A special plaque has been unveiled in the Meadows commemorating the first ever Edinburgh Derby back in 1875! 🪧 The special occasion was officially marked on Thursday with a plaque on Boroughloch Lane. 🔗 tinyurl.com/4ek3wbnf

Link to the @thefsa.bsky.social's blueprint document "Stop Exploiting Loyalty": thefsa.org.uk/wp-content/u...

NEW POST 🗞️ With the US set to host its second World Cup, let's go back to the roots of soccer in the US 🇺🇸 They go back way further than the MLS or NASL Read on... 👉🏼 open.substack.com/pub/outsidew... #History #WorldCup 📸 Chris Lee and @londonhibee.bsky.social

Received this and the Scotland edition today; my, they are superb. Ordered the out of stock version of Norway from Stanchion books, but can’t source the Sweden issue. The Portland one also looks fantastic

1 of 5 #scotsfoundedfootball On my walk on Friday, I passed by Hampden Bowling Club. It looks fine, despite its impending closure. By the end of February, it will be no more. I have no idea what Glasgow City Council are going to do with it. That £150,000+ repair to the roof is not going away.

Same here. What a great year it’s been.

Proud to be a @claptoncfc.co.uk member share.google/NySjprfTfXjw...

🚨 NEW YEAR, NEW BOOK Uruguay: Football’s First Global Power, 1918-1930, my sequel to From Beauty to Duty. Coming June 2026 via @PitchPublishing 1924 Paris Olympics. 1928 Amsterdam. Inaugural World Cup, Montevideo 1930. And the story in between… Preorders soon, please share & follow for updates!

My @futbologyapp.bsky.social 2025 year. 65 games across 8 countries and 13 new grounds stretching from Santiago 🇨🇱 and Montevideo 🇺🇾 to Kelty 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and Tashkent 🇺🇿 Lovely to meet and go to games with @adambrandon84.bsky.social in Chile & Don in Uzbekistan Thanks to @pibedebarrio.bsky.social for 🇦🇷 & 🇺🇾

My family continue to have great taste when it comes to buying football book gifts. This year's Xmas haul includes titles by @andymitchellmedia.bsky.social @simonkuper.bsky.social @futboleslaleche.bsky.social & Aidan Smith Pictured here along with the now traditional pic of the re-stacked bookshelf

As a @thehibees.bsky.social fan and a @glorystudio.bsky.social subscriber I was always going to be biased, but the new Hibs issue is fantastic. Well done to everyone involved @hibstrust.bsky.social @danielgraywriter.bsky.social @irvinewelsh.bsky.social et al #GGTTH

One for the SOL fans from a different angle www.instagram.com/p/DS0Tw32iAL...

A huge three points in Leith! 💚

A fascinating article by @andymitchellmedia.bsky.social highlighting yet another Scottish football pioneer in South America

This subject could easily be a book length essay. The key question is why Scottish football, or rather all the other clubs in Scotland, make no attempt to challenge underlying reasons that mean they have almost no chance of winning the league.

Yesterday at @claptoncfc.co.uk was Match 2025 for me. A nice @futbologyapp.bsky.social milestone to make just before the end of the year of the same number

Interesting piece highlighting some of the problems of Scottish football in today's @theobserveruk.bsky.social by @rorysmith.bsky.social. I particularly like the phrase "toxic insularity" to describe the inherent conservatism and small-mindedness observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...

It's always a good day when there's a delivery from @thesefootballtimes.shop and an even better one when it contains 2 magazines

🇧🇷 🤝 🇨🇴 Chapecoense will be wearing this kit on their return to Série A in 2026; it commemorates the 2016 plane crash which killed the majority of their squad. The colours are those of Atlético Nacional, fellow finalists who gave Chapecoense that year’s Copa Sudamericana title

A spirited fight back in the 2nd half by ten man @claptoncfc.co.uk is ultimately in vain as Newbury Forest triumph 4-2

HT: Newbury Forest 2 @claptoncfc.co.uk 0

For the first time in over 38 years of living in London, I've had to pay attention to the destination of an eastbound Central Line train. Follow @claptoncfc.co.uk and see the World (well the Far East of the Central Line at least)

With 2 late goals for Girona in Donostia and the Anoeta emptying as Real Sociedad fans leave early, I'm worried about all the Basques in one exit

Literally some Glory glory for the Hibees #GGTTH @glorystudio.bsky.social @glorystudio.bsky.social to the @thehibees.bsky.social

Moments like today show exactly why visibility matters. LGBTQI+ fans shouldn’t have to shrink to make others feel comfortable. Tonight our flag still flies and our community will continue to stand strong. Pride will always have a place at Our stadium and Our Club #COYS

A great win for @claptoncfc.co.uk today www.instagram.com/p/DR7uvQCDEw...

