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
History of the Scotland national football team matches between the Home Nations were merely annual friendly fixtures, but the introduction of the British Home Championship in 1884 provided competitive international football for the first time. The lack of games against other opponents was largely due to the assumed dominance of the Home Nations in football and the logistical problems of arranging internationals in the days before air travel was commonplace. During these early years, defeats for Scotland were something of a rarity, losing just two of their first 43 international matches. It wasn't until a 2–0 home defeat by Ireland in 1903 that Scotland lost a match