the second by Celtic, and was the last ever trophy Jock Stein would ever lift for Celtic.

Teams that participated

  • Celtic FC Latchford, McGrain, Burns, Stanton, McDonald, Aitken, Wilson, Conn, Glavin, Edvaldsson, Lennox, Doyl, Kay (Manager Jock Stein)
  • Red Star Belgrade Stojanović, Jelikić, Jovanović, Muslin, Bogićević, Novković, Nikolić, Petrović, Savić, Sušić, Filipović, Šestić, Lukić (Manager Gojko Zec)
  • Arsenal Rimmer, Rice, Nelson, Powling, O'Leary, Young, Brady, Hudson, Macdonald, Stapleton, Armstrong, Rix, Mathews (Manager Terry Neill)
  • A select XI from the host nation
  • Reilly, Harris, Wilson, Bennett, Williams, Harding, Barnes, Rooney, Kosmina, Ollerton, Sharne, Nyskohus, Maher, Abonyi (Manager Jimmy Shoulder)
Team Notes
File:Flag of Scotland.svg Celtic Scottish Premier Division champions
File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Red Star Belgrade Yugoslav First League champions
File:Flag of England.svg Arsenal
File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore XI Host nation (1st tournament)
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Host nation (2nd tournament)

Results

In Singapore

Semi-finals
File:Flag of England.svg Arsenal1–3File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Red Star Belgrade
Macdonald Filipović, Šestić, Savić
National Stadium
Attendance: 55,000
File:Flag of Scotland.svg Celtic5–0File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore XI
Conn (2), Burns, Lennox, Edvaldsson
National Stadium
Attendance: 45,000
Third place playoff
File:Flag of England.svg Arsenal5–1File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore XI
Macdonald (3), Stapleton, Brady
National Stadium
Attendance: 45,000
Final
File:Flag of Scotland.svg Celtic1–3File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Red Star Belgrade
Lennox pen Petrović, Filipović (2)
National Stadium
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Jack Taylor

In Australia

Group stage
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
File:Flag of Scotland.svg Celtic 3 2 1 0 7 5 +2 7
File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Red Star Belgrade 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia XI 3 1 0 2 7 7 0 3
File:Flag of England.svg Arsenal 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3


File:Flag of England.svg Arsenal1–3File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia XI
Armstrong Kosmina, Harding, Ollerton
File:Flag of Scotland.svg Celtic1–1File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Red Star Belgrade
McDonald Savić
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Jack Taylor
File:Flag of England.svg Arsenal2–3File:Flag of Scotland.svg Celtic
Rice, Macdonald Wilson (2), Glavin pen
Attendance: 21,460
File:Flag of England.svg Arsenal1–0File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Red Star Belgrade
Brady
Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Attendance: 12,000
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia XI2–3File:Flag of Scotland.svg Celtic
Barnes, Ollerton Glavin, Edvaldsson (2)
Attendance: 12,742
Referee: Richard Lorenc
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia XI2–3File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Red Star Belgrade
Kosmina, Harding Savić, Šestić, Filipović
Attendance: 10,100
Referee: Stewart Mellings
Final
File:Flag of Scotland.svg Celtic2–0File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Red Star Belgrade
McDonald, Edvaldsson
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Jack Taylor

References

  1. ↑ Official Program and was there
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