Andy Mitchell
@andymitchellmedia.bsky.social
Scottish football historian. Edinburgh. www.scottishsporthistory.com
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Over a decade ago, I wrote this blog about Danish footballer Carl Hansen and his wartime experiences. I suggested his book would be a great project for translation and I'm delighted that Ian Hogg has taken up the challenge and produced a free ebook! www.scottishsporthistory.com/sports-histo...
A Danish football drama in Scotland, just waiting to be translated
An interesting little project for a Danish speaker would be a translation of these books by Carl Hansen into English. The Danish international joined Rangers in 1921 and spent three years in...
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November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Over a decade ago, I wrote this blog about Danish footballer Carl Hansen and his wartime experiences. I suggested his book would be a great project for translation and I'm delighted that Ian Hogg has taken up the challenge and produced a free ebook! www.scottishsporthistory.com/sports-histo...
Over a decade ago, I wrote this blog about Danish footballer Carl Hansen and his wartime experiences. I suggested his book would be a great project for translation and I'm delighted that Ian Hogg has taken up the challenge and produced a free ebook! www.scottishsporthistory.com/sports-histo...
A Danish football drama in Scotland, just waiting to be translated
An interesting little project for a Danish speaker would be a translation of these books by Carl Hansen into English. The Danish international joined Rangers in 1921 and spent three years in...
www.scottishsporthistory.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Over a decade ago, I wrote this blog about Danish footballer Carl Hansen and his wartime experiences. I suggested his book would be a great project for translation and I'm delighted that Ian Hogg has taken up the challenge and produced a free ebook! www.scottishsporthistory.com/sports-histo...
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The venue for the 2026 British Society of Sports History has just been announced. It will be held at the John McIntyre Centre, University of Edinburgh, from 26 to 28 August 2026. See below for more details..
www.sportinhistory.org/articles/edi...
www.sportinhistory.org/articles/edi...
Edinburgh Venue for the 2026 BSSH Annual Conference
Welcome to the British Society of Sports History website. Our purpose is to promote the study of the history of sport.
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November 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The venue for the 2026 British Society of Sports History has just been announced. It will be held at the John McIntyre Centre, University of Edinburgh, from 26 to 28 August 2026. See below for more details..
www.sportinhistory.org/articles/edi...
www.sportinhistory.org/articles/edi...
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Great to have helped get this historic Scottish football trophy back on display in its home town, Musselburgh.
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A historic Musselburgh football trophy returns
One of Musselburgh's earliest football trophies, the Simpson Shield , has come home after turning up at auction recently. I was lucky enough to be the winning bidder and have sold it on to...
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November 2, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Great to have helped get this historic Scottish football trophy back on display in its home town, Musselburgh.
www.scottishsporthistory.com/sports-histo...
www.scottishsporthistory.com/sports-histo...
Great to have helped get this historic Scottish football trophy back on display in its home town, Musselburgh.
www.scottishsporthistory.com/sports-histo...
www.scottishsporthistory.com/sports-histo...
A historic Musselburgh football trophy returns
One of Musselburgh's earliest football trophies, the Simpson Shield , has come home after turning up at auction recently. I was lucky enough to be the winning bidder and have sold it on to...
www.scottishsporthistory.com
November 2, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Great to have helped get this historic Scottish football trophy back on display in its home town, Musselburgh.
www.scottishsporthistory.com/sports-histo...
www.scottishsporthistory.com/sports-histo...
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Sad to hear that staunch Jags supporter, Alan Cunningham (@harrywragg), has passed away at the age of 75. A familiar face in the stands, home and away.
R.I.P. Alan, and condolences to his family, many friends and loved ones. ❤️💛
R.I.P. Alan, and condolences to his family, many friends and loved ones. ❤️💛
October 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Sad to hear that staunch Jags supporter, Alan Cunningham (@harrywragg), has passed away at the age of 75. A familiar face in the stands, home and away.
R.I.P. Alan, and condolences to his family, many friends and loved ones. ❤️💛
R.I.P. Alan, and condolences to his family, many friends and loved ones. ❤️💛
I wrote an article on The Foot-Ball Club for History Scotland magazine, but it has now ceased publication. Rather than let it go to waste, it makes a long read for my website:
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Edinburgh should be recognised as a 'home of football', thanks to its 19th century pioneers
Next time you hear someone singing Football's Coming Home , ask them where they think 'home' is. They might answer London, Sheffield or Cambridge; maybe even Glasgow. They would be wrong, as...
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October 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I wrote an article on The Foot-Ball Club for History Scotland magazine, but it has now ceased publication. Rather than let it go to waste, it makes a long read for my website:
www.scottishsporthistory.com/sports-histo...
www.scottishsporthistory.com/sports-histo...
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It's UK Black History Month.
Resharing @lanre-bakare.bsky.social's article from Feb!
