🎶 St Cecilia's Hall is the oldest purpose-built concert hall in #Scotland. The original building dates from 1763 when it consisted only of the Concert Room, the Laigh (“Lower”) Room and the Foyer. 📸The Wolfson Gallery in St Cecilia's Hall

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the lifting of the 'ban' on women's football by the Scottish Football Association. Joining in #50YearsOn by showcasing objects and stories from Nat. Football Museum about #SWF in the 🧵below Hope you enjoy!

1/4 If you have been following the posts about 50 years on from the ban - imagine what it was like to try and play : First you had to find a team to play for - usually by asking around in the area or even walking around parks etc to see if you spot any women with a football.

1974 - Scotland's Rose Reilly + Edna Nellis were banned by the English Women's Football Association WFA Professor Fiona Skillen Richard McBrearty Karen Fraser 🌳🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ScotchProfessors 🌍⚽️

Jan 1975 - Scottish WOMEN'S Football Association Bans Rose Reilly + Edna Nellis for LIFE Professor Fiona Skillen Richard McBrearty 🌳🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ScotchProfessors 🌍⚽️ Karen Fraser

Today marks 50 years since the ban on women participating in football was lifted in Scotland. My grannie Agnes Gordon Mackie (back row2nd left)and her team in Keith Banffshire around 1920 #50YearsOn #AMostUnsuitableGame

We are thrilled to include a song from this brilliant play in our book. We’ll be booking tickets for this!

On this day in 1974, a young woman called Elsie Cook received an unexpected call at her home in Stewarton. The previous day the SFA had finally lifter a 53-year edict preventing women from playing football at member grounds. The caller was Jock Stein . . . 1/4

"My Mum covers the phone with her hand and goes... 'Elsie... it's Jock Stein!'" Catch up with the conversation between the iconic Elsie Cook and current Scotland international Lisa Evans. #SWNT

Call for Papers | “Novel Insights into Sports History”, Special Issue of <i>Histories</i> | Call ends December 24, 2024 idrottsforum.org/call-for-paper… via The Editor

Happy to receive some advance copies of A Most Unsuitable Game which will be packed carefully in editor Julie McNeill ‘s poets bag for KBTfringe on Sunday 8th September If you’ve pre ordered your copy should be with you soon. If not, what you waiting for? tippermuirbooks.co.uk/product/a-most…

Over the last couple of years, we have been working to develop a strategy to support sporting heritage activity in Scotland. The strategy is in its final phase & can be viewed via our website: bit.ly/4eclRi3 #ScottishHeritage #SportingHeritage #Strategy

If all goes to plan we'll be issuing our call for papers next week for #Footycon25 in Belfast. Details of the conference can be found here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/internationa…

So excited to have my hands on early copies of A Most Unsuitable Game! Seems appropriate to take a photo of it on the kitchen table - a place where so much of women’s early football was planned, and where chats and edits for this book, were juggled in between family and work.

Great evening at St Cecilia’s Hall for a night of baroque music with countertenor Meili Li, sponsored by Arts and Humanities Research Council and SAHA

Applications for the #FIFA #Research #Scholarship 2025 are now open. Young #scholars are invited to submit research proposals with an interest in any of the following fields of study linked to football: Social Sciences, Law, Economics and Medical Sciences cies.ch/fileadmin/docu…

When and how do sports boycotts work? As this summer of Olympic and Paralympic Games draws to a close, Malcolm MacLean (Malcolm MacLean) reflects on the international history of boycotting these sporting mega-events. historyworkshop.org.uk/sport/boycotti…

We're in the final season of our Lecture Series for 2024, with some fascinating stories still to come. 📍 30 Sept - Dr Sarah Leith 📍 3 Oct - Dougie Donnelly 📍 24 Oct - Professor Frank Dunn 📍 7 Nov - Jane Claydon Book your place now! worldgolfmuseum.com/whats-on #StAndrews

‘Essential for me’: readers on the importance of libraries theguardian.com/books/article/…

Join us for "Sport & the Sporting Past" on Sep 11, 10:30-11:30 am🏆 Discover why preserving our sporting heritage matters. Perfect for sports clubs, community groups & heritage enthusiasts. Register: bit.ly/3LSHN4J #NSHD2024 The National Lottery Heritage Fund @‌paddle_uk @‌sportrectweets