Scotland international footballers Billy Bremner, John Colquhoun, Duncan Ferguson, and brothers Gary and Steven Caldwell were born in Stirling.

The performances were boosted by loan additions such as Steven Doris, Craig Forsyth and ex Scotland International, Colin Cameron and the team got results when it mattered.

Rae was watched by several sides from England, Wales and Scotland and came very close to joining Football League Championship side Norwich City but instead on 23 June 2007 he joined Championship side Cardiff City along with fellow Scotsman Steven MacLean on a free transfer.

In Glasgow, Scotland, on 28 April 1980, for independent label Postcard, they recorded their next single, " I Need Two Heads ", with Steven Daly of Scottish band, Orange Juice, guesting on drums and Alex Fergusson producing.

Thompson has so far won sixteen caps for the Scotland national football team but there have been few spaces in the squad in which to win and he has therefore found himself a long way down the order with the form of players like James McFadden, Kenny Miller and Steven Fletcher.

On 22 September 2009, it was revealed that he was in talks with Scotland about replacing Steven Pressley as Scotland's third coach ; however, on 25 September 2009, it was revealed that he rejected the opportunity as he was holding out for a job at club level.

So, after 299 appearances and 60 goals, Steven left Everton in a £ 1. 5 million pound deal and went to Scotland.

Everton ended the season without a trophy – losing the FA Cup final to Liverpool again – and Steven wasn't called up for England until the end-of-season Rous Cup shindig against Scotland, which England won.

Steven Armstrong of Edinburgh, Scotland became Pfeiffer's first National Champion in 1995 winning the NAIA National Golf Championship at Bailey Ranch, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Glasgow's delegation was led by Louise Martin, chair of the Commonwealth Games Council for Scotland, First Minister Alex Salmond, athlete Jamie Quarry and Leader of Glasgow City Council Steven Purcell.

It is also a breeding ground for shinty players, including John " Slippy " Finlayson, who won the Camanachd Cup with Skye Camanachd in 1990 and Steven Morrison, Scotland Under-21 Captain.

During his time with the Jambos he established himself as a regular at the heart of defence playing alongside club captain Steven Pressley and also became a fixture in the Scotland national team.

Seen positively, Stephen stabilised the northern border with Scotland, contained Geoffrey's attacks on Normandy, was at peace with Louis VI, enjoyed good relations with the church and had the broad support of his barons.

* April 9 – The Treaty of Durham is signed between King Stephen of England and David I of Scotland.

* February 5 – Treaty of Durham: Stephen I of England concedes Cumberland to David I of Scotland.

Seen positively, Stephen stabilised the northern border with Scotland, contained Geoffrey's attacks on Normandy, was at peace with Louis VI, enjoyed good relations with the church and had the broad support of his barons.

Stephen secured his northern frontier by allowing David I of Scotland to occupy the Honour in 1141.

In Stephen Boardman ’ s The Early Stewart Kings, the younger Robert, then John, earl of Carrick, is shown to be an energetic ambitious man and fully engaged in the running of the country, at the centre of Anglo-Scottish diplomacy, and who became the pre-eminent magnate in Scotland and whose political importance south of the Forth would eclipse that of his father ’ s.

His ancestry is alleged to include eight saints: Vladimir the Great, Saint Anna of Russia, the Holy Martyrs Boris and Gleb, Saint Stephen of Hungary, Saint Margaret of Scotland and Saint Mathilde together with Saint Thomas More, Humbert III of Savoy and several European royal families.

Ludlow Castle is first referred to by chroniclers during a siege 1139 during the civil wars of the reign of King Stephen ; the king himself besieged the castle and rescued his ally Prince Henry of Scotland when the later was caught on a hook thrown by the garrison.

Stephen Fox recounts that Muir's father found the Church of Scotland insufficiently strict in faith and practice, leading to their emigration and joining a congregation of the Campbellite Restoration Movement, called the Disciples of Christ.

and Scotland striker James McFadden attended Turnbull High School ( the local Roman Catholic secondary school ), as did top Snooker player Stephen Maguire and former Celtic and Partick Thistle striker Gerry Britton, previously manager of Stranraer F. C.

* Thomas Stephen, History of the Church of Scotland from the Reformation to the Present Time ( 4 vols, 1843 )

* Scotland and Middlesbrough defender Stephen McManus

The area was named Banff in 1884 by George Stephen, president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, recalling his birthplace in Banffshire, Scotland.

