Unfortunately for those of an Aberdeen persuasion, the recent history of club matches between English and Scottish teams makes grim reading for those north of the border. Scotland’s representatives are without a win in their last 12 encounters with English clubs (D6 L6) since Shunsuke Nakamura’s goal at Parkhead earned Celtic a 1-0 victory against Manchester United in the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League group stage.
However, the overall statistics in the 48 UEFA games between the neighbours’ clubs are not quite so dispiriting. The English sides have had the better of them (W18 D17 L13) but it is only in the last decade that a gulf in class has opened up. Had history stopp…