Archive
November 2019
Live Updates: SPFL Championship: DAFC v Partick Thistle
Sat, 30th Nov 2019
Read moreMum`s gone to Iceland.
Thu, 21st Nov 2019
Maybe we all should! We could learn something. Steve Clarke is gradually reviving Scotland`s fortunes but it will be a while till we can emulate the success of Iceland.
Iceland has a population of 362,000,the same as Fife.
Saving Scottish Football
Mon, 4th Nov 2019
It was in 1424 that the Scottish Parliament, in the reign of King James 1, tried to ban "fut ball."
The fine was four pennies.
Recently on "Britain`s Most Historic Towns" Prof Alice Roberts showed off the oldest football in the world found at Stirling Castle. By the 17th century the game was popular across Scotland, and the Scottish Football Association was created in 1873. (So much for "Football`s Coming Home: Frank Skinner!)