When the Admirals were forced to schedule their last home game of the 2000 season against the Claymores away from the ArenA as Euro 2000 preparations were finalized, they made a return to the Olympisch Stadion in what turned out to be one of the most unusual games in American football history.

In 1996, Hastings made an initially controversial decision to accept an invitation to switch to American football as a kicker with the Scottish Claymores of the WLAF.

* 17 Paul McCallum-Kicker also played for the Claymores.

The Scottish Claymores, one of the 3 teams added to the league in 1995, were also discontinued with their replacements, the Hamburg Sea Devils, being established for the 2005 season.

Among the notable national players included Scott McCready, an English wide receiver who played some preseason games for the New England Patriots, the Claymores ' wide receiver Scott Couper, who played a pre-season game for the Chicago Bears, Constantin Ritzmann, a German defensive end who had played for the University of Tennessee, and Rob Hart, an English rugby player who became a placekicker ; he kicked barefoot.

In week 1 of the 2003 season, the Claymores defeated the Berlin Thunder 62-31-the highest scoring game in NFL Europe history-but in 2004 their home opener was a 3-0 defeat at the hands of the Amsterdam Admirals, tying the record for the league's lowest-scoring game.

Off the field, it was a troubled season for Scotland in the now rebranded NFL Europe League, where leaked information that a third German team was to be founded to add to the already successful Fire and Galaxy sparked concerns the Claymores may be closed down: eventually however, it would be the England Monarchs who would be replaced by the Berlin Thunder, ending the Battle of Britain rivalry series tied at 4-4.

It was also during the 1998 season the Claymores played at Hampden Park in Glasgow for the first time, a week 8 loss to the Galaxy ( originally, the Glasgow game was scheduled to be the week 10 visit of the Amsterdam Admirals at Firhill Stadium ).

Yo Murphy returned to the Claymores with four touchdown catches ( and an 89-yard kickoff return for a touchdown ) but the leading wide receiver was Donald Sellers, who totalled 931 receiving yards for seven touchdowns.

Although the Claymores finished the 1999 season with a losing record, there would still be a historical moment: Craig would throw for 611 yards in the road victory in Frankfurt, a record passing total in professional American football.

The 2000 Claymores were fronted primarily by Kevin Daft ; a 32-year-old Siran Stacy was on the roster for 2000 but had very little playing time.

For 2003, Craig Nall was recruited from the Green Bay Packers to play at quarterback ; Scott McCready was one of few players to return for a second Claymores season.

Despite closing, the Scottish Claymores identity is being maintained to induct players to their Hall of Fame, and as a means for promoting amateur American football in Scotland.

The team itself has played for five World Bowl championships throughout its history, winning in 1998 ( over the Frankfurt Galaxy ) and 2000 ( over the Scottish Claymores ).

Murrayfield has played host to American football and was one of two home venues for the now defunct Scottish Claymores in the NFL Europa between 1995 and 2004, the other being Hampden Park in Glasgow.

One highlight of his professional career was winning the MVP award in World Bowl 2000 while playing for Rhein Fire in NFL Europa, the Fire winning by 13 – 10 over the Scottish Claymores.

He also played in 10 games for the Scottish Claymores of NFL Europe in 2002.

Claymores wide receiver Yo Murphy was voted MVP for his 163 receiving yards and three touchdowns.

38, 982 fans were in attendance that day, the highest in Claymores history and the largest crowd ever assembled for an American football game in Scotland.

However, the Galaxy would respond to the Claymores challenge, by having an 11-play, 80-yard drive that ended with Jay Kearney running 16 yards on a reverse play for a touchdown.

Hicks has also played for the San Francisco 49ers, Scottish Claymores and Minnesota Vikings.

Stafford also played for the Tallahassee Thunder of af2, and the Scottish Claymores in NFL Europe.

Nall also started for the Scottish Claymores of NFL Europe in 2003 and was the league's leading passer.

Their World Bowl-winning season of 1996 was the league's first worst-to-first turnaround: having finished 1995 with a 2-8 record and no wins at home, the 1996 Claymores went 7-3 in the regular season and won all their home games.

