The Anthem
Flower of Scotland
โถ Listen on YouTube โโO Flower of Scotland, when will we see your like again?โ
Not an official state anthem but adopted by fans and the football team โ a defiant 20th-century folk song.
The Legends
Names that echo
Kenny Dalglish
Forward ยท 1970sโ80s
'King Kenny'; Liverpool and Celtic legend, a record-holder in caps and goals.
Denis Law
Forward ยท 1960sโ70s
Manchester United great and a 1964 Ballon d'Or winner.
Graeme Souness
Midfielder ยท 1970sโ80s
Iron-willed midfield general of Liverpool's European dynasty.
Fun Facts
Worth knowing
- 01
Scotland played in the world's first-ever international football match โ a 0-0 draw with England in 1872.
- 02
Hampden Park's wall of noise, the 'Hampden Roar', is part of football folklore.
- 03
The travelling 'Tartan Army' is famed less for results than for being the most cheerfully well-behaved fans in the game.
At the World Cup
The story so far
One of football's founding nations, Scotland has the bittersweet distinction of reaching eight World Cups without ever escaping the group stage โ often by the cruelest of margins.
Archie Gemmill's wonder goal
His slaloming strike against the Netherlands is one of the most beautiful goals in World Cup history โ even in a campaign that ended in heartbreak.
Unbeaten yet eliminated
Scotland went home without losing a game, edged out only on goal difference.
Group Stage