The lads from the ducal town
The formative years of Hamilton Academical FC Left: Ordinance map of Hamilton, the ducal town, surveyed in 1858 and published in 1864. Reproduced with permission of the National Library of Scotland. Right: John Davie of Hamilton Academical FC. Part 1 Even a brief study of Hamilton Academical’s early history emphasises the incontrovertible fact that the…
Short biographies of association football club members from the Vale of Leven district (1872-1875)
This list of short biographies forms part of Chapter 3 of the thesis. It focuses on association football club members who have been connected to at least one relevant club from the Vale of Leven district between 1872 and 1875. The central aim of this study is to link each club member to the 1871…
List of clubs in Scotland linked to the association game (1866–March 1875)
This list of clubs is linked to Chapter 4 of my thesis on organised football in nineteenth century Scotland. It tallies up the number of clubs linked to the association game in Scotland up to the end of March 1875. I have provided some guidelines below which accompany the list. Firstly, the year when each…
Glasgow Football Study
List of known clubs up to the end of 1875 Glasgow Academical Football Club (pictured 1870) and Queen’s Park Football Club (pictured 1874) This study was undertaken for Chapter 4 of the thesis and relates to all football clubs that are known to have existed across Glasgow and the surrounding area (up to a 7…
Short biographies of football club members involved with both codes (1868-1873)
This list of short biographies forms part of Chapter 3 of the thesis. It focuses on football club members who have been linked to the rugby and association codes between 1868 and 1873. The primary aim of this study is to link each club member to the 1871 Census. In doing so, information relating to…
Short biographies of rugby football club members (1868-1873)
This list of short biographies forms part of Chapter 3 of the thesis. It focuses on rugby football club members who have been connected to at least one relevant club between 1868 and 1873. The primary aim of this study is to link each club member to the 1871 Census. In doing so, information relating…
Short biographies of association football club members (1868-1873)
This list of short biographies forms part of Chapter 3 of the thesis. It focuses on association football club members who have been connected to at least one relevant club between 1868 and 1873. The primary aim of this study is to link each club member to the 1871 Census. In doing so, information relating…
The Start of something Big: Scotland and the official birth of international football
Introduction On St Andrew’s Day 1872, sides representing Scotland and England lined up against each other in the first official international football match under Association rules. A decent turnout of spectators made their way into the West of Scotland Cricket Ground and jostled round the ropes which marked out the boundary of the playing field.…
The Footballers from the Vale
Introduction The Vale of Leven district is situated within West Dunbartonshire and lies approximately 13 miles to the northwest of Glasgow as the crow flies. The valley itself is about five miles in length and follows the River Leven on its journey from Loch Lomond in the north down to Dumbarton where it becomes a…
The Yuletide Games of Old
Football activity was significantly linked to winter festivals in Scotland. One such notable event was the festival of Yule, originally an ancient pagan celebration that marked the winter solstice. With the establishment of Christianity across northern Europe, this pagan festival was largely subsumed by the Christmas season. For many communities, football formed part of the…
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