Ernie Copland
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Full name | Ernie Copland | ||
Date of birth | 15 April 1927 | ||
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Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Montrose Roselea[1] | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1948–1950 | Arbroath | 15[1] | (5) |
1950–1951 | Dundee | 6[2] | (3) |
1951–1958 | Raith Rovers | 178[3] | (105) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ernie Copland (15 April 1927) was a Scottish footballer who played for Arbroath, Dundee and Raith Rovers. He was selected for Scotland's 1954 FIFA World Cup squad, but did not travel to the finals and never actually played for the national side.
Although selected for the 22 man squad for the 1954 FIFA World Cup, the Scottish Football Association only budgeted to take 13 players (including only one goalkeeper) to the finals in Switzerland.[4] Copland was one of the players who stayed at home on reserve, with the likes of Bobby Combe and Jimmy Binning.[4]
Ernie was chosen as reserve in the Scottish team for the World Cup qualifiers in 1957, and travelled to Basle (Switzerland), Stuttgart (Germany), and Madrid (Spain), but did not play.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 ARBROATH : 1946/47 - 2007/08, Newcastle Fans.
- ↑ DUNDEE : 1946/47 - 2007/08, Newcastle Fans.
- ↑ RAITH ROVERS : 1946/47 - 2007/08, Newcastle Fans.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 UNLUCKY 13 FOR SCOTS, Evening Telegraph, 29 December 2004.
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- Scottish footballers
- Scottish Junior Football Association players
- Scottish Football League players
- Arbroath F.C. players
- Dundee F.C. players
- Raith Rovers F.C. players
- 1954 FIFA World Cup players
- 1927 births
- Living people
- Place of birth missing (living people)