Historic Environment Scotland are running a public consultation on football sites, to record places that are important in the history and development of football. There are two weeks left to have your say, it closes on 20 August: haveyoursay.historicenvironment.scot/heritage/tel...

Historic Environment Scotland are running a public consultation on football sites, to record places that are important in the history and development of football. There are two weeks left to have your say, it closes on 20 August: haveyoursay.historicenvironment.scot/heritage/tel...

If you are into #groundhopping, football history, and culture, give me a follow! 🎙️ PODCAST: Look for ‘Outside Write’ wherever you listen ✍️ SUBSTACK: I post a new football travel or football history post each Sunday 📱 SOCIAL MEDIA: Also follow on Instagram 👉 outsidewrite.substack.com

A treasure trove of Victorian football: a bound volume of programmes from the Edinburgh Exhibition of 1890, held at the National Library of Scotland, contains marvels within. Some of these are the earliest known programmes for the clubs. New blog: www.scottishsporthistory.com/sports-histo...

An 1890 Exhibition of football in Edinburgh

When Edinburgh hosted an International Exhibition in 1890 , the organisers knew that they would have to put on special entertainment to draw the crowds through the summer and autumn months.  ...

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In a week of incendiary statements, this from Kevin Lamour, who at least for tonight remains FIFA COO, is incredibly damning in that it is from an insider that goes beyond this one scheme and is an assassination in a few hundred words of the FIFA president as a leader of global football.

Edinburgh-born Tennis pioneer’s trophy sold A tennis trophy won by Edinburgh-born Harold Mahony, the first Scottish-born Wimbledon winner 117 years before Sir Andy Murray, has fetched nearly £5,000 at auction....

Edinburgh-born Tennis pioneer’s trophy sold

A tennis trophy won by Edinburgh-born Harold Mahony, the first Scottish-born Wimbledon winner 117 years before Sir Andy Murray, has fetched nearly £5,000 at auction. Mahony, who was born in Charlotte Square, won the silver rose bowl for winning the Cheltenham Lawn Tennis Tournament in June 1890. He lifted the "Residents Challenge Cup" first prize after beating Australian-born James Baldwin in four sets in the final. Mahony, who was 23 years old, made his Wimbledon debut the following month, going on to win the men's singles title six years later and set a precedent for a Scots-born player matched only by Murray in 2013.

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British Newspaper Archive's fanfared "upgrade" is the worst UI update I've seen in a decade. Simple search functions have been hidden behind a maze of bewildering, verbose drop-downs. Muscle memory and workflow patterns broken for 1000s of researchers. Guarantee no users were asked during dev.

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There's been a user interface update on the British Newspaper Archive. Let it just be said, I'm not happy 😡 They've gone into the trap of moving well-established menus around and adding extra clicks in simple steps in the name of a slicker appearance, totally breaking muscle memory of regular users

Total Football - the start of an epic series on the most influential style of the post-War years. #totalfootball #cruyff #footballhistory #iwwiw podfollow.com/1745066482 Or binge the whole series by signing up here: www.patreon.com/c/ItWas

I'm going to this talk in Edinburgh tomorrow (Monday) afternoon. Looks like there's still places available. www.historicenvironment.scot/whats-on/all...

A summer of sport | Historic Environment Scotland

With a bumper Summer of sport to enjoy at the Commonwealth Games and World Cup, join us as we delve through the records of the HES Archive

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This is the schedule for the 2026 BSSH annual conference, which will take place at the University of Edinburgh on the 27th and 28th of August. It is set to be one of the biggest yet. www.sportinhistory.com/pages/2026-b...

2026 BSSH Conference Schedule | British Society of Sports History

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Remember Boavista? The club in Portugal with a long history & big fan base where Reggie Cannon left to and then didn't get paid? The 120+ year club has been ordered to cease operations by 7/31. A thread of how it happened: 2001: The club wins it's first title, breaking a 55-year run of big 3.

Very excited about my first ever piece for @museumsassociation.org! Football’s heritage doesn’t belong to FIFA, sponsors or corporate storytellers. It is created by supporters - and museums must resist reducing it to a sanitised spectacle. Read here 👇 www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour...

Museums must avoid reducing football into a sanitised corporate spectacle - Museums Association

How should museums engage with the beautiful game, asks football fandom expert Josh Bland

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Very sad news about Kevin Keegan, a player who was a major presence throughout my younger football days. One strange quirk, towards the end of his career in 1984 he played once for Hearts, in Alex MacDonald's testimonial. londonhearts.com/scores/games...

Just cleaned my entire bathroom AND made chicken nuggets in this long-ass half time 🤜🏻

A half-time show is an anti-football abomination. Players have gone through their career used to normal break. That rhythm disrupted, in the biggest game of their careers. It's of a piece with absurdly high ticket prices and Balogun controversy - Fifa ushering this through.

Everything you ever wanted to know about Ebenezer Cobb Morley! 'Rugby Reloaded' tells the story of the man some claim is the father of #football. He wasn't, but his life is far more interesting than that. And 'Cobb Morley' wasn't even his name! Listen via: on.soundcloud.com/4PPGUsBaraRH...

214. Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Ebenezer Cobb Morley

As the FIFA World Cup reaches its climax, 'Rugby Reloaded' takes an in-depth look at the life of Ebenezer Cobb Morley, the founding secretary of the Football Association and the man who many claim is

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Lets go back to the beginning - at least for official matches between #England and #Argentina. Here is the programme for the first in 1951 - a 2-1 win for England thanks to a late Jackie Milburn goal. This belonged to referee Richard Maddison, who officiated in Argentina in 1949 and 1950.

The early years of Alexander Watson Hutton, the Edinburgh man who became the 'father of Argentine football' www.scottishsporthistory.com/sports-histo...

The early years of Alexander Watson Hutton

When Argentina lifted the World Cup in 2022 and retained the Copa America in 2024, the roots of their success were traced back to a Scottish pioneer,  Alexander Watson Hutton.    He overcame...

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Fabulous to see my book Rulebreakers and Ghost Runners out in the wild on social media! #SportsHistory #WomensHistory #Skystorians

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Did you know that until April 1975 women in the UK were banned from all races longer than four miles? In the 1960s, women started to break the rules and 'crash' men's races. Rulebreakers and Ghost Runners by @runyoung50.bsky.social tells their incredible stories. Out 13th August.

UK 🇬🇧 Glasgow City FC co-founders Laura Montgomery and Carol Anne-Stewart have received the University of the West of Scotland's first dual Honorary Doctorate, honouring their trailblazing work advancing women's football and gender equality in Scotland. buff.ly/Sp8jmxK

Wimbledon's over for another year but we were delighted to learn recently that one of the Arlington Bath's founding members - Sir Donald Matheson - was also a tennis enthusiast in Scotland's earliest lawn tennis club! www.scottishsporthistory.com/sports-histo... @andymitchellmedia.bsky.social

Scotland's first lawn tennis club? 1877 minute book from Glasgow is discovered.

A remarkable find in a family archive has shed new light on the earliest days of Scottish tennis. The minute book of the Glasgow Lawn Tennis Club , founded in March 1877, has resurfaced after years...

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Now, this is esoteric. Hugo Oliveira, the new manager of Racing Club de Strasbourg, has a photo of Albion Rovers on his profile page over on X -it's a classic image by Iain McLean, looking over the wall at an Albion Rovers v St Mirren game in 2016.

Le premier France-Espagne remonte au 30 avril 1922 et il s'est déroulé dans des conditions rocambolesques, entre menaces de suspension vis-à-vis de joueurs pas intéressés par le voyage à Bordeaux et transport en camion bâché jusqu'au stade. @richardcoudrais.bsky.social était (presque) sur place.

30 avril 1922 : le premier France-Espagne – Chroniques bleues

La première rencontre entre l'équipe de France et l'Espagne a eu lieu le 30 avril 1922 au Bouscat, dans la région bordelaise. Les Tricolores ont fait le trajet de leur hôtel au stade dans un camion…

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Now, this is esoteric. Hugo Oliveira, the new manager of Racing Club de Strasbourg, has a photo of Albion Rovers on his profile page over on X -it's a classic image by Iain McLean, looking over the wall at an Albion Rovers v St Mirren game in 2016.

1 of 7 #scotsfoundedfootball Yesterday I spent three hours in the Sheriff Court of Glasgow, listening to experts explain how you created and maintained a Football pitch. Not just any old parks pitch for the community. A pitch at least the equivalent quality of a Championship Club. In Cathkin Park.

Walking the hound this morning we happened upon the Scottish Open Hickory Golf Championship. On Leith Links, Edinburgh.

What was Scotland's first lawn tennis club? The discovery of a Glasgow minute book from 1877 could provide the answer. New blog: www.scottishsporthistory.com/sports-histo...

Scotland's first lawn tennis club? 1877 minute book from Glasgow is discovered.

A remarkable find in a family archive has shed new light on the earliest days of Scottish tennis. The minute book of the Glasgow Lawn Tennis Club , founded in March 1877, has resurfaced after years...

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I chanced across one of Britain's biggest sporting trophies today - a Victorian masterpiece, six feet high and displayed in a sideboard which is fifteen feet wide. Gold star if you know what it is!

What was Scotland's first lawn tennis club? The discovery of a Glasgow minute book from 1877 could provide the answer. New blog: www.scottishsporthistory.com/sports-histo...

Scotland's first lawn tennis club? 1877 minute book from Glasgow is discovered.

A remarkable find in a family archive has shed new light on the earliest days of Scottish tennis. The minute book of the Glasgow Lawn Tennis Club , founded in March 1877, has resurfaced after years...

scottishsporthistory.com

2 of 5 You know how I played as small part in ensuring that Cathkin Park might remain as a Park for the public to enjoy. Designation. I take no pleasure in shouting ‘I told you so’ with the following news. On Friday 10th July, the Jimmy Johnstone Charitable Trust will go to the Sheriff Court.