‘It wesnae a goal, Geoff’ | Worldwide, Scots lend ‘fitba’ their distinctive style
[I]t’s been our greatest glory, hasn’t it, football has been our greatest contribution to the world, and it’s a thing we’ve been best at, so we can lose the Empire, it doesn’t mean much, but to lose our status as a football nation that is the saddest thing.
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The Global Game | The Turnbull connection | An ancestry of passing acquaintance:
November 15th, 2007 at 13:33
[...] that aired on Radio Scotland last month, It Wes Us, hosted by Billy Kay (see podcast interview of 31 May 07). The title refers to the Scots’ claim to have been modernizers of association football, [...]
The Global Game | Alex Ferguson and the Boys’ Brigade:
December 15th, 2007 at 00:49
[...] and author Billy Kay, in our May 31 podcast, notes how the Boys’ Brigade helped spread football to Presbyterian mission outposts [...]