The 1987 Rous Cup was the third staging of the

Rous Cup The Rous Cup was a short-lived football competition in the second half of the 1980s, contested between England, Scotland and, in later years, a guest team from South America. Overview The Rous Cup arose from the ashes of the British Home Cha ...

international football competition, based around the

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. For the first time, a third team was invited to create a three-team tournament. In order to gain more experience of playing top level opposition, the FA invited

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to be the third entrant. They subsequently won the competition after defeating Scotland in the final game to take the trophy. This was the last game in which the

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were used.

Results

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England vs Brazil

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Scotland vs England

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Scotland vs Brazil

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Final standings

Goalscorers

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References

{{Rous Cup Rous Cup Rous Rous Rous International association football competitions hosted by England International association football competitions hosted by Scotland May 1987 sports events in the United Kingdom