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Scotland on Sunday - Sport - Talks held to discuss merger of league cups The Scottish Premier League yesterday refused to confirm or deny reports that six of its member clubs will be invited to play in next season’s Worthington Cup and that a British-wide tournament would begin the season after. PLANS to establish a British Cup by amalgamating Scotland’s CIS Cup and England’s Worthington Cup have been hatched in a secret meeting between administrators from north and south of the Border. Scotland on Sunday can confirm, however, that the prospect of a British Cup, replacing the existing CIS and Worthington Cups, and incorporating all English and Scottish clubs, was discussed at a meeting last week between the SPL and the English Football League. scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com /sport.cfm?id=99632002   (399 words)

ESPN.com Soccernet Scotland: News for Wednesday June 13, 2001 Mixu Paatelainen and Derek Townsley are ready to commit to Hibernian's UEFA Cup campaign in the new season - although Stuart Lovell may have played his last game for the Scottish Cup finalists. Coventry City chairman Bryan Richardson led the voices of derision yesterday after his Aberdeen counterpart Stewart Milne raised the prospect of a merger between the League Cups north and south of the border. His flowing mane is as beloved as Henrik Larsson' s extended tongue, his goalscoring feet have been blessed by the Pope - and now Hernan Crespo is ready to put the boot into the Celtic star's Golden Shoe ambitions. www.soccernet.com /scotland/news/2001/0613   (267 words)

BBC SPORT FOOTBALL  Dons chief backs British Cup Milne, who is a member of the Scottish Premier League board, insists Scotland must adapt to meet the expected changes in football in the future. Aberdeen chairman Stewart Milne is in favour of a British Cup and believes such an event would prove more popular than the current League Cups on either side of the border. The CIS Insurance League Cup has lost some of its gloss following the removal of European qualification for the winners. news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/low/football/1385062.stm   (517 words)

Legends - Shake Loose the Border enforced the peace on the Borders in the sixteenth century; here are excerpts from The Steel Bonnets and The Border Reivers, The Story of the Anglo-Scottish Borderland by Keith Durham and Angus McBride, edited by Lee Johnson [Reed Consumer Books, 1995] on the role and rule of the Wardens. The Steel Bonnets: The Story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers by George Macdonald Fraser [HarperCollins trade paperback ISBN: 0002727463]. The only one of mine that I can lay a name to is one John Rutherford of Knowe in Roxburghshire near the English-Scottish border, who subscribed solemn assurances in the year of grace 1553 that he would uphold "the gude peace" of Scotland and of England. www.legends.dm.net /ballads/borders.html   (517 words)

Encyclopedia: Border Reivers Border Reivers were raiders along the Anglo-Scottish border (Border country), for nearly three hundred years from the late 13th century to the end of the 16th century, although their heyday was perhaps in the last hundred years of their existence. The Border country is the hilly area of Lowland Scotland on the border between Scotland and England. The Border Reivers website includes the story of the Reivers and their families on both sides of the Border, in England as well as in Scotland. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Border-Reivers   (468 words)

THE  BORDER REIVERS There is probably no region other than the Anglo-Scottish Borderlands which can claim such a protracted period of constant violence and unrest. The lives of the Borderers for some three hundred years was one of rustling and feuding, violence and extortion, of brave men and grieving women. The Border Reivers website includes the story of the Reivers and their families on both sides of the Border, in England as well as in Scotland. www.borderreivers.co.uk   (228 words)

Anglo Scottish Cup Summary Replacing the Texaco Cup, the Anglo Scottish Cup ran for six seasons, the early stages being held as a pre-season competition. With the drop-away in interest, Scottish clubs ceased to participate from 1981, and the competition was re-born as the Football League Group Cup Seperate competitions were held either side of the border to produce four clubs each, which then went into a knock-out competition, ties (including the final) played over two home-and-away legs. www.fchd.btinternet.co.uk /ascupsummary.htm   (92 words)

