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- London Scottish Football Club is a rugby union team in England. It is a member of both the Rugby Football Union and the Scottish Rugby Union. Formed in 1878 in MacKay's Tavern, London, the club turned professional in 1996 and was playing in the top division as recently as 1999. The club was placed into administration in 1999 and a nominal merger with London Irish took place. During this period Tony Tiarks bought the club for £500,000 in 1996. In the summer of 1998, Scottish, co-tenants of Richmond at the Athletic Ground, were promoted to the top division via a play-off, and Tiarks forced through an ill-fated groundshare with Harlequins and London Broncos at the Stoop. By the halfway point of the following season, Tiarks was disillusioned and discussed selling Scottish's place in the Premiership to second-division Bristol. He bailed out in the summer of 1999. The original amateur club rejoined the RFU leagues at the bottom of the pyramid after effectively being relegated 9 divisions by the RFU. The club has since progressed back up through 6 divisions in 9 seasons to National Division One for the 2009-2010 season. The club shares the Athletic Ground with Richmond. London Scottish have been great exponents of the abbreviated 7's game winning the Melrose 7's (Twice), Middlesex 7's (seven times) and the Rosslyn Park London Floodlit 7's(seven times). London Scottish has won no major honours in the fifteens game but they did make the John Player Cup Final in 1974 where they lost 26-6 against defending champions Coventry. In the 1998/1999 season they made their one and only appearance in the Allied Dunbar Premiership. However, under coach John Steele, and with limited resources they managed to finish in a creditable 12th place out of 14 teams which would have saved them from relegation had they not fallen into administration at the season's end. Notable victories that season included London Scottish 13 - 11 Bath, Saracens 7 - 24 London Scottish (away), London Scottish 27 - 17 Newcastle Falcons (against the defending champions). That season included Scottish international stars,Simon Holmes, Derek Lee, Ronnie Eriksson, Australians Eddie Jones, Simon Fenn and the South African Jannie de Beer. On April 14th 2007, the club ensured promotion back to the English national leagues (National Division Three South) after a eight year absence. On April 4th 2009, the club secured promotion to the revamped RFU National 1 Division, remaining unbeaten in the 2008/2009 season. London Scottish is currently a semi-professional squad which are coached by Brett Taylor formerly the USA Eagles backs coach and managed by Colin McIntyre. London Scottish have produced more Scottish international players than any other club. Past players include Iain Laughland,Gavin Hastings, Paul Burnell, Derek White,Damian Cronin, Mike Biggar, Al Biggar, Alastair McHarg,Rob Wainwright,Iain Morrison, Derek Lee, Simon Holmes, Ronnie Eriksson, Kenny Logan and Max Evans. Current players include Iain Fullarton, Simor Amor, James Brown, Paul Volley, Gary Trueman and Mark Soden who all have had Guinness Premiership and/or International rugby experience. London Scottish Club Captains & League position (since 1999/2000 season) 1999/2000 - Ewan Kearney (Winners London Senior Clubs Merit table) 2000/2001 - Damian Lilley (Runners up Herts/Middlesex division 1) 2001/2002 - Steven Wichary (Champions London 4 North/West) 2002/2003 - Magnus Macdonald (Champions London 3 North/West) 2003/2004 - David Watt (Champions London 2 North) 2004/2005 - Karl Hensley (4th London 1) 2005/2006 - Karl Hensley (3rd London 1) 2006/2007 - Alex Alesbrook (Champions London 1) 2007/2008 - Alex Alesbrook (4th National 3 South) 2008/2009 - Gary Trueman (Champions National 3 South)
- Le London Scottish Football Club est un club de rugby anglais fondé en 1878 à la MacKay's Tavern de Londres. Il dépend à la fois des fédérations anglaise et écossaise. Le club repose sur le même principe que le London Irish et le London Welsh, il représente les écossais "exilés" à Londres. Le club a évolué au plus haut niveau dans le Championnat d'Angleterre de rugby à XV au cours des saisons 1991-1992 et 1997-1998. A la fin de la saison 1997-1998, la section professionnelle du club fusionne avec les London Irish et la division amateur se retrouve tout en bas de l’échelle du rugby anglais, dans la London Division 1 (cinquième division anglaise). Il accède à la National Division 3 (quatrième division anglaise) à l'issue de la saison 2006-07. Il partage le terrain de l’Athletic Ground avec le Richmond FC.
- Il London Scottish Football Club è una squadra di rugby a 15 inglese, iscritta sia alla Rugby Football Union che alla Scottish Rugby Union.
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