Scotland Football Kit
Despite their poor qualification
record, having failed to reach a major tournament since the 1998 World Cup,
Scotland are one of the proudest and most patriotic international football
teams, regularly selling out 50,000 capacities at Hampden Park. The Tartan Army
are widely regarded as one the best national team fans in the world and have
won numerous awards from FIFA and UEFA for their support.
On the pitch, Scotland do have a
proud history with many legends of the game pulling on the famous navy blue
jersey. Record cap holder Kenny Dalglish, former Manchester United striker
Dennis Law, Ally McCoist, Graeme Souness and Alex McLeish are just some of the
stars to represent the national team.
Scotland Home Shirt
As participants in the first ever
international football match, when they drew 0-0 with rivals England, the
Scottish national team kit is the oldest international shirt in the world.
The Scots were a navy blue home
shirt with matching shorts and socks which reflects the national flag. However,
although the first jersey was indeed navy, it took a number of years and a
number of attempted combinations before they finally settled on this as their
home colours.
In 1881, the team wore a hooped
jersey in the colours of yellow and pink. These were the racing colours of
Archibald Primrose, the 5th Earl of Rosebery, who was an important
Scottish liberal peer and one of the first ever patrons of the SFA. A year
later, they faced England in the blue and white hoops of rugby side Edinburgh Academicals
and the following year faced Wales in a kit which is similar to the current
Hamilton Accies home jersey.
After a number of years rotating
between the navy blue jersey, the Earl of Rosebery inspired colours and even a
black and white Queens Park inspired kit, Scotland permanently adopted the navy
jersey in 1935. Various tweaks have been made over the years, for example white
sleeves were common place in the early years but are no longer part of the kit,
but the core principles of the design have remained consistent over time.
Scotland Away Shirt
Scotland have had some rather
interesting away kits over recent years. While white was the popular choice in
their earlier history, there have been some rather different choices in the
more recent past. Pink has been a popular choice with kit manufacturers and has
been met with a mixed reaction from the Tartan Army.
In 2014, they released a white
shirt with yellow and pink patterns based on the original Earl of Rosebery
design, however this did not go down well with supporters. Unperturbed, Adidas
followed this up with a bright pink jersey which again was met with a mixed
response, particularly as it was worn during some disappointing defeats for the
national side.
Scotland Kit History
Scotland are currently in a
multi-year partnership with German sports brand Adidas, who took over the
contract from Diadora. In truth, the quality of the Diadora kits left a lot to
be desired and Adidas have added a degree of professionalism to the design.
Despite the underachievement of
the national team, Scotland shirts continue to sell well as the Tartan Army
show their love for their country and pride in the national team.