Ged O'Brien believes that Scotland, not England, is the home of football - and now claims to have found proof.

A sports historian behind the claims that Scotland invented football says he has found the world’s oldest known pitch there.

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 ...

That meeting, which took place on October 26, 1863 at the Freemasons' Tavern ... While those associated with football in England take pride in the fact that they can be said to be 'inventors ...

But when agreement was reached on the FA Rules of 1863, it paved the way for ... and played in the first international football match, between England and Scotland in 1872, and the first FA ...