William Wallace article - William Wallace 1270 1305 Scottish English Norman Edward of England Wars Scottish - What-Means.com Instead of coming as an independent arbitrator, he arrived at the Anglo-Scottish border with a large army and announced that he had come as an overlord to solve a dispute in a vassal state, forcing each potential king to pay homage to him. Although vastly outnumbered, the Scottish forces led by Andrew de Moray (a more prominent noble, being a first son) and with Wallace as their captain, routed the English army. 1270- 1305) was a Scottish patriot who led his country against the English (Norman) occupation of Scotland and King Edward I of England during parts of the Wars of Scottish Independence. www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/William_Wallace   (1483 words)

THE  BORDER REIVERS There is probably no region other than the Anglo-Scottish Borderlands which can claim such a protracted period of constant violence and unrest. The lives of the Borderers for some three hundred years was one of rustling and feuding, violence and extortion, of brave men and grieving women. The Border Reivers website includes the story of the Reivers and their families on both sides of the Border, in England as well as in Scotland. www.borderreivers.co.uk   (1483 words)

Transvaal Scottish Regiment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Scottish units that had fought in the war who chose to demobilise and remain in the colony. John Murray, Marquis of Tullibardine, who later became the 7th Duke of Atholl, established the regiment after the conclusion of the Second Anglo-Boer War in 1902. World War I, World War II and the Border War. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Transvaal_Scottish_Regiment   (1483 words)

SCOTTISH LEAGUE ARCHIVE Scottish Cup Final 1898, Scotland friendlies 1946, Challenge Cup 1999, Don Mackay, Alan Gordon, Tannadice - Xmas 1971, Dewar Shield 1968, QOS Crowds, Thistle Boss 1967, Cross-border moves, Maurice Johnston, 1920s Testimonial, Sergei Baltacha Jr. First Scottish £100,000 transfer, Clyde in the Anglo-Scottish Cup, Celtic's Ibrox title-clinchers, unbeaten in a season, Morton's winning run. World Cup '82, Top goalscorer, International captains, Wembley '75, Rangers titles, Nine-in-a-row keepers, Two games in one day, Thistle V Killie. www.scottishleague.net /archive/archivesfaqs.htm   (1483 words)

Clans, Tartans, Regiments from Rampant Scotland Directory has a wide range of topics relating to the history of the Anglo-Scottish Borders during the time of the Border Reivers including clans & families, Border towns and strongholds, people, battles and Border life. Sons of Scotland is a fraternal association for Scottish people and their decendants which seeks to preserve and promote Scottish heritage and culture across Canada, by keeping alive the great traditions of history, literature and the music of Scotland. You have to be a clan society operating in Nova Scotia to be featured (or have Nova Scotia connections) but that provides plenty of scope for people who are more Scottish than the Scots themselves. www.rampantscotland.com /clans.htm   (1483 words)

Border Heritage - History of the Names of the Border Clans The story of the Anglo-Scottish border raiders, from their origins, to the end of the 16th century. An electronic book giving you the history of the Armstrongs on the Scottish/English border. An electronic book giving you the history of the Bells on the Scottish/English border. www.borderheritage.co.uk /books.asp   (1483 words)

Historical Families of Dumfriesshire & the Border Wars - Scottish Books - Scottish books, prints, unicorn limited, studies, antiques, collectibles, Scottish jewelry, family history, Scottish music books, Scottish games This is the history not only of a region in Scotland but also of the great families — many of them Anglo-Norman — who settled in the border lands between England and Scotland and who played a major role in the disturbances which kept this county and others in constant turmoil. Historical Families of Dumfriesshire & the Border Wars - Scottish Books - Scottish books, prints, unicorn limited, studies, antiques, collectibles, Scottish jewelry, family history, Scottish music books, Scottish games Historical Families of Dumfriesshire & the Border Wars www.scotpress.com /catalog/product_info.php?products_id=110&osCsid=ec9eb2bfedb755ee0362fa515318459e   (246 words)

Amazon.ca: Books: The Steel Bonnets: The Story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers barbarous,murderous,anarchic, happenings on the Anglo-Scottish borderlands from the 13th through 16th centuries. In this wonderful look at a dark and fascinating period in Anglo-Scottish history, Fraser brings the same quirky attitude and deep appreciation of man's inherent rascality that make the "Flashman" books and his novel "Mr American" (q.v.) so iminently readable to the explication of the complex and violent history of the Border reivers. Part 4 is a sequential narrative history of events along the Border during the 16th century, the last before James VI of Scotland united the island's thrones as James I of Great Britain. www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/1585790257   (246 words)

