Paul Wilson's remarkable Celtic rise as forward reveals how he fought against racism to become Scotland pioneer
dailyrecord.co.ukScotland played in Spain on another Euro mission for glory 48 years ago, Paul Wilson came off the bench and stepped into a piece of history.The Celtic forward became the only player of colour capped by Scotland in the 20th century.
Paul was born in Bangalore, India, to a Dutch-Portuguese mum, Elaine, and a Scottish dad, William, who moved back to Glasgow when Paul was one.
The Parkhead star came on for Kenny Burns for the last 15 minutes in Valencia, in the Euro qualifiers on February 5th, 1975, and was asked by manager, Willie Ormond, to try and get a winner after Joe Jordan’s early lead was cancelled out by Spanish sub, Alfredo Megido, in the 67th minute.Paul was 24 years old and on fire that season.
In 1974-75, he would finish Celtic’s top scorer with 29 goals, outscoring his friend, Kenny Dalglish, who was already on the pitch in Valencia and a Scotland regular since 1972.
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