1985_in_Scotland
1985 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1985 in Scotland.
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- 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.
- 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
- 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)
- 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.
- "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.