Ball games have long been a feature of human play and the game of football as we know it today has been a fixture of life for societies worldwide since the 19th century. Who invented football and ...

“Somebody said that football's a matter of life and death ... The Romans ran with the concept and invented Harpastum, which was even more brutal. The ancients weren’t the only ones who enjoyed ...

Standing on the location of the ancient pitch, he added: "This is one of my great days ever, because we're stood on the proof that we need to show that Scotland invented modern world football.

And it's one that O'Brien says is the "proof" that Scotland "invented modern world football". O’Brien points to a letter written by the Rev Samuel Rutherford, who served as the minister at ...