Not since Argentina 1978 have Scotland and Adidas teamed up to produce a playing kit, the Tartan Army should hope that it signals a return to former glories. The iconic “Three stripes” was last worn on international duty by such players as Kenny Dalglish, Joe Jordan and Denis Law lets hope that our current crop [...]
Bipolar Scotland and Men’s Health Forum Scotland are hosting a one-day conference on Men and Depression, Thursday 9 December 2010. The event will be held at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Argyle Street, Glasgow from 09:30hrs – 15:30hrs. The conference aims to raise awareness of issues around men and depression. Who should attend? The conference is [...]
Scotland recorded their first friendly victory at Hampden Park for over 14 years with a 1-0 victory over future Group I opponents the Czech Republic. Scott Brown slotted home from a Barry Robson header in 62 minutes and it was enough to record a rare friendly victory for Scotland. Earlier Vaclav Sverkos had several shots [...]
A few years ago I visited Cathkin Park and took some photos but then thought I’d lost them; although recently when changing computers I found these so thought I’d post. As it’s Wikipedia article states “The park contains the site of the first Hampden Park (now the Hampden Bowling Club), whilst the second Hampden Park (New [...]
Was having my weekly gander at the East Lothian Courier to see which of my erstwhile school mates were making an appearance in the courts pages when I came across another argument for summer football: Davie McGlynn, manager of Superleague outfit Musselburgh Athletic, said a combination of dreadful winter weather, the economic downturn and cutbacks [...]
A target to halt the rise in the number of patients taking antidepressants in Scotland has been dropped. Despite the Scottish Government goal, the number of pills given out by doctors has continued to increase.More than four million were prescribed in Scotland during 2008/09, an increase of 178,650 from the previous financial year. The target [...]
Players from Scotland who have so far entered this month’s Asian Tour Qualifying School are:Stephen Clark (Stage 1, Imperial Lakeview)Sandy Mitchell (Stage 1, Springfield Royal Country Club)Clarke Lutton (Stage 1, Majestic Creek Golf Club)Lee Harper (Stage 1, Majestic Creek GC)Simon Dunn and Ross Bain (Final Stage) FROM THE ASIAN TOUR The Q School has attracted [...]
The Scottish Government is developing a Technologies for Learning Strategy. The aim being to: “Embed the transformational potential of technologies for learning in a proactive, integrated and sustainable manner for the benefit of Scotland’s learners and Scotland’s economic growth”. Sanjin Kaharevic (Scottish Government) will be leading on this initiative with support and advice from Ollie [...]
While the great and good of International battle for the World Cup in South Africa this summer the lesser talented nations will look on green with envy. Unfortunately, yet again Scotland have failed to reach the pinnacle of International football, the recent qualification campaign was a mixed bag of disaster, farce, ineptitude and depression. Eventually, [...]
Scotland have release the away kit to be worn for the coming European qualification campaign under the banner; “Be Stronger, Be Scotland”. Scotland’s James McFadden The shirt will be yellow with blue Adidas tri-stripes on the arms. The national crest is emblazoned, large upon the chest in a darker shade of yellow and a smaller [...]