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The penalty awarded to Scotland when the ball hit Joe Jordan's arm in a World Cup qualifier against Wales in 1977 still stings, it seems.

Celtic went into the 1971 Scottish League Cup final against Partick Thistle having reached the final of the European Cup the season before.

Celtic went into the 1971 Scottish League Cup final against Partick Thistle having reached the final of the European Cup the season before.

Roughie visits care home residents ahead of England clash Alan Rough discussed his football career with the care home residents (handout/PA) Scottish football legend Alan Rough has met with care home residents in Glasgow ahead of the country’s Euro 2020 clash against England. The former Scotland goalkeeper, who played in two World Cups and has 53 caps, joined football fans at Renaissance Care’s Croftbank House Care Home to discuss the Czech defeat and their hopes for the crunch match on Fr...

Updated: May 24, 2021, 12:06 pm © Shutterstock Graeme Souness and Alex Ferguson would go toe-to-toe at the Mexico World Cup. Sign up for our newsletter and let our nostalgia team take you on a trip back in time Thank you for signing up to our Nostalgia newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up It was the tournament where Scotland arrived and departed with barely a whimper: the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, which marked a bruising encounter between two of the giant f...

Media release: BBC Scotland announces Euros programming across TV, radio, online and social BBC Scotland has unveiled a multi-platform line-up of content to support our ‘boys in blue’, as they head to their first major football tournament in 23 years. It’s been more than two decades since Scotland’s men last qualified for an international football tournament, so BBC Scotland will be joining the Tartan Army by making the most of next month’s Euro Championships with specially-commission...

Don Masson was a Scotland hero in the 1976 Home International Championship, best remembered for Kenny Dalglish's goal against England.

ARIST Norman Kirkham, who has died aged 84, was a kenspeckle figure in Scottish art circles. A past President of Glasgow Art Club and Honorary Secretary of the Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Art (RGI), he exhibited worldwide, and his work is held in numerous collections, including those of the Duke of Edinburgh, The Royal Academy, the Royal Scottish Academy and Glasgow Museums. Respected by fellow artists as a skilled painter, his sense of mischief and uncompromising approach to his craf...

letters Pictured is Luke McBlain with People Make Glasgow Nextbikes on Clyde Street, Glasgow. He is appealing for an extension to a scheme introduced last June. The People Make Glasgow bikes were free for the first 30 mins, but the free scheme is coming to an I HAVE, many times, mentioned funeral workers at every level together with all who have had no choice but to continue vital works during Covid (‘Our work is unrecognised but vital’: Inside a funeral home dealing with a year of corona...

© DCT Media Joe Harper remains a legend at Pittodrie although he famously did not see eye to eye with Alex Ferguson. Joe Harper has never been a man for taking the conventional route – even when it led him into scrapes and confrontations. On his international debut, against Denmark in 1972, he was originally listed as a substitute by Tommy Docherty who added that he wouldn’t be leaving the bench. But then, after being told to get ready to take the field with 30 minutes left, he realised th...