Schools commentary competition celebrated

We take a look at some of the best entries from our competition encouraging schoolchildren to recreate the commentary from the evening Scotland qualified for UEFA EURO 2020.

Following that magical night in Serbia, we invited schools up and down the country to recreate the commentary heard in living rooms up when David Marshall made that pivotal save, sending Scotland through to their first major tournament since 1998!

Submissions to the competition were made by teachers and pupils from all corners of Scotland on Twitter using the #LearningThroughFootball hashtag. The prize awaiting the worthy winner is a commentary masterclass with the Sky Sports commentator who covered the special qualifying match, Ian Crocker.

As a key legacy project for UEFA EURO 2020 Glasgow, the Learning Through Football programme has allowed Scottish primary and secondary school pupils to engage with a variety of football-themed projects to showcase the benefits that football can bring both on and off the pitch. The programme, which was developed in line with the Curriculum for Excellence, provides both resources and activity plans for schools. Exploring the world of football commentary has proved a popular hit amongst pupils and has helped them to develop their literacy skills.

With the competition winner being announced very soon, here is a look at some of the great submissions from schools across the country.

Primary four pupil Alasdair MacLeod from the Inverness Gaelic School, gave us a taste for what the occasion would have been like with Gaelic commentary. What a great job he does at building the tension!

#LearningThroughFootball Alasdair MacLeod (P4) from Inverness Gaelic School with his commentary competition entry through the medium of Gaelic @BSGInbhirNis @GlasgowEURO2020 #gaelic #gàidhlig pic.twitter.com/pWYv4bpkSz
— S MacLeod (@SandramacleodS) May 9, 2021

Tomintoul School provided a range of great entries and even created their own commentary box. Here is one of their pupils in action.

Scotland Rules@GlasgowEURO2020 #LearningThroughFootball
Entry5 pic.twitter.com/FzNRaRIzYn
— Tomintoul School (@TomintoulP1) May 10, 2021

Patrick from South Morningside Primary's commentary captured the releif of the nation as Marshall's save propelled Scotland to their first major tournament in over 20 years.

Patrick Crunden (10) commentary of the iconic Marshall save #LearningThroughFootball @SMorningsidePS @GlasgowEURO2020 pic.twitter.com/hnO7mJ0qJq
— Simon Crunden (@SimonCrunden) May 9, 2021

The pupils at Inverlochy Primary School created an action-packed clip, with three commentators capturing the euphoria of David Marshall's save!

Had so much fun doing this competition with my class at @InverlochyS. A big thank you to P7 for being our awesome football fans and to Mr MacRae for helping create our final clip. Well done P4/5 🤩 ⚽️ 🥅 @GlasgowEURO2020 #LearningThroughFootball #footballcrazy pic.twitter.com/kpgwmPu2nD
— Mrs S (@MrsS_IPS) May 9, 2021

St Vincent’s Primary School have a future commentary duo on their hands with this pair.

Entry number 3 from P7/6 for the Commentary Competition for schools. @GlasgowEURO2020 #learningthroughfootball pic.twitter.com/dbXZGLxaNJ
— St Vincent's Primary (@vincents_st) May 8, 2021

Young Evan Duncan from Fox Covert Primary captured the passion of the nation felt in that moment!

Evan Duncan, 7, from @FoxCovertPS recreating commentary of that David Marshall save @GlasgowEURO2020 @ScotlandNT #LearningThroughFootball pic.twitter.com/3jZLLehbUQ
— Ross Duncan (@rdafc) May 10, 2021

Finally, the pupils at Raigmore Primary School added some additional style to their commentary with a performance from some cheerleaders.

Well done to these #raigystars for their brilliant football commentary! #LearningThroughFootball @GlasgowEURO2020 🌟⚽️🌟 pic.twitter.com/L2Lw88z8KM
— Raigmore Primary School (@RaigmorePS) April 28, 2021

Thank you to everyone who entered. We were blown away by the level of creativity and the high standard of commentary in the submissions. We can’t wait to announce the winner in the coming days - keep an eye out for the announcement!