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Despite being proud Scots and phenomenal footballers, neither Gerry nor Joe Baker would ever represent their nation at international level
This feature is a part of RETEUROSPECTIVE It felt like it was never going to arrive. From the moment the two protagonists of international football’s oldest fixture were drawn in the same…
Through the history of football, some kits are associated with disaster. From inadvertent swastikas to one-off disasters, this is the story of eight
Gretna are an example of what can happen when a team overextends its ambition. Without the fans and history, what is left when the money disappears?
Few men were better humans and fewer still were better footballers than Celtic legend Tommy Burns – the ultimate local lad who made it big
Paul McStay was emblematic of Celtic’s resurgence in the 1980s and 90s. A world-class passer, few have won greater acclaim from the Hoops faithful
Billy Liddell’s journey from Dunfermline to Liverpool in 1938 saw him become a generational player, a visionary in the game and a gentleman footballer
For a country of over five million, 780,000 played the game at some level. It’s a clear sign of the role football plays in the lives of Scottish people
A View From The Terrace embraces and promotes everything good about the game, making it football’s most genuine and insightful TV programme
Between winning the Barcelona Cup in 1922, a ground-breaking tour of Spain and Ronaldinho, St Mirren and Barcelona have a lot in common
A remarkable feat, even in the days of big scores, when two Aberdeen clubs travelled to Dundee for games, few could’ve predicted the 73 goals scored
“Andy Who?” were the headlines that greeted the appointment of Scotland’s new national team manager in the summer of 1986
A former Swedish Footballer of the Year and European Cup finalist, Robert Prytz would end his career in the modest world of the Scottish non-league
From Kris Boys and Leigh Griffiths to Michael Higdon and Liam Boyce, a familiar trend has emerged in the careers of Scottish football’s top scorers
Once a major player on the Glasgow football scene, one man’s greed would trump all before him as Third Lanark would dive into despair
Buoyed by a movement of unparalleled ferocity and size, Hands off Hibs would undertake one of Scottish football’s most remarkable feats
While a victory that declared them unofficial champions of the world, Scotland’s win against England in 1967 should have resulted in so much more