Football in Scotland
Saturday Amateur Leagues Number of Divisions Number of Clubs ( 2018-19 )
Aberdeenshire Amateur Football Association 5 73
Ayrshire Amateur Football Association 4 44
Border Amateur Football League 3 30
Caledonian Amateur Football League 3 32
Central Scottish Amateur Football League 3 36
Dundee Saturday Morning Amateur Football League 3 34
Glasgow & District Saturday Morning Amateur Football League 2 28
Glasgow Colleges Football Association 3 31
Greater Glasgow Premier Amateur Football League 3 36
Kingdom of Fife AFA 3 35
Lothians & Edinburgh Amateur Football Association 6 60
Midlands Amateur Football Association 2 28
North & South Lanarkshire Amateur Football Association 1 16
Paisley & District Amateur Football Association 2 17
Perthshire Amateur Football Association 3 29
Scottish Amateur Football League 4 41
Stirling & District Amateur Football Association 4 44
Strathclyde Evangelical Churches Football League 3 34
Strathclyde Saturday Morning Amateur Football League 4 42
West of Scotland Amateur Football League 1 9
League -- Amateur football
There are a vast number of amateur footballers in Scotland . [ 14 ] They play in leagues across the country of varying standard , usually confined to a specific localised geographic area . Many amateur clubs run teams in more than one of the amateur leagues . Some of the teams are well known with a history of success and producing players who go on to a higher level , such as Drumchapel Amateur . The activities of clubs at the amateur level are co-ordinated by the Scottish Amateur Football Association . The winner of the Scottish Amateur Cup enters the Scottish FA Cup in the following season . There are three categories of amateur football administered by the SAFA - `` Winter '' Saturday , `` Winter '' Sunday and Summer football . Summer football tends to be popular in the Northern and Western Isles and in the north of the mainland . In addition to the Scottish Amateur Cup ( for 'Saturday ' teams ) there is the Scottish Sunday Amateur Trophy and the Highland Amateur Cup for summer teams .
Association football is one of the national sports of Scotland and the most popular sport in the country. There is a long tradition of football games in Orkney, Lewis and southern Scotland, especially the Scottish Borders, although many of these include carrying the ball and passing by hand, and despite bearing the name football bear little resemblance to association football. Founded in 1873, Scotland has the second oldest national Football Association in the world (behind England's FA), and the trophy for the national cup, the Scottish Cup, is the oldest national sporting trophy in the world. Scotland and Scottish football clubs hold many records for football attendances.