I have always thought football has been played in Scotland for hundreds of years. Not mob-football, but proper football.” Lab tests of soil from the field confirmed that the rocks were placed ...

A LEADING sports historian has claimed to have found the world's oldest known football pitch on a former 17th century farm in the south of Scotland -- proving that organised games have been played ...

“Because it specifically identifies the exact place the football pitch was. I have always thought football has been played in Scotland for hundreds of years. Not mob-football, but proper football.” ...

A sports historian who has long argued that Scotland, not England, is the birthplace of football now claims to have discovered the world’s oldest known football pitch - and it's north of the border.

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He's the prodigy who boasts a dizzying array of skills which have made him the hottest commodity in Scottish football and now ... in the running for PFA Scotland's young player of the year ...

New Scotland Women head coach Melissa Andreatta ... "I think to really understand where football's at and take it to where we want it to go, it's about being here on the ground.

Now a football historian believes the origins of the world's most popular sport could lie in Scotland. Ged O'Brien is convinced an outraged minister banned matches from being played in his parish ...

UK Celtic forward Daizen Maeda has his eyes set on the treble to complete an incredible season after winning the PFA Scotland Premiership Player of the Year award. The Japan international beat ...

However, seven more former Tulane football stars signed rookie free agent contracts, showing an impressive pipeline to the NFL. Brown totaled 12 catches for 101 yards and three touchdowns through ...

Girona snapped an 11-game winless streak by narrowly beating Mallorca 1-0 on Monday but they may revert to losing ways against Villarreal, who are aiming to hold on to a top-five place which would ...