Scotland and Wales have played each other at rugby union since 1883. To rub salt into the wound, Jordan to this day refuses to own up to his piece of trickery.

Even today, reliving the events of a cold and damp night on 12 October, 1977 will depress and infuriate Welsh football supporters. document.write('
Scotland and Wales have played each other at rugby union since 1883. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the eighty-third series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship.

Famously, Diego Maradona claimed it was the 'hand of God' that intervened in the 1986 World Cup when he scored a dubious goal against England. Unsurprisingly, Davies vividly remembers the whole sorry episode like it was yesterday. }

The 1977 Five Nations Championship was the forty-eighth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. "It was obvious that it was Jordan who handled the ball," he told BBC Sport Online. So the scene was set for a what promised to be a memorable night in Welsh football history - and that is exactly what transpired. The Scots had already lost 2-0 in Prague, and so Mike Smith's men sensed their chance - even though the home match would be played on foreign soil. var w0=0; A total of 125 matches have been played, with Wales winning 73 matches, Scotland winning 49 matches and three matches drawn.[1]. "Our seats were for the front row of the Cemlyn Road stand and I was disappointed to see a lot of Scots around us. It's twenty-five years since Wales faced Scotland in a 1978 World Cup qualifier, and yet a small piece of Joe Jordan's anatomy still gets under the skin.

View rugby stats for: Scotland v Wales on 19 Mar 1977 - Men's International Rugby Union . They were the first Triple Crown winners to finish as runners-up in the championship. He claims that most of the fans - both Welsh and Scottish - were unaware of Jordan's handball.

And as I looked towards the Kop, I could only see a small section of red. "Rob Thomas and Terry Yorath were very keen on horse racing and had received an invitation to meet some horse racing people for Argentina - so there was plenty of looking forward.". Comprehensive rugby statistics.

Following crowd trouble in Cardiff during Wales' game with Yugoslavia the previous year, staging the game at Ninian Park was out of the question. 'codebase="http://server-uk.imrworldwide.com/"'+'width=1 height=2>'+ "But the following morning, everyone on the school yard had seen the television replays and we were absolutely furious.". '">'+imgN+'');

The Scotland striker rose with Wales defender David Jones to challenge for Asa Hartford's long throw into the Welsh box, and then to the astonishment of the Welsh fans and players, French referee Robert Wurtz awarded a penalty. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. ''+'