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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.
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 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 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.
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