The playing of national anthems before international football matches is a time-honoured a tradition. For a final time before the kick-off and the ushering in of the blood, sweat, tears and passion, ...

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For many flag-waving Scots the song “Flower of Scotland” is the country’s national anthem but, officially speaking, this is not true. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can ...

SCOTLAND's footballers could be heading to Qatar later this year while the national rugby team will also be in action at World Cup. And Flower of Scotland will ring out every time our players in both ...

FORMER SCOTLAND coach Jim Telfer has called for the anthem Flower of Scotland to be axed. Telfer, 82, believes that the song should be abandoned because of its anti-English connotations. The anthem ...