World of Soccer Cup
The World of Soccer Cup, a football friendly tournament, took place in the summer of 1977, hosted by Singapore and Australia.Overview
The tournament was the idea of English entrepreneur Reg Lambourne, Strata Travel owner Tom Lawrence and Red Star Belgrade FC Secretary General Dr Miroljub Stojkovic and consisted of two competitions. The first was a straight knock-out tournament in Singapore, and the second was a mini-league in which the top two teams would play in the final. The first trophy was won by Red Star Belgrade and the second by Celtic, and was the last ever trophy Jock Stein would ever lift for Celtic.Teams that participated
- Celtic FC Latchford, McGrain, Burns, Stanton, McDonald, Aitken, Wilson, Conn, Glavin, Edvaldsson, Lennox, Doyl, Kay
- Red Star Belgrade Stojanović, Jelikić, Jovanović, Muslin, Bogićević, Novković, Nikolić, Petrović, Savić, Sušić, Filipović, Šestić, Lukić
- Arsenal Rimmer, Rice, Nelson, Powling, O'Leary, Young, Brady, Hudson, Macdonald, Stapleton, Armstrong, Rix, Mathews
- A select XI from the host nation
- Australia Reilly, Harris, Wilson, Bennett, Williams, Harding, Barnes, Rooney, Kosmina, Ollerton, Sharne, Nyskohus, Maher, Abonyi
Results
In Singapore
;Semi-finals
;Third place playoff
;FinalIn Australia
;Group stage
| Team | | | | | | | | |
 Celtic | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7 |
 Red Star Belgrade | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
 Australia XI | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
 Arsenal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 |
;Final
