International Career
McAvennie was called into the Scotland national team late 1985 for the World Cup qualifying play-off with Australia at Hampden Park on 20 November. McAvennie scored on his debut in a 2–0 win.
He was subsequently called up to the Scotland national team for the 1986 World Cup, under interim national coach Alex Ferguson following the death of Jock Stein on 10 September 1985. In total he won five caps for Scotland, the last against Saudi Arabia in February 1988 in a 2-2 draw in Riyadh.
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