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Nostalgia

A now iconic image - Aberdeen skipper Willie Miller lifts the European Cup Winners Cup aloft on 11 May 1983 after victory over Real Madrid in Gothenburg

Mark McGhee: “Fergie didn't use a hairdryer, it was a pyroclastic blast"

Khari Jones,  celebrates winning the World Bowl in 1996.

Scottish Claymores: 20 photos Scotland’s American Football team in the 1990s

The 1970 Edinburgh Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony at Meadownbank Stadium.

23 pictures to take you back to the 1970 Edinburgh Commonwealth Games

A view of children performing their dance routines at the opening ceremony of the Edinburgh Commonwealth Games 1986, at Meadowbank stadium.

23 pictures to take you back to the 1986 Edinburgh Commonwealth Games

Aidan Smith took his four-year-old son Archie to his first football game when they attended the Edinburgh derby between Hibs and Hearts at Easter Road on January 2, 2012.

My son wants to go to Hibs v Hearts without me - no-one prepares dads for this

Despair for Gary McAllister as David Seaman saves his penalty at 1-0

How The Scotsman covered Scotland's Euro 96 defeat by England at Wembley

Scotland football fans pictured at Wembley

18 photos transporting you back to Scotland wins against England at Wembley

A colourised version of a black and white image showing Scotland captain Jimmy McMullan leading his team out at Wembley in 1928

Scotland's nine wins against England at Wembley

Sporting Memories groups also do some light physical exercise

National Conversation on Sport: Sporting memories can help unlock an isolated ge...

The dedicated Scotland Panini sticker album.

Why Scotland fans have gone crazy for Panini

Mark Warburton (right) and assistant David Weir spent 20 months at Rangers. Picture: SNS

How Mark Warburton's legacy remains at Rangers

Juho Makela, Mirsad Beslija, Chris Hackett, Bruno Aguiar and Jose Goncalves were part of an infamous unveiling at Hearts in 2006. Picture: SNS

The best - and worst - signing photos

Alan Hutton poses with fellow new signings Chris Gunter, Jonathan Woodgate and Gilberto at the Tottenham Hotspur training ground following the close of the January transfer window in 2008. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

The reluctant holder of a Rangers record which has stood for 13 years

Duncan Ferguson in action for Dundee Utd.

Thirty years on from Big Dunc's first senior goal ...

Antti Niemi still has fond memories of Hearts. Picture: SNS

Niemi on his special feeling for Hearts, that Celtic save and Craig Gordon

Hibs' Murdo MacLeod is presented with the League Cup in 1991, following the Leith side's 2-0 victory over Dunfermline. Photo by SNS Group

'That was our final' - recalling Hibs' famous League Cup 1991 semi in Glasgow

Lee Miller had a short but sweet time at Tynecastle. Picture: SNS

'Big, physical Hearts' - A tag primed to return with the signing of a target man

Adverse weather has repeatedly postponed Camelon v Brora Rangers but it has a long way to go to equal the record for call-offs

Camelon and Brora have long way to go to equal Diamonds delay

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HAMPDEN - GLASGOW 
Ross County players celebrate at full-time

Celtic, Ross County and the eerie, dangerous similarities to 2016 clash

Diego Maradona scored his first goal for Argentina against Scotland. Picture: SNS

When Dundee nearly brought Maradona to Dens Park

Ally McCoist celebrates scoring Rangers' second goal in the epic 3-3 draw against Celtic at Ibrox on November 19, 1995.

Remembering a Rangers-Celtic classic from 25 years ago today

Scotland will be part of a Panini sticker album for the first time since 1998. Picture: Getty

Panini: Scotland returns to the sticker album

Rangers suffered a torrid night at Ibrox back in March after a 1-0 defeat by Hamilton.

Eight months on from horror night, Gerrard deserves immense Rangers credit

Eamonn Bannon during his first spell at Hearts

Most memorable Hearts moment at Arbroath - and an early meeting with nemesis

Pieter Huistra was the last Rangers player to score on Belgian soil.

How Rangers in Belgium could spell silverware and semi-finals for Steven Gerrard

Wark played all of Scotland's games at the 1982 World Cup in Spain: "I still can't believe we didn't get out of our group."

Hollywood made me cut my hair then cut my accent

Terry Butcher suffered when Hibernian were relegated

The day Hibs' resurrection started

Easter Road stadium, home to Hibs, has changed beyond recognition

How Scotland's football grounds have changed in the last 40 years

Fans wearing their Hands off Hibs! t-shirts celebrate the news that Hearts FC chairman Wallace Mercer has withdrawn his offer to buy Hibernian FC football team, July 1990,

15 photos telling the story of how Hands Off Hibs defeated Mercer 30 years ago

The Proclaimers song Sunshine on Leith was adopted as a Hibs anthem during the Hands Off Hibs campaign.

How Hands Off Hibs helped Sunshine on Leith become an Easter Road anthem

A policeman watches as Shareholders' Association chairman Ewan Stewart addresses the hundreds of angry Hibs fans who turned up at Easter Road football stadium after hearing Hearts chairman Wallace Mercer planned a takeover of their club in June 1990.

HIbs and Hearts fans share their views on controversial merger bid 30 years on

The Hands Off Hibs campaign beat off Hearts chairman Wallace Mercer's bid to merge with Hibernian FC to form an Edinburgh super-team.

How campaign founders kept Wallace Mercer's 'Hands Off Hibs'

Holding a copy of the Evening News newspaper, Eddie Turnbull, former manager of Hibernian football club, gives the 'thumbs down' to Wallace Mercer's proposed Hearts & Hibs merger in 1990.

Edinburgh United: The plot to merge Hearts and Hibs explained 30 years on

Former Hibs chairman David Duff back in 1987.

Duff speaks for first time on Mercer's bid to take over Hibs

Trouble in Newcastle as Rangers fans spill onto the glass-strewn pitch during the Fairs Cup semi in 1969.

All 14 Euro semi KOs for Scottish clubs

A look at he players involved on that night at Fir Park. Picture: SNS

Motherwell 6 - 6 Hibs: The 27 players involved - where are they now?

The Scotsman Top Stories

As of March 31, 7,849 Scots had been waiting over two years for inpatient, outpatient or day care treatment from NHS Scotland

NHS Scotland's waiting times 'demonstrably worse' than south of the border

Glasgow City Council transport and environment convener Angus Millar said it was vital that cars were included in the low emission zone restrictions. Picture: John Devlin

All you need to know about driving into Glasgow's new low emission zone

Union chiefs have demanded action over reports of violence

Airport check-in staff assaulted and abused by ‘thuggish’ passengers – GMB union

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