Isla Buchanan

Football Referee. Scottish FA Ambassador. Football saved my life⚽️ All views are my own.

[Isla Buchanan @IslaBuchanan8]

Football saved my life. Its giving me the confidence to speak out. There is always someone out there that will listen.💗#itsokaynottobeokay

[Scottish FA @ScottishFA]

"To referee 22 males on the pitch six months after I qualified was one of the most daunting experiences I've ever had – but by far the best."

Football has helped Isla overcome some difficult times in her life.

Football saved her life – this is her story.

[Isla Buchanan @IslaBuchanan8]

What I’d do to be in Boston right now!

[Isla Buchanan @IslaBuchanan8]

That was painful! #WorldCup2026

[Isla Buchanan @IslaBuchanan8]

Every emotion possible watching that!😅

[Scotland National Team @ScotlandNT]

IT'S FULL TIME AND WE'RE GOING TO THE WORLD CUP!

#SCODEN

[Isla Buchanan @IslaBuchanan8]

If you asked 16yr old me if I’d ever go to uni,
I would have laughed. But here we are. I did it. I struggled so much at school to leave with nothing and then found out I am dyslexic. I am Over the moon to say I graduated in Mental Health Nursing. Nothing is impossible!

[Scottish FA @ScottishFA]

Be part of the game, be a referee.

We're offering a 50% discount on our online referee training course to mark the start of @WEURO2025.

Our women’s football refereeing categories also provide officials the chance to forge a career within women’s football.

[Isla Buchanan @IslaBuchanan8]

@THORPEPARK Thank you so much. Such a good day so far!

[Isla Buchanan @IslaBuchanan8]

No better way to spend my 25th birthday than at @THORPEPARK 🎉🥳

[Isla Buchanan @IslaBuchanan8]

I did it!🎉 couldn’t be prouder of myself!

[Isla Buchanan @IslaBuchanan8]

@William_J_Burke Thank you Billy. Hope all is well

[Isla Buchanan @IslaBuchanan8]

For a girl who said she never wanted to go to uni as she hated school, has only gone and got her degree in mental health nursing and I couldn’t be prouder of myself. If I could tell my younger self anything it would be that, if you believe, you can achieve 💕🎉

[Isla Buchanan @IslaBuchanan8]

@ClydesdAileen Aw thank you Aileen. Hope all is well 😊

[Isla Buchanan @IslaBuchanan8]

@VikkiMAllan Thank you!!🥰

[Isla Buchanan @IslaBuchanan8]

Happy international women’s day! Celebrating all the women out there. Don’t let anything stop you from achieving your goals💕 #InternationalWomensDay

[Isla Buchanan @IslaBuchanan8]

@ASCblair Thank you!☺️

[Isla Buchanan @IslaBuchanan8]

Finally after 2yrs of waiting, I finally had the surgery to repair the labrum in my right hip. The past 2yrs have been a constant mental battle as I haven’t been able to do the one thing that I love to do. A very long road of recovery ahead but the end is now in sight 🎉💪🏻

[A Most Unsuitable Game @MostUnsuitable]

We will have some exciting news in the next few days about some more live book events we are planning in 2025!

[A Most Unsuitable Game @MostUnsuitable]

Tonight!!!! See you there. Kick off 6.30pm

[Isla Buchanan @IslaBuchanan8]

@JulieMcNeill1 @MostUnsuitable @TippermuirBooks @StephenWattPoet @StuartPoet @shugmcmillan @thescartingmous @EddiSadeniaR @MargaretRoseM10 @ChanterRanter @scotlit @spfl @HampdenPark @FionaSkillen @KJ61 @NutmegMagazine 100%! Thank you so much for allowing me to be part of this amazing book!

[Scotland National Team @ScotlandNT]

Ravenscraig Pioneer and first ever #SWNT manager, Elsie Cook, was joined by @LisaEvans_17 to reflect on the lifting of the ban on women playing football in Scotland – 50 years ago today.