Recent research indicates that modern football may have originated in Scotland rather than England. Historian Ged O'Brien discovered a 17th-century pitch in Kirkcudbrightshire, suggesting football was formally played there well before England's official recognition of the game. An early letter from Reverend Samuel Rutherford indicates local parishioners played 'foot-ball' on Sundays, prompting his attempts to stop the games. This could challenge longstanding beliefs about the game's English origins and reshape the narrative around its history.
I have always thought football has been played in Scotland for hundreds of years. Not mob-football, but proper football. Of course it has always been very hard to prove it because working people never kept records.
This discovery will force those who believe modern football was invented in England to rewrite everything they think they know. The evidence suggests this beautiful game may have originated far north of the border.
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