The oldest national trophy is the Scottish Cup.

Dalglish began his career with Celtic in 1971, going on to win four Scottish First Divisions, four Scottish Cups and one Scottish League Cup with the club.

Dalglish went on to be appointed Director of Football at Celtic in 1999, and later manager, where he won the Scottish League Cup before an acrimonious departure the following year.

He won the Scottish Cup playing for Glasgow Schoolboys and Glasgow Schools, and was then selected for the Scottish schoolboys team that went undefeated in a home nations Victory Shield tournament.

Dalglish made his first-team competitive debut for Celtic as a substitute in the 1968 Scottish League Cup quarter-final tie against Hamilton Academical.

He scored his first competitive goal for the club, a penalty, in a 2 – 0 Scottish League Cup tie win over Rangers at Ibrox in August 1971, and that season went on to score 23 league and cup goals in 49 appearances.

Barnes was sacked in February 2000 and Dalglish was appointed manager, and he guided them to the Scottish League Cup final where they beat Aberdeen 2 – 0 at Hampden Park, and he left the club shortly thereafter.

Other transnational competitions include the Pro 12, involving Irish, Italian, Scottish and Welsh teams ; The Rugby Championship, involving South African, Australian, New Zealand and Argentinian Teams ; and the Heineken Cup, involving the top European teams from their respective domestic competitions.

* April 26 – Hibernian FC won the Scottish Cup 1 – 0 against Glasgow Celtic FC, the last time in their history they have won the competition.

* May 11 – Aberdeen FC beat Real Madrid 2 – 1 ( after extra time ) to win the European Cup Winners ' Cup in 1983 and become only the third Scottish side to win a European trophy

In domestic football Rangers have won more league titles and trebles than any other club in the world, winning the league title 54 times, the Scottish Cup 33 times and the Scottish League Cup 27 times, and achieving the treble of all three in the same season seven times.

By 1876 Rangers had their first international player, with Moses McNeil representing Scotland in a match against Wales, and by 1877 Rangers had reached a Scottish Cup final.

Rangers ' first ever Scottish Cup win came in 1894 after a 3 – 1 victory over rivals Celtic in the final.

Leading the club for 34 years until 1954, Struth won more trophies than any manager in Scottish Football history, amassing 18 league championships, 10 Scottish Cup, 2 League Cups, 7 war-time championships, 19 Glasgow Cups, 17 Glasgow Merchant Charity Cups and other war-time honours.

Rangers reached the semi-finals of the European Cup in 1960, losing to German club Eintracht Frankfurt by a record aggregate 12 – 4 for a Scottish team.

In his first season in charge-the club's centenary-Rangers won the Scottish Cup at Hampden in front of 122, 000 supporters.

A second consecutive league title was won by a record 21 point margin, the club securing a domestic double with a 4 – 0 Scottish Cup final victory over Aberdeen.

* John Anderson ( footballer born 1915 ) ( 1915 – 1987 ), Scottish footballer, scorer for Portsmouth in the 1939 FA Cup Final

They reached the 2008 Scottish Cup Final, losing 3 – 2 to Rangers.

It then captured two major trophies in as many years with victories in the 1950 Scottish League Cup Final and the 1952 Scottish Cup Final.

Neil MacFarlane, a professional footballer who reached the 2008 Scottish Cup Final with Queen of the South, was born in the town.

Opposing fans fought an on-pitch battle in the aftermath of Celtic's 1 – 0 victory in the 1980 Scottish Cup Final at Hampden.

In his last competitive appearance for Celtic, he scored two goals to defeat Dunfermline Athletic and win the 2004 Scottish Cup Final.

In the 2000 Scottish Junior Cup Final against Whitburn, goals by Colin Lindsay, who later had a spell as manager, and John McLay took the game to penalties after a 2 – 2 draw.

Rock Steady events have included Live8 concerts in London, Scottish FA Cup Final & the Download Festival.

* Highest attendance: 136, 495 fans attended the 1952 Scottish Cup Final between Dundee and Motherwell.

Having exited the Scottish Junior Cup at the Semi Final stage for the second year in a row, manager Jim Sinnett promptly resigned after the game.

