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Jack Hamilton (footballer, Born 1994)
Jack Hamilton (born 22 March 1994) is a Scottish professional footballer, who plays as a goalkeeper for Scottish Premiership side Livingston. He has previously played for Heart of Midlothian, Dundee and Greenock Morton, and Forfar Athletic, East Fife and Stenhousemuir on loan. Club career Early career Hamilton attended both Nethermains Primary School and Denny High School and was a youth player for local side Stenhousemuir from 12 years-old. In 2009, aged 14 he joined Heart of Midlothian (Hearts) youth team, along with his brother Colin Hamilton. Heart of Midlothian A member of Hearts under-19 squad, in September 2011, Hamilton was promoted to the first team due to injury to Marián Kello. He was named as a substitute for a Scottish Premier League match at Inverness Caledonian Thistle but did not make an appearance. On 30 November 2012, he moved to Forfar Athletic on a one-month loan, which was then extended by a further month. He went out on loan again the following season ...
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Denny, Falkirk
Denny ( gd, Deanaidh) is a town in the Falkirk council area of Scotland. Historically in Stirlingshire, it is situated west of Falkirk, and northeast of Cumbernauld, adjacent to both the M80 and M876 motorways. At the 2011 census, Denny had a resident population of 8,300. History Denny is separated from neighbouring village Dunipace by the River Carron. A stone bridge was built over the river in 1825. Denny Town House was completed in 1931. Until the early 1980s, Denny was a centre for heavy industry, including several iron foundries, brickworks, a coal mine and paper mills. The first phase of a £7.6 million regeneration scheme in the town centre was completed in 2017. Notable people In the First World War 902 men signed up from Denny and Dunipace. Of those 154 were killed in action or died on service. Decorations were earned by 31 men. * Thomas Bain, politician * John Adam Cramb, historian * David Forrester, divine * George William Gray, chemist * Matthew Hay, doctor ...
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Denny High School
Denny High School in Scotland is a non-denominational public secondary school. The school was opened in 1959, and moved to a new building in February 2009. The new school contains a gymnasium, swimming pool and drama studio. The school serves an area of around the area of Denny, Falkirk, including Bonnybridge, Dunipace, Banknock and Dennyloanhead. In 2004, Denny High School had a roll of 1316 pupils and 95 teachers. It also employed 34 non-teaching staff. Alumni * David Marshall (born 1941), Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Shettleston 1979–2005, Glasgow East 2005–08 * Andrew D. Taylor (born 1950) Director of the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) * Karine Polwart Karine Polwart ( ) (born 23 December 1970) is a Scottish singer-songwriter. She writes and performs music with a strong folk and roots feel, her songs dealing with a variety of issues from alcoholism to genocide. She has been most recognised fo ... (born 1970), singer-songwriter and f ...
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Jon McLaughlin (footballer)
Jonathan Peter McLaughlin (born 9 September 1987) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Scottish Premiership club Rangers. He previously played for Harrogate Railway Athletic, Harrogate Town, Bradford City (including appearing in the 2013 Football League Cup Final), Burton Albion, Heart of Midlothian and Sunderland. He made his international debut for Scotland in 2018. Career Early career Born in Edinburgh, McLaughlin played non-League football for both Harrogate Railway Athletic and Harrogate Town. Bradford City He signed for Bradford City in May 2008. He had trained with Bradford for a year prior to his signing and combined playing for the two Harrogate clubs with a sports coaching degree at Leeds Metropolitan University. He made his league debut for Bradford City in the final match of the 2008–09 season, on 2 May 2009, against Chesterfield. McLaughlin had been due to make his debut earlier in the season, but was prevented by doing so be ...
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Hibernian F
Hibernian may refer to: * Of Hibernia, Latin name for Ireland; hence ** Irish (other) Hibernian, Hibernians or The Hibernian may refer to: Sports clubs * Hibernian F.C., a Scottish football club, founded 1875 * Hibernian W.F.C., a Scottish women's football club, founded 1999, affiliated with Hibernian F.C. * Hibernians F.C., a Maltese football club, founded 1922 * Cambuslang Hibernian F.C., a Scottish football club, active 1884–1908 * Cork Hibernians F.C., an Irish soccer club, active 1957–1977 * Dundee Hibernian F.C., a Scottish football club, founded 1909 (renamed Dundee United in 1923) * Duntocher Hibernian F.C., a Scottish football club, active 1894–1980 * Maryhill Hibernians F.C., a Scottish football club, active 1923–1967 (renamed Maryhill Harp in 1939) * Navan Hibernians GAC, an Irish hurling club active in 1902 * Philadelphia Hibernian, an American soccer club, active 1909–1921 * Seattle Hibernian, an American soccer club, successively named Seat ...
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Edinburgh Derby
The Edinburgh derby is an informal title given to any football match played between Scottish clubs Heart of Midlothian (Hearts) and Hibernian (Hibs), the two oldest professional clubs based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The two clubs have a fierce rivalry that dates back to the clubs being founded in the mid-1870s, which makes it one of the longest running rivalries in world football. The first match between the clubs was played on the Meadows on Christmas Day 1875. The matches are normally played at either Easter Road or Tynecastle. It has been regularly played in the top level of the Scottish football league system, although derbies were played in the second tier during the 2014–15 season. The teams sometimes also play against one another in cup tournaments, such as the Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup. The clubs have met twice in Scottish Cup Finals, in 1896 and 2012, both of which were won by Hearts. History Hearts and Hibs were both formed during the mid-1870s. The ...
