Historical ArtifactsEnglish • 10 days ago

World's oldest known football, Scotland, ~1540 AD

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World's oldest known football, Scotland, ~1540 AD

Historical ArtifactsEnglish • 10 days ago

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The ball must have been kicked high, at some time in the 1540s, as it lodged in the rafters of the Queen’s Chamber in Stirling Castle during James V’s reconstruction of the castle

Probably by someone who’s a sore loser.

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