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The Scottish Football Museum operates a hall of fame which is open to players and managers involved in Scottish football. This means that membership is not restricted to people who have played for Scotland; inductees include Brian Laudrup and Henrik Larsson, as well as John McGovern who never played in Scotland or gained an international cap. [155]
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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.
The Scotland national football team is the joint-oldest international football team, having played in the first official international match, a goalless draw on 30 November 1872 against England. [1] Since then, the team has established a long-standing rivalry with England , particularly in the annual British Home Championship , which Scotland ...
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. This is a list of Scottish football (soccer) families. Families included on the list must have at least, one member of the family is capped by a national team on the senior level or an important person in the game of football (e.g., notable ...
The Spartans Football Club are a Scottish football club based in Edinburgh. They were formed in 1951 by ex-players of Edinburgh University and the original intention was the team would be exclusively graduates of the university. However, the club is now open to players of any background.
Kilmarnock were also permitted to retain his playing registration, effectively ending his professional career as a player. At Celtic, his team grew a reputation for playing attractive and attacking football and they won the Scottish Cup in 1995; [8] [9] but Celtic proved unable to break the domination of Old Firm rivals Rangers.
The roots of Scottish rugby go back a long way. Many ball games played in Scotland, and referred to as "football" were frequently as similar to rugby as they were to soccer. The Scottish Football Union (SFU) was founded in 1873 and was a founding member of the International Rugby Board in 1886 with Ireland and Wales. (England joined in 1890).