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BBC Sport
BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC, providing national sports coverage for BBC television, radio and online. The BBC holds the television and radio UK broadcasting rights to several sports, broadcasting the sport live or alongside flagship analysis programmes such as ''Match of the Day'', ''Test Match Special'', ''Ski Sunday'', ''Today at Wimbledon'' and previously '' Grandstand''. Results, analysis and coverage is also added to the BBC Sport website and through the BBC Red Button interactive television service. History The BBC has broadcast sport for several decades under individual programme names and coverage titles. '' Grandstand'' was one of the more notable sport programmes, broadcasting sport for almost 50 years. The BBC first began to brand sport coverage as 'BBC Sport' in 1988 for the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, by introducing the programme with a short animation of a globe circumnavigated by four coloured rings. This practice continued throughout the n ...
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Scottish Television
Scottish Television (now, legally, known as STV Central Limited) is the ITV network franchisee for Central Scotland. The channel — the largest of the three ITV franchises in Scotland — has been in operation since 31 August 1957 and is the second-oldest franchise holder in the UK that is still active (the oldest being Granada Television). STV Central broadcasts from studios at Pacific Quay in Glasgow and is owned and operated by STV Group (formerly SMG plc), which also owns the Northern Scotland franchise, Grampian Television (now STV North), based in Aberdeen. It produces news for the west and east halves of its transmission region ('' STV News at Six'') along with current affairs and feature programming for Northern and Central Scotland. Along with STV North and ITV Border, STV Central is a commercial rival to the publicly funded national broadcaster, BBC Scotland. History Scottish Television was founded by Canadian newspaper magnate Roy Thomson (later Lord Thoms ...
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Scott Gallacher
Scott Gallacher (born 15 July 1989) is a Scottish professional footballer, who plays for Alloa Athletic as a goalkeeper. Gallacher has previously played for Rangers, Cowdenbeath, Forfar Athletic, Airdrieonians, Heart of Midlothian, Alloa Athletic (in a previous spell), St Mirren, Hibernian, Dumbarton, Arbroath and East Fife. He also played five times for the Scotland under-21 team between 2008 and 2010. Career Gallacher started his career with Rangers. He helped the Rangers under-19 team win league and Scottish Youth Cup doubles in the 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons. He also travelled with the first team squad for a UEFA Cup tie against Hapoel Tel Aviv in February 2007 and involved in champions league squads against Stuttgart and Sevilla . He was included in the first team squad on many occasions and was an unused substitute many times, including an Old Firm derby on 5 May 2007. He joined Cowdenbeath, then in the Scottish Third Division on 1 September 2008. In 2010 ...
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Neil Alexander
James Neil Alexander (born 10 March 1978) is a Scottish football coach and former professional player. He began his career in the Scottish Football League with spells at Stenhousemuir and Livingston, before joining Cardiff City in May 2001 for a fee of £130,000. At Ninian Park, he went on to make over 200 appearances in all competitions during a six-year spell at the club, helping them achieve promotion to the Football League First Division via the 2003 Football League Second Division play-off Final. A contract dispute with the club led to a free transfer to fellow Football League Championship side Ipswich Town in 2007. After six months at Portman Road, he returned to Scotland with Rangers. Alexander was primarily understudy to Allan McGregor, but won the Scottish Cup twice, the Scottish League Cup three times and played in the 2008 UEFA Cup Final. He became the first choice goalkeeper for Rangers after McGregor left the club following Rangers entering administration ...
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Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club, commonly known as Caley Thistle, is a professional football club based in Inverness, Scotland. The team currently competes in the Scottish Championship, the second tier of the Scottish Professional Football League, and hosts home games at Caledonian Stadium. Inverness Caledonian Thistle won the Scottish Cup in 2015 and was runner-up in the Scottish League Cup a year earlier. They have also won the Scottish Challenge Cup three times and the Scottish Football League First Division twice. Its highest Premiership position is 3rd in 2014–15. History Formation and early years Before 1994, there were three football clubs in Inverness competing in the Highland League: Clachnacuddin, Caledonian, and Inverness Thistle. There had also been three smaller sides, Inverness Citadel, Inverness Celtic, and Inverness Union who competed in the Highland League in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries; the latter of these three smaller c ...
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Scottish Premier League
The Scottish Premier League (SPL) was the top level league competition for professional football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ... clubs in Scotland. The league was founded in 1998, when it broke away from the Scottish Football League (SFL). It was abolished in 2013, when the SPL and SFL merged to form the new Scottish Professional Football League, with its top division being known as the Scottish Premiership. A total of List of Scottish Premier League clubs, 19 clubs competed in the SPL, but only the Old Firm clubs - Celtic F.C., Celtic and Rangers F.C., Rangers - won the league championship. Background For most of its history, the Scottish Football League had a two divisional structure (Divisions One and Two) between which clubs were promotion and relegation, ...
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