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1985 in Scotland
Summary
Events from the year
1985 in
Scotland
.
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See also:
List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1985 in:
The UK
•
England
•
Wales
•
Elsewhere
Scottish football:
1984–85
•
1985–86
1985 in Scottish television
Incumbents
edit
Secretary of State for Scotland
and
Keeper of the Great Seal
–
George Younger
Law officers
edit
Lord Advocate
–
Lord Cameron of Lochbroom
Solicitor General for Scotland
–
Peter Fraser
Judiciary
edit
Lord President of the Court of Session
and
Lord Justice General
–
Lord Emslie
Lord Justice Clerk
–
Lord Wheatley
, then
Lord Ross
Chairman of the Scottish Land Court
–
Lord Elliott
Events
edit
1 June
–
Scottish Bus Group
reorganised into new regional companies.
6 September
– the
Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
opens in Glasgow.
10 September
–
Scotland national football team
manager
Jock Stein
, 62, collapses and dies from a
heart attack
at the end of his team's 1–1 draw with
Wales
at
Ninian Park
,
Cardiff
, which secures Scotland's place in the
World Cup
qualification playoff.
[1]
20 November
– the
Scotland national football team
, managed on an interim basis by
Aberdeen
boss
Alex Ferguson
, beats
Australia
2–0 in the World Cup qualifying play-off first leg at
Hampden Park
with goals from
Davie Cooper
(who scored in the game against Wales two months ago) and the debutant
Frank McAvennie
.
[2]
Mossmorran
NGL (
natural gas liquids
) fractionation plant at
Cowdenbeath
opens.
Births
edit
Drew McIntyre
16 January
–
Amy Manson
, television actress
10 February
–
Cath Rae
, field hockey goalkeeper
2 April
–
Thom Evans
, Zimbabwean-Scottish rugby player
[3]
7 April
–
Humza Yousaf
,
Scottish National Party
leader
6 June
–
Drew McIntyre
, pro wrestler
23 November
–
Scott Brash
, showjumper
Deaths
edit
27 January
–
Robert McLellan
, playwright (born
1907
)
29 January
–
Chic Murray
, comedian (born
1919
)
7 April
–
Willie McRae
,
Scottish National Party
politician and lawyer (born
1923
)
2 July
–
Hector Nicol
, entertainer (born
1920
)
10 September
–
Jock Stein
, football player and manager (born
1922
)
7 November
–
Alexander Thom
,
aerodynamicist
and
archaeoastronomer
(born
1894
)
24 December
–
Erich Schaedler
, football player, by suicide (born
1949
)
The arts
edit
10 May
– first performance of
Peter Maxwell Davies
' orchestral piece
An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise
.
11 August
– a memorial to
Hugh MacDiarmid
is unveiled near his home at
Langholm
.
The Scots Language Society publishes a set of consensus guidelines for spelling
Modern Scots
,
Recommendations for Writers in Scots
.
Deacon Blue
form in Glasgow.
See also
edit
1985 in Northern Ireland
References
edit
^
"Remembering Jock Stein".
BBC News
. Retrieved
9 December
2011
.
^
"Wed 20 Nov 1985 Scotland 2 Australia 0". London Hearts Supporters Club
. Retrieved
4 March
2016
.
^
"Thom Evans".
Scottish Rugby
. Archived from the original on 19 December 2007
. Retrieved
1 February
2021
.