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These sites will be of interest to Scottish sports historians and researchers. There are many hundreds more Scottish football sites so I have been selective, but if you would like to recommend a site, or report a broken link, please email me through the Contact page.

Scottish sport history in general
Scottish Sports Hall of Fame: www.sshf.co.uk
National Library of Scotland digitised sports publications: digital.nls.uk/sports-publications/archive/227318305

Football
Scottishleague.net discussion forums: www.scottishleague.net/forum/  
Scottish Football Museum: www.scottishfootballmuseum.org.uk
Scottish Football Historian: www.pmfc.co.uk/football_history.php
FitbaStats: www.fitbastats.com/
The Beautiful Dribbling Game: http://thebeautifuldribblinggame.com/
​The Origins of Football in Scotland: https://scottishfootballorigins.org/
​Scottish Football Records: www.scottishfootballrecords.com/

Aberdeen FC Heritage Trust: www.afcheritage.org/
Celtic Wiki: www.thecelticwiki.com/
Celtic Graves Society: https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/celtic_graves/
Dumbarton Historical Archive: http://sonsarchive.com/
Dundee United: www.arabarchive.co.uk/
Dunfermline Athletic: http://parsdatabase.co.uk/
Falkirk: http://bettermeddle.org.uk/archive/
Hearts: www.londonhearts.com/indexall.htm
Hibernian Historical Trust: www.hibshistoricaltrust.org.uk/ 
Kilmarnock: https://www.killiefc.com/ 
Motherwell: http://www.motherwellnet.com/ 
Partick Thistle: http://partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com/
Partick Thistle Early Years: http://ptearlyyears.net/
Queen's Park: http://www.qpfc.com/ 
Rangers Founders Trail: https://www.thefounderstrail.co.uk/home
St Mirren: www.stmirren.info

Athletics
Scottish Athletics: www.scottishathletics.org.uk/about/history/
Scottish Association of Track Statisticians: www.scotstats.net/
Scottish Distance Running: www.scottishdistancerunninghistory.co.uk/
Anent Scottish Running: www.anentscottishrunning.com/
Scottish Cross Country archive: www.salroadrunningandcrosscountrymedalists.co.uk/Archive/index.html
Athlos archive of athletics literature: www.athletics-archive.com/books

Cricket
Cricket Scotland: www.cricketscotland.com/
West of Scotland Cricket Club: https://www.westofscotlandcricketclub.co.uk/history

Rugby
Since the closure of the Scottish Rugby Museum at Murrayfield, there has been no focal point for rugby history research and discussion in Scotland. Any suggestions for links? In the meantime:
Raeburn Place Foundation: https://www.raeburnplacefoundation.org/rugby-beginnings
Rugby Memorabilia Society: www.rugby-memorabilia.co.uk/
Rugby Football History: http://rugbyfootballhistory.com/

Curling
Curling history blog: curlinghistory.blogspot.co.uk/
Historial Curling Places: www.historicalcurlingplaces.org

Swimming
Scottish Swimming Hall of Fame:
https://www.scottishswimming.com/compete/halloffame.aspx

Golf
R&A World Golf Museum, St Andrews: www.worldgolfmuseum.com/
Scottish Golf History: www.scottishgolfhistory.org/

Netball
Netball Scotland History: ​https://www.netballscotland.com/about/netball-history/

Lacrosse
Lacrosse Scotland Hall of Fame:
https://www.lacrossescotland.com/participation/hall-of-fame/