On 10 September 1985 , the Welsh and Scottish national teams played Competition each other during the qualifying stages of the 1986 FIFA World Cup at Ninian Park , the home of Cardiff City .

The game was played Competition against the backdrop of escalating football hooliganism ; English clubs had been banned Preventing_or_letting from European competition Competition as a result of the Heysel Stadium disaster over three months prior , and fears were being raised Bringing , notably by Scotland 's manager Jock Stein , that the British government , led Giving by Margaret Thatcher , was seeking to lead Change a `` crackdown '' on football supporters generally , and that trouble at the highly charged Judgment_communication game at Ninian Park would give Giving them an excuse to extend Change_event_time this from just England to the other Home Nations .