M74 motorway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The M74 motorway is the commonly accepted name for a major motorway in Scotland, running from the southern outskirts of Glasgow to the Anglo-Scottish border at Gretna. The Scottish Executive plan to extend the motorway by 5 miles through the south eastern suburbs of the city to meet the M8 near the Kingston Bridge in an attempt to relieve the chronic congestion of that section of the M8. In conjunction with the M6 motorway, it forms one of the two major cross-border routes between Scotland and England. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/M74_motorway   (627 words)

History Following the Smith-Barlow Commission investigation of 1839, into the feasibility of trans-Border Anglo-Scottish trunk routes, the Government decision in 1841 stating that only one trans Border route was viable seriously underestimated the potential for long distance traffic. The North British Railway were granted Parliamentary approval for the first trans-Border route between Edinburgh and Berwick, via the East coast, in 1844. This station was one originally planned by the North British and was intended to allow traffic to originate from the surrounding farms in the area to the various markets, both to the north and south. www.wrha.org.uk /history.htm   (5085 words)

Ballad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Border ballads are a subgenre of folk ballads collected in the area along the Anglo-Scottish border, especially those concerned with border reivers and outlaws, or with historical events in the Borders. Ballads should not be confused with the ballade, a 14th and 15th century French verse form. Broadsheet ballads (also known as broadside ballads) were cheaply printed and often topical, humorous, even subversive, were hawked in English streets from the 16th century; the legends of Robin Hood and the pranks of Puck were disseminated through broadsheet ballads. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ballad   (1086 words)

Ballad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Border ballads are a subgenre of folk ballads collected in the area along the Anglo-Scottish border, especially those concerned with border reivers and outlaws, or with historical events in the Borders. Ballads should not be confused with the ballade, a 14th and 15th century French verse form. Broadsheet ballads (also known as broadside ballads) were cheaply printed and often topical, humorous, even subversive, were hawked in English streets from the 16th century; the legends of Robin Hood and the pranks of Puck were disseminated through broadsheet ballads. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ballad   (870 words)

Marcher Lords - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The greatest marcher lords along the Welsh border included the earls of Chester, Gloucester, Hereford, Pembroke, and Shrewsbury while the most powerful marcher lords on the Scottish border were the earls of Northumberland and bishops of Durham. In English history, marcher lords were strong, trusted lords appointed by the king to guard the borders with Wales and Scotland. The word for such a lord's border demesne is march, also used to render the mark of a continental margrave. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marcher_Lords   (322 words)

Society - History - Organizations - United Kingdom - Rating - Review - Discussions - Ratings - Rated The Society of Border Reivers Society dedicated to the study and preservation of the history and traditions of THE RIDING SURNAMES of the Anglo-Scottish border Elliot, Armstrong, Graham, Dixon, Johnstone; surnames which struck the heart with awe, and sometimes dread, along the border in the 16th century. Royal Historical Society Home E for details on forthcoming History Conferences Welcome to the Website of the Royal Historical Society The Society was founded in 1868 and is the premier society in Great Britain which promotes and defends the scholarly study of the past. The Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire for the history of Lancashire and Cheshire, the history of Liverpool, Manchester, Lancaster, Chester, Preston, and Cumbria. www.savvy.com /Society/History/Organizations/United_Kingdom   (322 words)

Scotland's Past Freedom's Sword is the first modern account of Scotland's longest conflict with England, the series of wars that define the border and poisoned Anglo-Scottish relations for 250 years. It aims to bring alive to a modern audience one of the great dramas of British history, and to help them understand what was one of the most formative periods of the whole Scottish national experience. British political parties have wrapped themselves in tartan: John Major returned the Stone of Destiny; John Prescott retraced the steps of the English army defeated at the Battle of Stirling Bridge and the Scottish National Party used the film Braveheart to launch a recruitment drive, standing outside cinemas to hand out leaflets. www.scotlandspast.org /wallaceID1.cfm   (2870 words)