The stories of Black boxers in 1880s England are missing from every boxing history or Black British history I've read. But there are LOTS! Feel privileged to help find them:
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Resharing @lanre-bakare.bsky.social's article from Feb!
The stories of Black boxers in 1880s England are missing from every boxing history or Black British history I've read. But there are LOTS! Feel privileged to help find them:
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
From racist bans to lion-tamer fighters: the wild history of Britain’s unsung Black boxing superstars
A Thousand Blows, the knockout new drama from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, puts Victorian-era boxer Hezekiah Moscow in the spotlight. But it doesn’t even begin to do justice to the astonishin...
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October 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
It's UK Black History Month.
Resharing @lanre-bakare.bsky.social's article from Feb!
The stories of Black boxers in 1880s England are missing from every boxing history or Black British history I've read. But there are LOTS! Feel privileged to help find them:
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Resharing @lanre-bakare.bsky.social's article from Feb!
The stories of Black boxers in 1880s England are missing from every boxing history or Black British history I've read. But there are LOTS! Feel privileged to help find them:
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
I think they might just have a photo of the wrong stadium here. www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/202...
Scotland’s Hampden Park site faces threat of redevelopment
The site of the world’s first international football stadium could become flats or a car park unless action is taken, with the original Hampden Park in Glasgow currently home to a bowling club facing ...
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October 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I think they might just have a photo of the wrong stadium here. www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/202...
50 years ago today, 19 Oct 1975, a world record football score for a top division match without any contrived skulduggery: Lochend Thistle (Edinburgh) 0 Dundee Strikers 47 in the Scottish Women's League. Quite the run of results for Lochend that season! But they kept going and did win a match later.
October 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
50 years ago today, 19 Oct 1975, a world record football score for a top division match without any contrived skulduggery: Lochend Thistle (Edinburgh) 0 Dundee Strikers 47 in the Scottish Women's League. Quite the run of results for Lochend that season! But they kept going and did win a match later.
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#31DaysOFGraves Day 19: Social group. James Dalrymple, an unmarried upholsterer, died aged 25 of sudden heart failure, having developed heart disease from an earlier bout of rheumatic fever. The Dean Cricket Club is no longer in existence. #Edinburgh #Cricket #EdinburghCricket
October 19, 2025 at 8:21 AM
#31DaysOFGraves Day 19: Social group. James Dalrymple, an unmarried upholsterer, died aged 25 of sudden heart failure, having developed heart disease from an earlier bout of rheumatic fever. The Dean Cricket Club is no longer in existence. #Edinburgh #Cricket #EdinburghCricket
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As a friend who was planning to go to the 2026 WC told me, "this settles it". He won't.
October 15, 2025 at 9:45 AM
As a friend who was planning to go to the 2026 WC told me, "this settles it". He won't.
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Correcting an historical error regarding Celtic’s first captain James Kelly...Story by @hailhailhistory.bsky.social in comments below 🍀👇
October 15, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Correcting an historical error regarding Celtic’s first captain James Kelly...Story by @hailhailhistory.bsky.social in comments below 🍀👇
The very first Scottish Football Annual was published 150 years ago this week in 1875. You can read a digitised copy on my website. www.scottishsporthistory.com/digitised-bo...
Digitised books and articles
This is a personal selection of published articles and books on Scottish sport history. There is a wealth of interesting material online, from digitised books to scholarly research, which I will...
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October 14, 2025 at 10:06 AM
The very first Scottish Football Annual was published 150 years ago this week in 1875. You can read a digitised copy on my website. www.scottishsporthistory.com/digitised-bo...
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Ahead of Scotland v Belarus, a look back at the equivalent match in 1997 which was played in very strange circumstances - a bewildering start to my time as team press officer: www.scottishsporthistory.com/sports-histo...
'Please call the game off' - seven days that shook Scottish football
by Andy Mitchell This is the story of an extraordinary week in 1997 when events unrelated to football conspired to make the Scottish Football Association and its boss vilified throughout the UK. ...
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October 11, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Ahead of Scotland v Belarus, a look back at the equivalent match in 1997 which was played in very strange circumstances - a bewildering start to my time as team press officer: www.scottishsporthistory.com/sports-histo...
Ahead of Scotland v Belarus, a look back at the equivalent match in 1997 which was played in very strange circumstances - a bewildering start to my time as team press officer: www.scottishsporthistory.com/sports-histo...
'Please call the game off' - seven days that shook Scottish football
by Andy Mitchell This is the story of an extraordinary week in 1997 when events unrelated to football conspired to make the Scottish Football Association and its boss vilified throughout the UK. ...
www.scottishsporthistory.com
October 11, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Ahead of Scotland v Belarus, a look back at the equivalent match in 1997 which was played in very strange circumstances - a bewildering start to my time as team press officer: www.scottishsporthistory.com/sports-histo...
A fascinating hour this evening listening to @malikalnasir.bsky.social on his new book "Searching for my Slave Roots" which I look forward to reading - not least finding out more about footballer Andrew Watson. Well done to @portybooks.bsky.social for putting on the event.
