The 1986 Rous Cup was the second staging of the

Rous Cup The Rous Cup was a short-lived football competition in the second half of the 1980s, contested between England, Scotland and, in later years, a guest team from South America. Overview The Rous Cup arose from the ashes of the British Home Cha ...

international football competition, centred on the then-traditional annual game between

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England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

and

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. The cup was won by England, who defeated the previous year's winners Scotland 2–1. This was the final time in which the cup would only be contested by the two nations; from 1987 onward, a third team was also invited to participate.

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{{Scotland national football team matches Rous Cup 1985–86 in English football 1985–86 in Scottish football International association football competitions hosted by England

Scotland national football team matches England national football team matches England–Scotland football rivalry Events at Wembley Stadium April 1986 sports events in the United Kingdom