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Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

😍 A historic night for Heart of Midlothian Football Club as they qualify for the UEFA Conference League. Down to 10 men, away from home, over 120 minutes, and against UEFA’s 74th-ranked team. For perspective, Celtic’s collapse was against LASK, ranked 99th. That’s how it’s done. Heroes.

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Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland remain the last team to beat the World Cup champions Spain in a competitive international.

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Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I did a wee thread on him here. bsky.app/profile/ross...

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Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

One Scotsman from Dingwall helped lay part of the foundations of the football city that produced the greatest player of all time.

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Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Messi grew up in Rosario and came through Newell’s academy, in a city where football culture had been shaped by pioneers like Calder.

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Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

That club became Rosario Central, one of Argentina’s biggest clubs and Newell’s Old Boys’ great rivals.

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Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Football was his passion. In 1889, he helped to bring football to the city by persuading the railway to provide land for football and was elected the first president of the newly formed Central Argentine Railway Athletic Club.

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Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Colin Calder was born in Dingwall in 1860. After his father died, the family fell into poverty before Calder emigrated to Argentina to work for the Central Argentine Railway.

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Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🤝🇦🇷 Without this Scotsman, you might not have had Messi. It sounds far-fetched, but the story starts in Dingwall, in the Scottish Highlands.

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Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I’m obviously neutral, but this has been a fantastic game for the neutral.

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The SNP @snp.org · 15/07/2026

We stood on an election pledge to devolve energy powers to Scotland. We won the election. So when will Labour listen?

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The SNP @snp.org · 15/07/2026

From Burnham to Binface, Westminster is a riot and always will be.

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DottieB 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dottieb.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

@billykayscot.bsky.social has written and spoken extensively about Scotland introducing football to South America.

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SteelMagnolia @cecilefayen.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

As they say: No Scotland. No party🍻

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Dorothy Bruce @dorothybruce.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

There must be quite a history of Scots in the Argentine. RB Cunningham Grahame, Don Roberto, spent much time there too, and apparently sourced horses there for use in European battlefields during WW1.

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██ @itsgas.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

technically, the Scottish diaspora are playing tonight - as Argentina! bsky.app/profile/ross...

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Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Hutton retired in 1911 and passed away in Buenos Aires in 1936. Scotland's Argentinian football legacy can still be seen in Argentinian football, with players such as Alexis Mac Allister, whose ancestry can be traced back to Fife in Scotland, playing for the national team.

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Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

In 1898, his school launched the Alumni Athletic Club. They were virtually unstoppable, winning 22 titles in just 13 years and supplying the core of the early Argentine national team.

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Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Following a hiatus in 1892, Hutton picked up the baton and made organised football stick permanently in Argentina. In 1893, he gathered local club representatives and established the new "Argentine Association Football League" - the organisation we know today as the AFA.

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Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

In 1891 the Association Argentine Football League was established by fellow Scot Alex Lamont of St. Andrew's Scots School. The league was won by a team of Scots from the school and it was the first football league outside of the British Isles.

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Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

In 1884, he struck out on his own and founded the Buenos Aires English High School. There, he made sure his pupils played the beautiful game.

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Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Born in Glasgow in 1853 and educated at Edinburgh University, Watson Hutton emigrated to Argentina in 1882. He started working at St Andrew's Scots School in Buenos Aires, bringing with him a deep belief that sports were fundamental to a good education.

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Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

🧵🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🤝🇦🇷 From a Scottish teacher to Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi lifting the World Cup, the path of Argentine football starts with one man. The father of Argentinian football isn't an Argentinian, he was a Scotsman - Alexander Watson Hutton.

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Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Humans have existed for ~300,000 years. For almost all of that time, life expectancy at birth was just 20–35 years. In 1800 the global average was still only 29. Today it’s around 73. The greatest leap in human survival happened not over millennia, but in the last 150 years.

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Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Shetland is actually closer to Norway than Edinburgh.

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Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

⛰️ UK and Ireland geography facts that feel wrong but are true: Edinburgh is west of Manchester. Liverpool is north of Dublin. Bristol is east of Edinburgh. Shetland is closer to Norway than London.

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David Bol @davidbol.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

This was my original story on this, revealing Labour insiders would rely on Reform to vote in Anas Sarwar as first Minister if the numbers stack up.

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Alan Ferrier @alanferrier.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Well, that aged like a fine milk.

