Scotland appearance left him the butt of good-natured jokes from pal Walter Smith. Ferguson grabbed 10 goals in seven games on a 1967 world tour that took in Israel, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Australia and Canada.
While big names from Rangers, Celtic and Leeds were omitted because of European commitments, Ferguson was one of several players involved who had been picked in previous squads.
The games were to be Ferguson's only minutes in a Scotland shirt and when he visited the Middle East for a friendly years later, a comment relating to the games was to leave Smith with some brilliant ammunition to tease his old chum.
He told The Daily Mail : "I was Scotland manager in 1986 when we went to Israel to play a friendly. "The courier on the coach.
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