St Stephen ’ s has exceptionally fine Victorian windows thought to be the best collection of Edward Burne-Jones stained glass in Scotland.

One claim is that the ' 99 ' was coined in Portobello, Scotland, in 1922, by the Arcari family, Rudi Arcari's father Stephen came up with the idea not long after opening the shop in 1922.

Other famous expository preachers include John Stott, Dick Lucas and Charles Spurgeon from England, William Still from Scotland, Phillip Jensen and David Cook from Australia, and Stephen F. Olford, and Fred Craddock from America.

* Manganiello Stephen C. The Concise Encyclopedia of the Revolutions and Wars of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1639 – 1660, Scarecrow Press, 2004, ISBN 0-8108-5100-8

In the Euro 2012 qualifiers, Liechtenstein were narrowly beaten 2 – 1 by Scotland in Hampden Park thanks to a goal by Stephen McManus in the seventh minute of additional time.

Stephen Maguire ( born 13 March 1981 in Glasgow, Scotland ) is a Scottish professional snooker player.

McCullough performed at concerts in Northern Ireland and Scotland, playing with a backing band ( featuring Stephen Quinn on drums and Sean McCarron on saxophone ).

In January, 2009, Othere fra Hålogaland was portrayed by Stephen John Mouat in the Lerwick Up-Helly-Aa, a fire festival in Shetland, Scotland.

Similarly, Jourdain Fantosme, who was in the north of England in 1174, wrote an account of the wars between Henry II., his sons, William the Lion of Scotland and Louis VII., in 1173 and 1174 ( Chronicle of the reigns of Stephen ...

Stephen " Steve " Nicol ( born 11 December 1961 in Irvine, Scotland ) is a Scottish former professional footballer.

Upon his hearing of Maxwell's death, Scottish First Minister and SNP leader Alex Salmond said, " During Stephen ’ s long career he made an immense contribution to the national movement in Scotland, and was a key figure in the development of the modern SNP.

After the battle many highland traditions were banned and the Highlands of Scotland were cleared of inhabitants.

The Act of Settlement provided that the throne would pass to the Electress Sophia of Hanover – a granddaughter of James VI of Scotland and I of England, niece of Charles I of Scotland and England – and her Protestant descendants who had not married a Roman Catholic ; those who were Roman Catholic, and those who married a Roman Catholic, were barred from ascending the throne " for ever ".

The most troublesome enemies of Roman Britain were the Picts of central and northern Scotland, and the Gaels known as Scoti, who were raiders from Ireland.

On the 1930 tour a delegation led by the Irish lock George Beamish expressed their displeasure at the fact that whilst the blue of Scotland, white of England and red of Wales were represented in the strip there was no green for Ireland.

Summer holidays were spent in Scotland and in the English Lake District where Beatrix developed a love of the natural world which was the subject of her painting from an early age.

This helped the new Kingdom of Great Britain – England and Scotland were formally united in 1707 – to become powerful.

Stories of banshees were also prevalent in the West Highlands of Scotland.

While the crew spent six weeks shooting on location in Scotland, the major battle scenes were shot in the Republic of Ireland using members of the Irish Army Reserve as extras.

Graphics and titles were developed by the Lambie-Nairn design agency and were gradually rolled out across the whole of BBC News, including a similar design for regional news starting with Newsroom South East and the three BBC Nations – Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The areas of Lochnagar and Ballochbuie were designated in 1998 by the Secretary of State for Scotland as Special Protection Areas ( SPA ) under the European Union ( EU ) Birds Directive.

Yet there is now little doubt that the hollow-walled broch tower was purely an invention from what is now Scotland, or that even the kinds of pottery found inside them that most resembled south British styles were local hybrid forms.

After 1745 recruits were increasingly drawn from Scotland ; by the mid-1760s between one fifth and one third of officers were from Scotland.

Following the Wars of the Three Kingdoms ( including the English Civil War ), the Church of Scotland was re-established on a presbyterian basis but by the Act of Comprehension 1690, the rump of Episcopalians were allowed to hold onto their benefices.

Outside of America, the first deliberate attempts to create a " Pan-Celtic music " were made by the Breton Taldir Jaffrennou, having translated songs from Ireland, Scotland, and Wales into Breton between the two world wars.

Between August 1945 and December 1951, 1, 016, 349 new homes were completed in England, Scotland, and Wales.

Columba's relics were finally removed in AD 849 and divided between Scotland and Ireland.