We can use our ties with Trump to make Scotland greater again

Anas Sarwar | Saturday April 05 2025, 6.00pm, The Sunday Times

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Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

The greatest irony of our time is that we have an abundance of resources/energy to sustain our planet, yet our economic system - reinforced by imperialism and some political leaders, makes abundance feel scarce and impossible. That is what’s driving the climate/ecological crisis.

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Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Anas Sarwar and Labour have been caught making up a quote and attributing it to a person who did not give their permission on one of their campaign leaflets. Extraordinary to not get the basics right. hellorayo.co.uk/clyde/local/...

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Scottish Labour apologises after leaflet included 'made-up' quote

Anas Sarwar has apologised after Scottish Labour issued election leaflets...

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The SNP @snp.org · 07/01/2026

🥀 Labour promised change, but they are just delivering more of the same.

A large suited figure manipulates puppet strings controlling a smaller suited man, with smoky background and bold text 'Starmer's Man in Scotland'.

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The SNP @snp.org · 08/01/2026

Vote SNP at the Scottish Election on Thursday 7th May 2026.

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Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

And to show how international relations can shift over time - my Great Uncle Noel Frederick Ross served as a gunner on HMS Victorious during the Arctic Convoys of WW2, braving treacherous conditions to supply arms and supplies to the Soviets in the fight against the Nazis.

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Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

He was based in the camp under Russian attack at Balaclava in Crimea in 1854. The “Thin Red Line” held - wearing the very uniforms he made. The action was immortalised in Robert Gibb’s painting located in Edinburgh Castle.

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Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

I get my first name from my Grandpa’s surname. His family came from Highlands & North East. This is my 4x Great Grandpa, William Ross, Sergeant Master Tailor of the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders. He made the uniform he’s wearing - and those of regiment. Served in Corfu, Gibraltar, India, & Crimea.

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Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

It’s a political death spiral that only benefits Farage and his wealthy pals.

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Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Increasing UK inequality created a fertile ground for anti-migrant sentiment and Brexit due to perceived scarcity > Nigel Farage and Reform back Brexit which further increases inequality in UK > Whilst Tories and Labour echo them on Brexit and stoking up anti-migrant sentiment.

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The SNP @snp.org · 22/07/2025

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The SNP will always keep Scotland’s water in Scotland’s hands. The current fiasco in England shows that public ownership works. Scottish Water delivers a better service, reinvestment not profit, and 20% lower bills than England. 🚰

A graphic showing a tweet set onto the background of a scottish lake. The tweet reads:

“Despite what Labour are claiming, Scottish water is world renowned.

87% of Scotland's entire water environment is assessed by SEPA as having a 'high' or 'good' classification for water quality - up from 82% in 2014.

Public ownership is not just possible, it works in Scotland!”

The tweet is quote tweeting another tweet, which reads:

“My letter to UK Gov Minister Steve Reed asking him to retract his false statements about the condition of water in Scotland. IWC was able to report we’re in a much better position than rUk with 87% “high” or “good” status. Public ownership works.“

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The SNP @snp.org · 23/07/2025

Labour are increasing your energy bills, after promising to cut them - to pay for a nuclear plant in England.

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Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💦 That’s that settled then.

Instagram Story from @thesnp with a poll over a scenic image of a Scottish loch with hills and blue sky in the background. The poll question reads:
“Who has the best water in the world? 😉💦🚰”

Four answer options are shown with vote percentages:
• Scotland – 27%
• Scotland – 4%
• Also Scotland – 2%
• Definitely Scotland. – 67%

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Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

The UK has its own history of empire, colonialism, slavery and ethnic cleansing. There’s arguably more value in more people learning about that - so British exceptionalism doesn’t rule the waves and moral complacency doesn’t take hold.

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Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

The UK has its own history of empire, colonialism, slavery and ethnic cleansing. There’s arguably more value more people learning about that - so British exceptionalism doesn’t rule the waves and moral complacency doesn’t take hold.

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Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Keir Starmer and other world leaders have stood by - or in his case, enabled - the deliberate starvation of Palestinians by Israel. It’s a shameful stain on history few of us will ever forget. It’s time to stop this now.

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Raibeart #YES 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 @raibeart.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Let this sink in. ‘Scottish’ Labour are seeking advice from Blair who took the UK into an illegal war against Iraq, that killed 1 million people & who is now advising on the annexation of Gaza to create a Riviera style beach resort (FT). How utterly low can Labour sink?

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Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

The sources are the FT and Holyrood Magazine.

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