Rowing boats & regrets - Scotland's undefeated 1974 World Cup campaign

Rowing boats & regrets - Scotland's undefeated 1974 World Cup campaignTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedFigure caption, Joe Jordan's goal against Czechoslovakia sent Scotland to the 1974 World CupByDavid CurrieBBC Sport ScotlandPublished4 hours agoThe 1974 World Cup in West Germany - what do you think of? Franz Beckenbauer, Johan Cruyff and the total football of the Dutch runners-up?Or maybe it's Scotland's first-round exit as the only unbeaten team at the finals.The sole nation from the British Isles to qualify, it was the first time the Scots had qualified since 1958. The official song was called Easy, Easy - but it wasn't conceit or hubris that was their downfall, it was goal difference.Joe Jordan and Davie Hay played in all three group matches and recall the campaign...Rowing boats & sinking the Auld EnemyPreparations were eye-opening, to say the least. After mixed results in the Home Internationals, Scotland had warm-up matches in Belgium and Norway. Then there was an infamous incident in Largs.Manager Willie Ormond allowed the players go for a night out in the coastal town and, in the early hours, winger Jimmy Johnstone decided to commandeer a rowing boat. Only problem was, he had no oars and began to drift out to sea.Hay and Eric Schaedler tried to rescue him, but the boat they purloined had a hole in it so they frantically rowed back to the shore. Johnstone had to be rescued by the coastguard, becoming front page news in the process."We gave the perfect response the following Saturday by beating England 2-0," says Hay. "You couldn't say Jimmy beat England single-handedly but he helped destroy them."I always say the perfect preparation should be going out for the evening, having a few drinks, and then a boating trip..."Off to a winning startImage source, SNSImage caption, Scotland could only manage two goals against the minnows of Zaire14...