October 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
A fascinating hour this evening listening to @malikalnasir.bsky.social on his new book "Searching for my Slave Roots" which I look forward to reading - not least finding out more about footballer Andrew Watson. Well done to @portybooks.bsky.social for putting on the event.
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50 years ago, 28 Sept 1975, an astonishing result in the Scottish Women's League Cup: Lochend Thistle 0 Edinburgh Dynamos 42. Cuttings from the Evening News, with a photo of Dynamos earlier in the year.
September 28, 2025 at 7:08 AM
50 years ago, 28 Sept 1975, an astonishing result in the Scottish Women's League Cup: Lochend Thistle 0 Edinburgh Dynamos 42. Cuttings from the Evening News, with a photo of Dynamos earlier in the year.
50 years ago, 28 Sept 1975, an astonishing result in the Scottish Women's League Cup: Lochend Thistle 0 Edinburgh Dynamos 42. Cuttings from the Evening News, with a photo of Dynamos earlier in the year.
September 28, 2025 at 7:08 AM
50 years ago, 28 Sept 1975, an astonishing result in the Scottish Women's League Cup: Lochend Thistle 0 Edinburgh Dynamos 42. Cuttings from the Evening News, with a photo of Dynamos earlier in the year.
Nice to get a mention in this article by @londonist.com on the first match played under Football Association rules. londonist.com/london/sport...
The First Ever FA Football Match, Played In A London Park In 1864
A week earlier than most people thought...
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September 27, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Nice to get a mention in this article by @londonist.com on the first match played under Football Association rules. londonist.com/london/sport...
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We’re excited to announce that the location for #FootyCon26 is…
LONDON!!
Join us at Fulham FC’s Craven Cottage on the 12th & 13th of June 2026 for the latest edition of our annual conference to enjoy lots of great people talk about Football of all codes from multiple backgrounds
LONDON!!
Join us at Fulham FC’s Craven Cottage on the 12th & 13th of June 2026 for the latest edition of our annual conference to enjoy lots of great people talk about Football of all codes from multiple backgrounds
September 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
We’re excited to announce that the location for #FootyCon26 is…
LONDON!!
Join us at Fulham FC’s Craven Cottage on the 12th & 13th of June 2026 for the latest edition of our annual conference to enjoy lots of great people talk about Football of all codes from multiple backgrounds
LONDON!!
Join us at Fulham FC’s Craven Cottage on the 12th & 13th of June 2026 for the latest edition of our annual conference to enjoy lots of great people talk about Football of all codes from multiple backgrounds
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A nice boost today, for those of us who value our Footballing Heritage. Historic Environment Scotland registered (New) Cathkin Park - the site of the Second Hampden, as a Scheduled Monument. tinyurl.com/59nccjea
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September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
A nice boost today, for those of us who value our Footballing Heritage. Historic Environment Scotland registered (New) Cathkin Park - the site of the Second Hampden, as a Scheduled Monument. tinyurl.com/59nccjea
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Pictured on this night 1921 is the Partick Thistle team which became 'champions of Britain' when, as Scottish Cup holders, they defeated Tottenham Hotspur, the FA Cup holders, by 3 goals to 1! Read all about it... 👀
👉 thethistlearchive.net/match-1921-0...
👉 thethistlearchive.net/match-1921-0...
September 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Pictured on this night 1921 is the Partick Thistle team which became 'champions of Britain' when, as Scottish Cup holders, they defeated Tottenham Hotspur, the FA Cup holders, by 3 goals to 1! Read all about it... 👀
👉 thethistlearchive.net/match-1921-0...
👉 thethistlearchive.net/match-1921-0...
#OTD 18 September 1965 - Brazilian striker Francisco Filho played for Dunfermline Athletic against Morton, his sole game in the Scottish League. Alongside him was Alex Ferguson and four decades later they were reunited at Manchester United, when Filho was appointed youth coach and SAF's assistant.
September 18, 2025 at 8:52 AM
#OTD 18 September 1965 - Brazilian striker Francisco Filho played for Dunfermline Athletic against Morton, his sole game in the Scottish League. Alongside him was Alex Ferguson and four decades later they were reunited at Manchester United, when Filho was appointed youth coach and SAF's assistant.
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1 of 4 #scotsfoundedfootball I was checking wiktionary the other day. Great place for factual documents. I was childishly pleased to see John Hope’s rules sitting atop the mountain as the only known rules in the subheading Laws of Football 1830s. tinyurl.com/2vvumnx9
Rules of The Foot-Ball Club (1833) - Wikisource, the free online library
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September 13, 2025 at 11:19 PM
1 of 4 #scotsfoundedfootball I was checking wiktionary the other day. Great place for factual documents. I was childishly pleased to see John Hope’s rules sitting atop the mountain as the only known rules in the subheading Laws of Football 1830s. tinyurl.com/2vvumnx9