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The game started to become popular in Scotland following the development in London in 1863 of the first ever rules of association football, established by The Football Association. Scottish football clubs started to be formed towards the end of the 1860s and 1870s, [1] notably Queen's Park who were early pioneers of the game throughout the UK.
In the late 1880s, significant number of Scottish players participated in English football teams. Payments to players had been made legal in England in 1885 and professional footballers were paid decent salaries, which attracted many Scottish players southwards to ply their trade in England. [11]
Association football is one of the national sports of Scotland [1] and the most popular sport in the country. [2] There is a long tradition of "football" games in Orkney, Lewis and southern Scotland, especially the Scottish Borders, although many of these include carrying the ball and passing by hand, and despite bearing the name "football" bear little resemblance to association football.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 January 2025. Football league List of Scottish football champions The trophies awarded to the Scottish champions prior to 1998 (top) and subsequently (bottom) Founded 1890 (Scottish Football League) 1998 (Scottish Premier League) 2013 (Scottish Premiership) Number of clubs 12 Current champions Celtic ...
The Scottish Football League remained the highest division of the Scottish football league system until 1998, when the Scottish Premier League was founded. The Scottish Football League also added a second major cup competition in 1946, when it founded the League Cup, invititation to which is restricted to the 42 members of the league.
Timeline of Scottish football; 0–9. 1875–76 Edinburgh Football Association Cup; A. ... List of Scottish football clubs in the FA Cup; Foot-Ball Club; Football Act ...
A Scottish football league system was first instituted in 1890, with the creation of the Scottish Football League. A second national cup competition, the Scottish League Cup, was created in the 1946–47 season. This page details the team and individual records set in these competitions.
The match itself is considered one of the worst results in the history of the national team. In 2015, Scotland manager Gordon Strachan referenced the match when talking about creating change in Scottish football: "Funnily enough, I felt that when Scotland got beat 5-0 by Portugal and Ally McCoist broke his leg. There was an outcry about the ...