Scottish Football Conducted Only Eight Drug Tests In Nine Months

Only "eight drugs tests have been conducted in Scottish football during the last nine months with none in the last three," according to Magowan & Lamont of the BBC. Former Partick Thistle player Jordan McMillan is the "only British footballer currently banned, for taking cocaine." But the Scottish FA, which does not fund any testing, said that football in Scotland is "clean." UK Anti-Doping, which compiles the tests, said that "it was up to sports to decide if drug testing was important." UKAD CEO Nicole Sapstead said, "Is it important? If it is, then put your hand in your pocket and start paying towards your program." The eight tests "excludes those by Scottish internationals or teams" in UEFA club competitions but there were 1,583 tests in English football over the same period from April to Dec. '15. In Scottish Rugby Union "there were 103 tests" (BBC, 3/10).