Fallen Idols

In the early part of the 20th century the footballing public in what was then the Austo-Hungarian Monarchy held British football in reverential regard.
Willy Meisl wrote of the influence of the touring teams of the 1900s , tours which  his visionary brother Hugo was instrumental in arranging.
Any British team would be enthusiastically greeted, and many ex pros from the British Isles secured coaching positions in central Europe.

The events of the summer of 1929 showed to what extent that idealised view had soured.
Newcastle United had finished 10th in Division 1, Huddersfield Town 16th. 
As reported in the Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer (03.06.29) Huddersfield Town returned from their tour complaining of bad refereeing and hard grounds. The argument was that it was impossible to play with any style against the kick and rush tactics that the continental teams had employed. A club spokesman complained that having lost the opening game of the tour Town were asked to accept reduced fees for the subsequent games (they refused).

                    Turner (Huddersfield Town) punches in the match with Ferencváros

Whereas Huddersfield Town returned to England with something of a sour taste in their mouths, Newcastle United found themselves embroiled in an international controversy which the Football Association took 4 months to resolve.
In terms of results the tour got off to a positive start- a 1-0 win over Ambrosiana in Milan. It was, however, an inauspicious curtain raiser. Newcastle complained that the ball was much smaller than the standard size and there was some refereeing controversy -Tommy Lang was dismissed after being bitten by an opponent. The players were harassed by a stone throwing crowd as they left the pitch, and these assaults continued on the team bus and even at the airport.
Following a defeat against WAC the Neues Weiner Journal wrote: 10,000 people were deceived of their money. We need no more games with English teams. That is the net result of the game with Newcastle and of most displays given by English teams in Vienna since the war.
In Bratislava Newcastle suffered the indignity of an 8-1 thrashing at the hands of a Slovakian select team, but it was in Budapest that things really got bad. Newcastle faced MTK (reported elsewhere as being a Hungary Select XI). Following the game, which United, reduced to 9 men, were beaten 4-1, the Hungarian press levelled a number of allegations at the tourists. The Newcastle players, they wrote, didn't exert themselves, and adopted rough tactics. It was even claimed that some of the players were drunk during the match. The Hungarian FA withheld Newcastle's share of the gate money (£165) - they sent it to the Football Association, requesting an investigation into the conduct of the Newcastle players The club strenuously denied the allegations. They countered that the refereeing had been extraordinarily bad- at Budapest the referee had operated from the touchline, a fact that did not prevent him from playing a goal-making pass to a Hungarian forward!
Newcastle also put the matter into the hands of the Football Association.  Meanwhile, according to The Yorkshire Evening Post (04.06.29) the Hungarian press were circulating reports calculated to undermine British prestige. These included the opinion that English players on tour:...travel about pompously, earn  high rewards for their play,and behave as if they were missionaries  from the home of football culture who were condescending to honour inferior Colonials with their visit.
The controversy became an issue of discussion by the Hungarian FA and the Football Association. A representative of the Hungarian governing body attended an enquiry held in October 1929.
The FA concluded that the Hungarians had been justified in trying to cancel the contract on the basis of substandard performances by United,  but that the match having being played, they could not withhold the money.The FA were also satisfied that the refereeing had been substandard.

Gallacher

The FA did not comment on the dismissal of Gallacher and Maitland . The referee, Gabriel Boronkay, wrote in his report to the Hungarian FA:

In the 26th minute of the second half-time, I was compelled to send off the field the English (sic) player named Maitland, on account of his having boxed his adversary (Hirzer). In the 28th minute I had to give marching orders to the English (sic) player Gallacher because of his rough foul against Borsanyi. I beg to remark that in this moment I was standing quite close to the player and I am convinced that he was tipsy, and as I heard, he drunk much cognac between the two half-times.

Hugh Gallacher offered this explanation:

It was a boiling hot day so we rinsed our mouths out with a drop of scotch and water.

