Scotland national amateur football team that year, when the FA abolished the distinction between amateurism and professionalism in domestic football. The Scotland amateur team predominantly played its home matches at Hampden Park, Glasgow – a ground also home to the full Scotland national team and Queen's Park. Matches outside Glasgow were mainly played in Kilmarnock, Aberdeen and Dumfries. Scotland national amateur football team The Scotland national amateur football team was the amateur representative team for Scotland at football. It was formed in 1926 and continued until 1974. Following the adoption of professionalism in 1893, the Scotland national football team continued to field both professional and
Scotland national football team home stadium since 1999 and almost all competitive games. Some friendlies have been moved to smaller venues outside Glasgow, usually either Pittodrie or Easter Road in Edinburgh. Hampden was closed for a year due to its use as an athletics stadium in the 2014 Commonwealth Games. The lease that the SFA holds on Hampden is due to expire after UEFA Euro 2020. During the 2017–18 season, Celtic (Celtic Park), Rangers (Ibrox) and the Scottish Rugby Union (Murrayfield) made offers to become the regular home of the Scotland team. In September 2018, the SFA announced an agreement to purchase the ground from Queen's