SCOTLAND’S national amputee football team made its international debut against The Netherlands on Saturday just weeks after the team was formed.
The newly formed squad, made up of 11 individuals each with a lower or upper limb amputation, played at the SportScotland National Training Centre in Inverclyde on Saturday.
The team was put together by Amputee Football Association Scotland (AFAS), the charity set up in October 2016 .
AFAS began amputee football last year as a pilot project in partnership with Partick Thistle Community Trust. The sport proved hugely popular. Training is held fortnightly at Firhill and AFAS launched a rival team with Dundee United in September. An East Vs West clash is scheduled for later in the year and a tug of war over player signings has already ensued.
Amputee football is well established south of the border and across the world, with leagues established in more than 30 countries worldwide. 
The European Amputee Football Championships took place in Istanbul and its final between England and hosts Turkey pulled in a crowd of more than 40,000/
The game is played on crutches with teams of seven-a-side. Those in goals must have an upper limb amputation while those outfield a lower amputation.
Scotland CEO Ashley Reid said: “The final score was 5-0 to the Netherlands but as awful as that sounds, its really not a disgrace in amputee football! - especially since they Netherlands team has been going for 7 years and us for only 7 months.”