EACH week, BwB gives a sample from the Readers’ Queries file in the old Sporting Post.
SP Query – In June 1993, ‘JR’ asked: Who was the first substitute officially used in Scotland.
SP Answer – Archie Gemmill was the very first substitute used in Scotland when he came on for St Mirren in a League Cup tie against Clyde on August 13, 1966.
He replaced Jim Clunie.
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Blether: Archie Gemmill was the first substitute in Scotland
