In a field near the Solway Firth, sheep graze between rows of old stones. It looks just like any other stretch of farmland in ...

Sports historian Ged O'Brien's claim suggests a field near Anwoth Kirk in Scotland could be the world's oldest football pitch, indicating structured football in the 1600s. Evidence from Reverend ...

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A field in the Scottish countryside near the Solway Firth was likely the world’s oldest football pitch, a historian has claimed. The farmland near Anwoth Kirk in modern-day Dumfries and Galloway ...