Well worth listening to this talk this evening by @jervisevans.bsky.social if you are in and around Newport this evening

NEW POST 🗞️ Continuing my #nonleague adventures, I made a long-overdue visit to progressive Manchester club, West Didsbury & Chorlton The club enjoyed average crowds of 877 last season, more than twice the average in their division Why? Read on… #groundhopping open.substack.com/pub/outsidew...

2 of 4 This has been a labour of love and is a result of their quest to find the graves of every Scot who played for the Nation. How do you buy it? Simples. tinyurl.com/3dy926bx Get on to Lulu and have a wee look. Christmas giving is starting to look that little bit easier.

It was not just a comment, it was an integral part of the winning design of the Meadows that it should provide an environment for playing football. In 1855. By the time Hearts and Hibs came on the scene, a whole generation had grown up with it. #EdinburghHomeOfFootball

I've just donated to help make the Old Spotted Dog Ground accessible for everyone. @claptoncfc.co.uk @oldspotteddog.bsky.social chuffed.org/project/1499...

Fair play to @rorysmith.bsky.social, I didn't expect to open this morning's @theobserveruk.bsky.social and find a double page spread on the Falkirk Ultras share.google/Bla836z5HAPh...

A great 0-3 away win for @claptoncfc.co.uk against FC Romania 🇷🇴 in Cheshunt

On my way to watch @claptoncfc.co.uk away at FC Romania 🇷🇴. Sadly in Cheshunt rather than Bucharest

@barcajim3.bsky.social I thought you'd be interested in the article and the book

@footballcliches.bsky.social @cdeccleshare.bsky.social @davidcameronwalker.bsky.social the man himself at the left end of the back row

Good to see @jonawils.bsky.social mention the impact of #ScotchProfessor Peter McWilliam at Tottenham in his preview piece on the North London Derby #NLD www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Amongst today's @futbologyapp.bsky.social anniversaries, in 1997 @cherylewan.bsky.social & I were at the Derby della Madonnina

Thanks to @futbologyapp.bsky.social and the British Newspaper Archive, I've just discovered that @neilmay.bsky.social, our mate Brian and I were so close to winning a tenner in the Reading Evening Post in November 1989

Hate Airdrie

Amongst today's @futbologyapp.bsky.social anniversaries is my only trip to Broomfield. On a bitterly cold day, Hibs were poor, the only highlight was a snowball fight between fans and @cherylewan.bsky.social was so cold that she cried when we discovered that our bus had been moved further away

Release from The Tartan Army Sunshine Appeal with regards to the @fifaworldcup26.bsky.social Please take a moment to read and reposts are most appreciated to spread the word ❤️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇦🇺🇸🇲🇽

Yep

The BBC Scotland commentary for Kenny McLean’s halfway line goal is glorious. Stuff of dreams. 🔥 Congratulations #Scotland, see you at the World Cup.

This week has been an antidote to power club football. Make do and mend teams, full of faulty parts giving their people a night or two of glorious delirium.

A rare example of a happy Ewan Murray Scotland match report 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

If only Ferenc Puskás was alive today to win the McTominay Award

www.theguardian.com/football/202... absolutely loved meeting Sammy Lee

Zsa Zsa Gabor, Franz Liszt, Ferenc Puskas, Laszlo Biro, Adrien Brody, Joseph Pulitzer, bloke who invented the Rubiks Cube - can you hear us bloke who invented the Rubik's Cube? Solve that in 6+ minutes of added time!

Disappointed in the Barrow AFC centre half's choice of short sleeves #nichesleevejoke