[2] The league has taken part in international competition, most notably the WFTDA Division 1 Playoff in Jacksonville, Florida in 2015, eventually coming in ninth place.

active home teams play in intra-league tournaments to give newer players the chance to try out their skills in front of an audience in a lower stakes environment than a game against another team, and promotes healthy competition between players: The Glasgow Roller Recruits (GRR) are Glasgow Roller Derby's newest skaters.

[6] Established by Teri Toxic and Mistress Malicious in February 2007 as the Glasgow Roller Girls, the first training session was held in April of the same year.

[1] Training sessions initially took place outdoors in Kelvingrove Park in less-than ideal Glaswegian weather conditions, thereafter moving to a regular slot at Glasgow Caledonian University.

[10] In 2009, the Irn Bruisers participated in the first ever European roller derby tournament, Roll Britannia,[11][12] hosted at Earl's Court by London Rollergirls.

[1] In July 2011, Glasgow Roller Girls were accepted as a Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice league, graduating as a full member the following June.

For the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup, Betty Gogo, Lily Lethal, Marla Mayhem, Marshall Lawless, Mistress Malicious, Viper, Whiskey Galore and Wild Oates were selected for the Team Scotland roster.

Jess E. Ska, Mona Rampage, Rogue Runner, Splat and Suffra Jet joined returning player Marshall Lawless for the Team Scotland lineup in 2014.

The 2018 Roller Derby World Cup Team Scotland roster saw Devil's Advoskate, Phoenix Fatale and Shorty McLightningpants keeping returning skater Mona Rampage company.