1 of 4 #scotsfoundedfootball Meisl’s small piece in The Footballer’s Companion contains a brief, searing indictment of 20th century UK football. 4-3 defeat of Austria by England in 1932. European players were awestruck by playing in England - an ‘incredible inferiority complex’. 2 of 4 English critics ‘raved’ about the Austrians. Such almost intellectual football had become a rarity in Britain even then...’ This is where both Scotland and England started getting their asses handed to them by improvers of the #scotchprofessor game. Who started the UK race to stupidity?