We should have allowed him 2 more caps as a s sub or whatever just to get into the Hall of Fame as he deserved it. Was superb for Scotland.

Nothing finer than seeing a packed hampden erupt for a scotland goal

One of the most underrated Scottish players. An absolute genius...

I don't think he ever scored a tap-in. His goal vs France was a beauty!

Right player at the wrong time. I wish we had a peak James right now. What an asset he'd be.

None of those goals get old . Just sublime

I was Capt. against James at Fir Park in the BP Scottish Youth Cup Semi's -18's for Huntly, still the furthest any Highland League team went. James was 14/15 and 4ft 0 knew then to look out for him as I couldn't catch the little bass lol

The goal against France still brings a smile to ma face thanks James McFadden

Legend. Absolute legend!!!! I put £5 on us to beat France in Paris and McFadden to score…100-1 x

Wow, I was at Goodison park for James McFaddens debut for Everton in a cup game and i have never seen a performance like it in an Everton shirt. It was like watching old footage of George Best the way he was beating players for fun. It was only against a lower league team but i remember saying to a friend of mine that if he could maintain that standard then he might well be better than 17 year old Wayne Rooney who was also at the club at that time. The next game we played Leeds Utd and although they were a struggling side they were still a PL standard side and James McFadden absolutely destroyed them. I think Everton beat them 4-0 and McFadden was involved in all 4 goals. I thought to myself wow. What have we signed here, we have a superstar. Im not sure what happened after that. I think perhaps he raised expectations so much that the Everton fans almost expected him to take on the entire opposition side on his own every single time he got the ball. Perhaps he put too much pressure on himself. Also for some reason Moyes kept playing Kevin Kilbane ahead of him. I think McFadden needed to play regularly to maintain the level of fitness and the form required to beat people with skill. Eventually he lost a bit of form and he would lose the ball, the crowd seemed to get a bit a frustraighted and you could feel it in the atmosphere, that there was a tension. James seemed to lose a lot of confidence over time and almost seemed to be trying too hard to impress and trying things that wernt coming off when he didnt need to and should have kept things simple to maintain possession. It was a real shame that he never quite hit the heights i expected and hoped for. I did notice that his confidence seemed to return when playing for Scotland and he would produce magic for them on a regular basis. One of my few criticisms of Moyes is i just dont think he got the best out of McFadden and i think he mismanaged him with his safety first defensive minded approach. I think with a Martin O'Neil type manager he would have flourished like Ashley Young did at Aston Villa.

Easily my favourite player of the last 35 years and my top 5 favourite goals of his!

That goal against France still gives me goose bumps.

Mighty Scotland Forever ♥️

Damn, what Scotland wouldn't do for a forward of his ability today.

Such a direct and dynamic player..Quiet for majority of games for scotland always working hard off the ball..but always looking for the chance ..It came he delivered Great striker

Come on you Scotland National team

Could have played for us, grand player.. nice lad and a good honest Journalist ....hope the Euros go well for ye. Greetings from Ireland.

Pity we didn't have more like him during that era

Legend! Fact! Some player and a humble. Gentleman indeed. Class

Should without question be given an honorary Hall of fame place.

McFadden only scores beauty's. No ugly goals. Tremendous player top talent

He was like that at Motherwell he dared to try the cheeky , unbelievable goals and how we enjoyed them,a one off player who had total class &skill Go On Faddy!!!

The hopes of a nation on that mans shoulders. Wow

Desde Argentina 💙💪

5 of the best was hard to pick. The man was never known for his tap ins.

Magic left peg!

the boy fae springburn dune good well dune bud

PICK IT OUT LANDREAU

Superb forward should have played every game

Great lad he used to come into my sisters house a lot in Balornock east cos she is friends with his cousins Great player had kick abouts with him on the red Ash pitch he would play a half each and get a load off goals each way Very proud off his sucsess he earned it,when his mates were getting MWI he was going to bed early to go to training Everything that has came to him he worked very hard for and if it wasn't for niggling injuries he could have taken his career further and played for a top end team like Manchester United or Manchester City

Leg end

Where is Archie Gemmil in this discussion. 1978. One of the best goals from the edge of the box since best or Villa

Disturbingly underrated

Best for last

All that and still not a single tournament qualified for. Fun times.

Back when Hampden had an atmosphere.

It's so sad to think that Hampden and every other football ground will never look like that again packed with all the fans as we will be continually bombarded with waves of covid-19