Starting 1996 where they had left off 1995, the Claymores opened with an overtime victory over the London Monarchs, followed up with home wins against the Barcelona Dragons ( 23-13 ) and the Amsterdam Admirals ( 21-14 ).

It was that play and that rule that preserved the Claymores lead, giving them their 1996 World Bowl title.

Despite defeat away to Rhein the 3-1 start propelled the Claymores into a mid-season showdown with the unbeaten Frankfurt Galaxy on May 11, where under WLAF rules the winner would advance to the World Bowl as hosts.

Rutigliano would go on to be an assistant coach under Jack Bicknell with the Barcelona Dragons and Scottish Claymores, both of NFL Europe.

However dwindling interest – even with the advent of a new " local " rivalry with the Edinburgh based Scottish Claymores – forced the team to shift its home ground to White Hart Lane, home of Tottenham Hotspur F. C., when the league resumed play in 1995, and that year average attendance fell to 16, 343.

The announcement at the end of the 1998 season that the league would add a new team, the Berlin Thunder, led to weeks of speculation that either one of the existing teams would be shut down, or that the Monarchs and Claymores would be amalgamated into a single British team.

The Admirals were one of three new teams, the others being the Scottish Claymores based in Edinburgh and the Rhein Fire based in Düsseldorf, Germany, to join the old World League's European Division teams: the Barcelona Dragons, the Frankfurt Galaxy, and the London Monarchs.

Hastings ' brief spell in his new code was a poor one, even though the Claymores won that year's World Bowl at the home of Scottish Rugby, Murrayfield Stadium.

The Claymores ' first roster included five players sent to the club from the NFL, including quarterbacks Matt Blundin from the Kansas City Chiefs and Lee Williamson from the Houston Oilers ; as with all World League teams, it included 7 " national " players, including wide-receiver Scott Couper.

His professional career has included CFL stops at Saskatchewan as well as Edmonton and Calgary, a stint in NFL Europe with the Scottish Claymores, and a season with the XFL's Memphis Maniax.

) Coached by former Boise State and Scottish Claymores head coach Jim Criner, the Outlaws competed in the XFL's only season, held in the spring of 2001.

The Claymores were assigned former Arena Football League coach Lary Kuharich to be their first head coach, but just days before their first game against Rhein, Kuharich was dismissed and replaced by former Boise State head coach Jim Criner.

The Scottish Claymores were an American football team from Scotland.

For the first time in the game, the Galaxy led the Claymores, but Scotland refused to enter halftime trailing.

This time he was hired as the punter / placekicker for the Scottish Claymores of the World League, and was with the team when they won World Bowl ' 96.

In American football, the Scottish Claymores played WLAF / NFL Europe games at Murrayfield, including their World Bowl 96 victory.

Also, the Scottish Claymores would divide their schedule between Edinburgh and Glasgow.

* World Bowl 96 – The Scottish Claymores won 32-27 over the Frankfurt Galaxy.

In ten seasons of NFL Europe play, the Claymores reached the World Bowl on two occasions, with victory in World Bowl IV but defeat in World Bowl VIII.

The Claymores experienced several notable swings in fortune during their ten years.

The Claymores played their first-ever game in Edinburgh on April 9, 1995, a 19-17 loss to the Rhein Fire ( Coincidentally, the Claymores ' three worst seasons ( 1995, 1998 and 2004: all 2-8 ) would all begin in the same way: with the Claymores falling to week 1 defeat on a missed field goal.

The Claymores finished bottom of the six-team division with its 2-8 record.

The Claymores ran out the regular season with a 7-3 record to top the division.

On June 23, the Claymores again faced the Galaxy in World Bowl 96 at Murrayfield.

Two more straight wins improved World Bowl prospects, but a narrow 10-9 defeat to the Monarchs in the penultimate week left the Claymores needing a victory in Barcelona against the Dragons-however, they were trounced 46-18 and finished the season 5-5, surrendering the second World Bowl spot to Barcelona in the process.

Jim Criner led his team into the opening game in Barcelona, where kicker Gary Parker missed what would have been a game-winning field goal from 31 yards, the Claymores losing out 19-18.

In total the Claymores managed just twelve offensive touchdowns in ten games, punting the ball 53 times.