The playing of national anthems before international football matches is a time-honoured a tradition. For a final time before the kick-off and the ushering in of the blood, sweat, tears and passion, ...

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For many flag-waving Scots the song “Flower of Scotland” is the country’s national anthem but, officially speaking, this is not true. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can ...

Scotland’s unofficial national anthem, ‘Flower of Scotland’ has become a firm favourite in Scottish households. Here’s everything you need to know about this patriotic tune... If you’ve ever watched ...

ADVANCED chatbot ChatGPT won’t reveal the lyrics to Flower of Scotland because doing so “may violate” its policies, we can reveal. If users ask for the full text of Scotland’s unofficial national ...

ADOPTING Flower of Scotland as the country's national anthem would bring people together in the wake of the divisive independence referendum, campaigners have said. Chris Cromar, who launched a ...

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FORMER SCOTLAND coach Jim Telfer has called for the anthem Flower of Scotland to be axed. Telfer, 82, believes that the song should be abandoned because of its anti-English connotations. The anthem ...

Sir Rod Stewart had an on air blunder today as he sang Flower of Scotland, with the wrong lyrics live on BBC. The 76-year-old appeared on BBC breakfast to speak to Charlie Stayt and Naga Munchetty ...

SCOTLAND's footballers could be heading to Qatar later this year while the national rugby team will also be in action at World Cup. And Flower of Scotland will ring out every time our players in both ...