In the 2010-11 season, they faced Celtic in the Scottish Cup Final, but lost 3-0.

The team contested the 2010 Scottish Cup Final, having knocked out Celtic in the previous round.

The club has never reached a Scottish Cup Final in its history, although it has been in a number of semi-finals in recent years, and were only defeated on penalties at that stage by eventual winners Rangers in 2008.

Saints next game, the Challenge Cup Final against Dunfermline three days later, saw them win their first cup since the Scottish Consolation Cup of 1911, with a 3 – 2 scoreline.

Queen's Park are also the only Scottish football club to have played in the FA Cup Final, achieving this feat in both 1884 and 1885.

The following season, Dunfermline did even better finishing in fourth place as well as reaching the 2004 Scottish Cup Final, which also saw them qualify for the UEFA Cup.

Dunfermline lost their 3rd major final in four years ( losing the 2007 Scottish Cup Final to Celtic May 27 ).

The club also reached the 2006 Scottish Cup Final.

Due to redevelopment work at Hampden, the 1993 Scottish Cup Final between Rangers and Aberdeen was to be played at Celtic Park.

One of the supporting speakers was Aberdeen player Brian Irvine, who had scored the winning penalty kick against Celtic in the 1990 Scottish Cup Final.

| Hearts against Gretna FC | Gretna in the 2006 Scottish Cup Final shoot-out

He was the son of a Scottish father and an American Jewish mother, long widowed, with whom he lived in a comfortable home in Flushing.

He was a member of Harmony lodge, No. 12, AF & AM, Scottish Rite ; ;

Thus the only member churches of the present Anglican Communion existing by the mid-18th century were the Church of England, its closely linked sister church, the Church of Ireland ( which also separated from Roman Catholicism under Henry VIII ) and the Scottish Episcopal Church which for parts of the 17th and 18th centuries was partially underground ( it was suspected of Jacobite sympathies ).

His father, Julius Mathison Turing ( 1873 – 1947 ), was a member of an old aristocratic family of Scottish descent who worked for the Indian Civil Service ( the ICS ).

Thomas Wallace was of Scottish ancestry.

On the death of Edgar in 1107 he succeeded to the Scottish crown ; but, in accordance with Edgar's instructions, their brother David was granted an appanage in southern Scotland.

He was born at Haddington, East Lothian, the only son of the Scottish king William the Lion and Ermengarde of Beaumont.

Alexander Anderson ( c. 1592, Aberdeen – c. 1620, Paris ) was a Scottish mathematician.

Alexander Selkirk ( 1676 – 13 December 1721 ) was a Scottish sailor who spent four years as a castaway after being marooned on an uninhabited island.

Rhoticity was further supported by Hiberno-English, West Country English and Scottish English as well as the fact most regions of England at this time also had rhotic accents.

Sir Alexander Fleming, FRSE, FRS, FRCS ( Eng ) ( 6 August 188111 March 1955 ) was a Scottish biologist, pharmacologist and botanist.

The Trust was funded by a gift of $ 10 million ( a then unprecedented sum: at the time, total government assistance to all four Scottish universities was about £ 50, 000 a year ) and its aim was to improve and extend the opportunities for scientific research in the Scottish universities and to enable the deserving and qualified youth of Scotland to attend a university.

Arbroath Abbey, in the Scottish town of Arbroath, was founded in 1178 by King William the Lion for a group of Tironensian Benedictine monks from Kelso Abbey.

Their first hit was Brigadoon ( 1947 ), a romantic fantasy set in a mystical Scottish village, directed by Robert Lewis.

This was a collaborative project involving The Scottish Parliament, International Teledemocracy Centre and the Bundestag ‘ Online Services Department ’.

The centre was formed by the mass of Dutch, German, Protestant Swiss and Scottish infantry – perhaps 30, 000 men – facing Offus and Ramillies.

Calvin's follower John Knox brought Presbyterianism to Scotland when the Scottish church was reformed in 1560.

In the then Victorian Colony ( now State of Victoria in Australia ), the ( Royal ) Victorian Bowling Association was formed in 1880 and The Scottish Bowling Association was established in 1892, although there had been a failed attempt in 1848 by 200 Scottish clubs.