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Andrew Watson was born on this day in 1856. Watson made history in 1881, becoming the first black player to play international association football when he captained Scotland to a 6-1 victory over England.

Tickets for our St Mary’s Street Hall Exhibition on August 6th are now on General Sale! 📢 Remember, tickets are 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘, you just have to book your slot in advance! 🎟️ Grab yours below! ⬇️

Today, May 27, is the 10th anniversary of the FIFA raids at the Baur au Lac hotel in Zurich, revealing a huge DoJ investigation of corruption in global soccer/football. A landmark — & controversial — moment in sports history & one I wrote a book about! amazon.com/Red-Card-Whist…

Come along to my talk tomorrow on 'The birth of rugby in Edinburgh'. A small number of tickets have been returned and are now available. 2pm on Thursday afternoon at the City Art Centre, and it's free. edinburghmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/birth…

I love the early football images on 19th century trade cards.

I really enjoyed giving my talk on early Edinburgh rugby today - thanks to everyone who came along! You can now access the full illustrated text on my website: scottishsporthistory.com/sports-history…

Fantastic evening at the Meadowbank Thistle Reunion. Great to meet so many old faces from those halcyon days, including legends such as Terry Christie and the man, the myth - the one and only Vic Kasule.

A small number of excess reunion programmes are available for purchase on the following link. All profits to EdinburghFoodProject. Thanks go to David Stoker for editing and distributing! buy.stripe.com/fZu3cv3fJ1TObC…

This is truly wonderful: the story of 'The Scotsman who sparked Argentina's Football Passion' - Alexander Watson Hutton, father of Argentine football. Available as a free e-book, written by historian Martin de Vita, who has translated it into English. heyzine.com/flip-book/7ff4…

All at Team Scotland are saddened to hear that Lachie Stewart has passed away at the age of 81. His 10,000m gold at Edinburgh 1970 remains one of the iconic moments of Scotland's Commonwealth Games history. Our thoughts are with his family and many friends in sport.

My book, The Coping Stone - The First English Soccer Tour of Australia 1925 launches at Gleebooks in Sydney on 26 June, hosted by Soccer Anzacs run by Ian Syson. Join us! gleebooks.com.au/event/paul-nic…

A wonderful series of presentations at our conference in Belfast next week. The International Football History Conference once again looks to be a welcoming and inspiring event in a fantastic venue. You can still join us as a delegate. See: eventbrite.co.uk/e/internationa… #Footycon25

It was with great sadness that everyone connected with Kilmarnock Football Club learned of the passing of Richard Cairns. Richard was a very well-known and highly respected shareholder and season ticket holder, as well as a trustworthy servant to the Club for well over 45 years.

My Guardian column today: The worst sports movie in history? I asked Sepp Blatter about Fifa’s United Passions It's the 10-year anniversary of its disastrous launch in the US this week. Sepp was interesting on that and other things ... theguardian.com/football/2025/…

The schedule for the International Football History Conference 2025 at Belfast has been published and can be viewed here: gjfootballarchive.com/2025/06/06/int… #Footycon25

Hello Belfast! Looking forward to speaking at #Footycon2025 later today.

Shocked at the fatal fire in Perth which has shattered so many lives and will result in the demolition of this historic building. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

It's getting closer. The Great Glasgow Programme and Memorabilia Fair. Hall of Fame at Hampden Park. July 6th. Promises to be our biggest event yet and in such a historic setting. Not to be missed. Andy Mitchell Dougie Donnelly Jim Spence Hugh MacDonald Scottish Football Museum

As the UEFA Women's Euro UEFA Women's EURO 2025 gets underway, read about the woman who started it all off, the mysterious Nettie Honeyball, founder of the British Ladies Football Club in 1895: scottishsporthistory.com/sports-history…