"The first minister has something of a track-record as a recording artist himself (he released a version of The Rowan Tree with folk artist Anne Lorne Gillies in 1999). "Personally, I would favour a more stirring anthem than the one we have now," said Peat.
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In 1951, the touring Springboks massacred Scotland 44–0 scoring nine tries, a then record defeat.The teams from 1955–63 were an improvement. He said Scotland deserved to have a more inspiring song, such as the Marseillaise or the Star-Spangled Banner. Traditionally this is a white jersey with navy blue shorts and socks. In 1971, the SRU appointed the first coach as "adviser to the captain". This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. Goal takes a look at its origins. The Scottish national anthem, Flower Of Scotland, hasn't been heard at a major championship for over 20 years. So, is there a middle ground in terms of picking a classic, or is a whole new song needed?After devolution in 1999, it was really only a matter of time before the issue of a Scottish national anthem raised its head.In 2003, a Scot by the name of George Reid (not the former SNP politician) went to Holyrood with his call to commission an anthem through a competition (sound familiar?
First Minister Alex Salmond has his own track record as a singer and recording artist The song has also been used as the victory anthem of Scotland at the Commonwealth Games since 2010, replacing "Scotland the Brave". He thinks this is all good national anthem material - but he also recognises there are many other contenders.Corries member Ronnie Browne - the group that incidentally came up with Flower of Scotland - is not entirely sure about Scotland Will Flourish as a national anthem. These are external links and will open in a new windowIt is one of the longest-running and most politically divisive issues to grip Scotland in recent times.And, despite being debated endlessly and at length, it seems the topic has always proven too controversial for a final decision to be made.Yes, I'm talking about the on-going conundrum over a Scottish national anthem.Every few years the issue raises its head above the trenches, has a look about and then usually goes back into hiding for another while.Now it has returned to the fray, this time prompted by First Minister Alex Salmond - who may reckon that one of his favourite 1970s pop song could be worthy of the anthemic title.Mr Salmond's suggesting a competition could be held to find Scotland's new official tune - "Eck's Factor" as some have put it. "I don't think anyone could really quarrel with the sentiment."
Flower Of Scotland was nominally adopted as the country’s anthem in 2006 when a poll conducted by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra saw it clock 41 per cent in a public poll, fending off four other rousing anthems, including Scotland The Brave. There were no wins over England, but three of the games were drawn. The song was adopted as the pre-game anthem for the deciding match of the 1990 Five Nations Championship between Scotland and England, which Scotland won 13–7 to win the Grand Slam.
For more information on the RBS 6 Nations visit www.rbs6nations.com. Check out the following video from Round 5 of the RBS 6 Nations as Scotland take on Ireland at BT Murrayfield. The SRU cancelled all arranged trial and international matches and encouraged the member clubs to carry on as best they could.
These events include matches of the Scottish national football team and the Scottish rugby union team.
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