Scotland
How can a match where you can barely see the action, in which the identity of the goalscorer is shrouded in mystery and your life is at risk with every surge of the Hampden crowd be the one that lives longest in the memory? Kevin McCarra explains…
Read MoreThis is the life – watching Scotland in the opening match of a World Cup against Brazil. What could possibly go wrong for Amy Macdonald?…
Read MoreFollowing Scotland at the 1982 World Cup in Spain provides Graham McColl with rich memories of Spain, the Tartan Army and another near miss on the big stage…
Read More1967 and all that. Ron Scott joins the exodus to Wembley and comes back with no sleep, a winning bet and memories he will never lose…
Read MoreA cheeky wink to the camera and, later, a calmly slotted penalty made Scotland’s 2-1 loss to Brazil in the opening game of World Cup 98 the most cherished moment of John Collins’ career…
Read MoreDougie Donnelly has seen and done it all – Opens, Grand Slams – but Scotland v France at World Cup 1998 proved the most emotional and uplifting experience of his career…
Read MoreWho needs Maradona when you have King Kenny? Jon Fratelli recalls marvelling at “the greatest player our country has ever produced” on the night Kenny Dalglish won 100 Scotland caps…
Read MoreA 400-mile trek to Wembley in a battered Austin A40 … madness, right? Well, not if a 3-2 victory over the Auld Enemy and some Jim Baxter ball-juggling lies in wait. Brian Scott’s memory is still fired by that famous victory over England in 1967…
Read More50-years of highs and lows…then Faddy belts it from miles out…
Read MoreGeorge Greig and his three friends endure freezing temperatures and thick fog to watch Scotland play England at Wembley…
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