15.05.29	SC Admira	3	0	Huddersfield Town	Vienna
19.05.29	MTK	4	2	Huddersfield Town	Budapest
20.05.29	Ferencváros	1	1	Huddersfield Town	Budapest
??.05.29	Sparta Prague	3	2	Huddersfield Town	Prague
26.05.29	Leipzig Select	5	3	Huddersfield Town	Leipzig

19.05.29	Ambrosiana	0	1	Newcastle United	Milan
23.05.29	WAC	2	0	Newcastle United	Vienna
26.05.29	Slovakia Select	8	1	Newcastle United	Bratislava
28.05.29	Slavia Prague	1	1	Newcastle United	Prague
30.05.29	MTK*	4	1	Newcastle United	Budapest

* some sources have Hungary XI- but contemporary press reports refer to 'The Hungaria Club' ie. MTK (Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre Budapest Futball Club)

Anglos

For the first international, in 1872, Scotland (in the person of their selector, goalkeeper and captain,  Robert Gardner) had wanted to call on the services of Arthur Kinnaird (the Scottish laird was, at the time, playing for the London based Wanderers) and Henry Waugh Renny-Tailyour (Royal Engineers). With neither man being available for the match at  Hamilton Crescent Scotland fielded 11 players from the Queen's Park club.
When the 2 countries met at The Oval the following March the Scotland XI included Kinnaird, Renny-Tailyour and Blackburn (also of the Royal Engineers).
Scotland played another 56 internationals before they next selected a player from an English club.
The reasons for this are twofold.
Firstly the quality of Scottish football. With home based players the Scots dominated the international matches that were played up until 1885 (w 9 d 3 l 2). Secondly the fact that In 1885 professionalism was legalised in English football. The Scottish stance on professionalism was strict to the degree that players who had played with or against  professionals were liable to be banned.  Renton were expelled from the League for having played a friendly against a professional team, and the Scotland England international fixture itself was in jeopardy as the Scottish FA could not stomach  the notion of playing against an England XI that contained professionals. During the late 1870s of course Scottish players had began to drift south, and, with the arrival of open professionalism , large numbers of Scottish players joined English clubs.
In the early days of covert professionalism the Scottish FA had simply overlooked the players who had moved to England- the likes of  Nick Ross, Fergus Suter  et al were good players, but they did not represent a serious depletion of Scottish resources. With the advent of professionalism it was assumed that any Scotsman moving to England and playing football must be a professional, and even if they weren't then they certainly played with and against professionals. The Scottish FA therefore extended a blanket ban to all players engaged with English clubs. 
The results from the era when England permitted professionalism and Scotland remained amateur reveal a shift in power. From 1886- 1893 Scotland beat England twice, with 2 draws and 4 defeats.
In 1893 the Scottish FA finally allowed professionalism to be practiced openly.  Professionals engaged with English clubs were now selected to represent Scotland. So, after  23 years, Scotland looked south again.
The team that beat England 2-1 at Celtic Park on April 4th 1896 included Ned Doig (Sunderland), Thomas Brandon (Blackburn Rovers), James Cowan (Aston Villa ), Tommy Hyslop (Stoke) and Jack Bell (Everton).

James Cowan (Aston Villa , 3 caps 1896-98)

 Hughie Gallacher (Newcastle United, Chelsea, Derby County, 20 caps, 1925-35)

 Alex Jackson (Huddersfield Town, 17 caps, 1925-30)

James McMullan ( Manchester City, 16 caps, 1920-29)

During the next 40 years players with English clubs were consistently selected by the Scottish FA.

Season	Players selected	English based	%
1896-97	29	3	10.34	English based players v England only
1897-98	28	4	14.28
1898-99	17	3	17.64
1899-1900	22	1	4.54
1900-01	19	2	10.52
1901-02*	23	7	30.43
1902-03**	24	6	25
1903-04	26	8	30.76	English based players v England only
1904-05	25	9	36
1905-06	25	8	32
1906-07	24	10	41.66
1907-08	24	7	29.16
1908-09	25	8	32
1909-10	21	4	19
1910-11	18	9	50
1911-12	19	9	47.36
1912-13	21	7	33.33
1913-14	18	5	27.77
1919-20	20	6	30
1920-21	19	7*	36.84	*Including Cardiff City
1921-22	24	9*	37.5
1922-23	18	5*	27.77
1923-24	25	7*	28	*Including Cardiff City & Llanelly
1924-25	14	1*	7.14	*Cardiff City
1925-26	21	7*	33.33	* Hugh Gallacher capped from both Airdrieonians  and Newcastle Utd
1926-27	21	4	19
1927-28	22	10*	45.45	*Including Cardiff City
1928-29	28	5	17.85
1929-30	26	7*	26.92	*Including Cardiff City
1930-31	32	2	6.25	No English based players in BHC
1931-32	26	1	3.84
1932-33	25	4	16
1933-34	34	12	35.29
1934-35	21	6	28.57
1935-36	16	4	25
1936-37	23	11	47.82

* Includes the abandoned Ibrox Disaster match.

** Includes the relief fund match v Ireland in August 02