Ernie Copland

Ernie Copland
Personal information
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Forward
Youth career
Montrose Roselea[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1948–1950 Arbroath 15[1] (5)
1950–1951 Dundee 6[2] (3)
1951–1958 Raith Rovers 178[3] (105)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Ernie Copland was a Scottish footballer who played for Arbroath, Dundee and Raith Rovers. He was selected for Scotland's 1954 FIFA World Cup squad, but did not travel to the finals and never actually played for the national side.

Although selected for the 22 man squad for the 1954 FIFA World Cup, the Scottish Football Association only budgeted to take 13 players (including only one goalkeeper) to the finals in Switzerland.[4] Copland was one of the players who stayed at home on reserve, with the likes of Bobby Combe and Jimmy Binning.[4]

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