Scotland Football Trivia Questions & Answers

Answer: Fir Park

Motherwell play at Fir Park, Partick Thistle play at Firhill Stadium, Hibernian play at Easter Road and Hearts play at Tynecastle Stadium.

Answer: Stirling Albion

Stirling Albion's old ground was also called Anfield.

Answer: Tynecastle Park

Heart of Midlothian were formed in 1874, and began playing at Tynecastle Park in 1886. A record crowd of 53,396 attended a game against Rangers in 1932. Major redevelopment in the late 1990s/early 2000s left the club with an all-seater stadium with a capacity of 20,000. The four stands are called the Main Stand, Gorgie Stand, Roseburn Stand and Wheatfield Stand.

Answer: Livvy Lion

All of the mascots in Scotland are animals!

Answer: Berti Vogts

Berti Vogts was a defender who represented West Germany 96 times between 1967 and 1978. The Scottish F.A. appointed him as national team manger in 2002, but his two and a half year tenure was regarded by most fans as one of the worst in the country's history. In the week after his tenure ended, Scotland's FIFA World Ranking was #77, their worst-ever.

Answer: Henrik Larsson

All 3.

Answer: The SFA refused to participate unless Scotland won the Home International Championship

Like the other countries of the United Kingdom, Scotland had ignored the first three tournaments. In 1950 they were invited to enter, but decided only to go if they were British champions. Having beaten Northern Ireland 8-2 and Wales 2-0 they needed only a draw at Hampden against England, but lost 0-1.

Ironically, England did participate and suffered one of the most embarrassing defeats in their history, losing 0-1 to the United States, then hardly a world power in football.

Answer: Methil

East Fife, or The Fifers, were founded in 1903, and play at Bayview Stadium in Methil.

Answer: Sergio Porrini

Porrini won two Italian League winners medals during his four years at Juventus. After moving to Glasgow Rangers in 1997, he gathered two Scottish League winners' medals under manager Dick Advocaat.

Answer: Ronald Waterreus: Rangers & Manchester City / Nick Colgan: Dundee United & Barnsley

Manchester City defeated Barnsley in the second round of the English League Cup during the 2004-05 season in front of a crowd of 19,578. On February 3, 2005, Rangers defeated Dundee United in the semi-final of the Scottish League Cup at Hampden Park. The games finished 7-1 and poor Nick Colgan, who went on loan from Barnsley to Dundee United, and ended up on the losing side on both occasions.

Answer: Rangers, Celtic, Hibs, Dundee & Dundee United

In fact, until Roman Abramovich arrived, no team from south of Watford had come close to emulating Spurs. Hibs were actually fifth in the Scottish League in 1955, but were invited to participate in the first European Cup. 18 clubs who were thought to be attractive, and who had the floodlights necessary to host matches at night were invited to take part. Hibs became the first British club in Europe because the English League persuaded the English champions Chelsea, not to enter the competition.

Answer: Wembley Wizards

Wembley Stadium in London opened in 1923. This was just the second time that the Scots had played England there. Alex Jackson scored a hat-trick with Alex James adding another two goals. England's solitary reply came from Bob Kelly with a minute left. 80,686 fans witnessed this historic win.

Answer: England

Scotland's first international match was played at the West of Scotland Cricket Ground in Glasgow in 1872. The match ended in a 0-0 draw.

Answer: Dariuz Wdowczyk, Anton Rogan, and Brian Grant

Aberdeen won the shootout 9-8. Brian Irvine scored the winning penalty in sudden death after Aberdeen goalkeeper Theo Snelders had saved Anton Rogan's penalty.

Answer: Buckie Thistle

Buckie Thistle were the first team to be accepted into the Highland Football League, joining in time for the 1909/10 football season, and within three seasons were runners-up in the league, losing by one point to Caledonian FC. Buckie Thistle would win their first league title when the Highland League resumed after World War One in 1919/20, and there was further success during the decade with successive titles in 1926/27 and 1927/28.

Answer: Giovanni Van Bronckhorst

Giovanni Van Bronckhorst opened the scoring for Rangers. The other scorers were Tony Vidmar, Billy Dodds and Jorg Albertz.

Answer: Clyde

Clyde finally settled down in Cumbnernauld in 1994, after 10 years of groundsharing. They moved in 2013 to New Douglas Park in Hamilton (ground share with Hamilton Academicals).

Answer: Station Park

Forfar Athletic play at Station Park, Alloa Athletic play at Recreation Park, Peterhead play at Balmoor Stadium and Arbroath play at Gayfield Stadium.

Answer: Highest Goalscorers

An old pre-season tournament with the final played at Hampden.

Answer: Queen's Park

Queen's Park who reside at Hampden Park, the honour bestowed to the first team to win the Scottish Cup!

Answer: Peterhead

Peterhead F.C. were formed in 1891 and were members of the Highland League from 1931 until 2000, when they were elected into the Scottish Football League. They played their home games at Recreation Park until 1997, when that ground was sold off to a supermarket chain. Balmoor Stadium has an official capacity of 3,150, although temporary seating led to a record crowd of 4,855 for a match against Rangers in 2013.

Answer: Dens Park and Tannadice

Dundee play at Dens Park, and Dundee United play at Tannadice.

Answer: Ross County

Ross County were formed in Dingwall in 1929, and take their name from the former county of Ross & Cromarty, now part of the Highland council area. The club were members of the Highland League until 1994 when they were admitted into the Scottish League. They made their mark over the next couple of decades, working their way through the divisions to the top tier, reaching the 2010 Scottish F.A. Cup final, where they lost 0-3 to Dundee United, and winning the 2016 Scottish League Cup, defeating Hibernian 2-1 in the final.