Musselburgh Field [Child 172] Pinkie was the final major ballad of the Anglo-Scottish border wars; by the time the Scots were fully recovered, Elizabeth was Queen of England and the Scottish monarchs were her heirs; James VI, in particular, was very careful not to offend Elizabeth. The Earl of Arran gathered a Scots army -- but, as was often the case, the Scottish army was not really a unified force, but a collection of individual armies; the English won an easy victory. Sep 10, 1547 - Battle of Pinkie (Pinkie Cleuch, Musselburgh). www.csufresno.edu /folklore/ballads/C172.html   (379 words)

The Peace Process in Northern Ireland 2 The Catholics, and largely Irish nationalist, population not only composed over a third of the entire population, but was also a local majority in two of the six counties (Fermanagh and Tyrone), the second city of the territory (Derry), and in almost all of the local government jurisdictions contiguous with the new border. It was met by increasing resistance among the Protestants (descendants of Scottish and English settlers that began to colonise mainly the north of Ireland in the 16th and 17th centuries). The Irish War of Independence (Anglo-Irish War, 1919-1921) began. www2.arts.gla.ac.uk /Slavonic/staff/Rybar4.html   (2540 words)

scottish heritage - genealogy scotland - clans - scottish associations - historical attractions He began his reign by ravaging the Britons, but his name is also included among a group of northern and western kings said to have made submission to the Anglo-Saxon King Edgar in 973. This is a very early, if not the first, mention of the River Tweed as the recognised border between England and Scotland. Kenneth II was a patron of the church at Brechin. www.scotlandonline.com /heritage/heritage_gscots_detail.cfm?id=124   (235 words)

Carlisle Castle On the succession of the Scottish King James VI to the English throne in 1603, it seemed that Carlisle was to end its days of Anglo-Scottish conflict, but under his son Charles I, Carlisle was again under siege by the disenchanted Scots in 1644. Harcla was rewarded for his loyalty here and at the battle of Boroughbridge in 1322 with the Earldom of Carlisle, but he too became entangled in the murky world of border politics and under suspicion of conspiring with King Robert he was hanged, drawn and quartered on Carlisle's Gallows Hill in 1323. Carlisle saw Edward III with his army in 1335, but with his increasing focus on the claim to the French throne, they never returned and a lasting treaty with Scotland was made after the English victory at Neville's Cross in 1346. www.heritage.me.uk /castles/carlisle.htm   (1141 words)

John Derbyshire on Civilization and Barbarism on National Review Online I would say that Tudor Britain was civilized; yet the Anglo-Scottish border of that time can fairly be said to have been in a condition of gross barbarism, with its Scottish reivers, the "steel bonnets" of George MacDonald Fraser's book. Likewise, though the 5th-century Huns were undoubtedly barbarous, while the later Roman Empire was surely still civilized, there was considerable mingling, and some odd preferences on the part of Romans for the former over the latter. It was not only the ancient Chinese who faced this menace — the menace of barbarism — but the Romans, too, and the Persians, the Egyptians, the Greeks of the Hellenic Age, and of course medieval Christendom. www.nationalreview.com /derbyshire/derbyshire200405190902.asp   (2095 words)

William II of England Appearance England and France The Court of William II Fictional treatments Anglo-Saxon Chronicle homosexual Henry I Donald Bane King Edgar First Crusade William also quarrelled with the Scottish king, Malcolm III, forcing him to pay homage in 1091 and seizing the border city of Carlisle in 1092. However, he gained effective control of the Scottish throne after Malcolm's death in 1093 when he backed a successful bid by Edgar Atheling to dethrone Malcolm III's brother Donald Bane in favor of his nephew, also named Edgar. William II of England Appearance England and France The Court of William II Fictional treatments Anglo-Saxon Chronicle homosexual Henry I Donald Bane King Edgar First Crusade en.powerwissen.com /jLwflE%2BxpUfeczrRkeOP9A%3D%3D_William_Rufus.html   (1951 words)

Hobby horse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Border horses, called hobblers or hobbys, were small and active, and trained to cross the most difficult and boggy country, "and to get over where our footmen could scarce dare to follow." - George MacDonald Fraser: The Steel Bonnets, The Story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers. A major pastime of Henry VIII was that of horse racing and in those days, horses were known as hobbies. Their duties were to reconnoitre, to carry intelligence, to harass stragglers, to act as spies, to intercept convoys, and to pursue fugitives. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hobby-horse   (395 words)

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