Sports in Scotland, Scottish Sports, Culture

Sport Activities in Scotland

The national football team of Scotland has played international football longer than any other nation in the world along with England. Scotland competed against England in the world's first international football match at the West of Scotland Cricket Club, Patrick, in 1872; the match ended 0-0. More...

Scotland has over six thousand lochs, ranging from small hill lochs offering wild brown trout fishing to some of the largest freshwater bodies in the UK with perch, artic char, ferrox trout, sea trout, brown trout, grayling, pike, salmon and chubb. More...

Scotland has over 540 golf courses to choose from including world famous championship golf courses such as The Old Course St Andrews, Royal Troon, Carnoustie, Muirfield, Turnberry and Gleneagles. There are also the world-renowned historic Golf Clubs, such as Blairgowrie Rosemount, Cruden Bay, Southerness, Royal Musselburgh, Western Gailes, Tain and Ladybank. New Scottish golf courses such as Kingsbarns, St Andrews Bay Torrance and Devlin courses and The Roxburghe in the Scottish Borders that are firmly part of the 'must play' circuit. And many more classic links, parkland and heathland golf courses that welcome visiting golfers everyday of the year. More...

Alex Cameron was the monster of sports journalism. Alex was the chief sport editor and the chief sports writer of the daily Record as well as for the Scottish Daily Mail. He covered numerous sports events, such as seven World Cup Finals, seven Olympic Games, four athletic championships, seven Commonwealth Games, and two world boxing championships. He was loved by his colleagues and co-workers who called him "Candid" or "Chiefy". The warmth of Alex's affection was revealed at his funeral in 2003 which was attended by hundreds. More...