FOOTBALL’S COMING HOME TO KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE

The official story of how association football came to be invented emphasises the role of private English schools like Harrow and Eton. But now that has been displaced by research showing it was much nearer to home, in Kirkcudbrightshire, and in the town of Anwoth in the 16th century. Detailed research by the National Museum of Scotland has proven the good folk of Anwoth created the modern game with rules and proper format. Come and hear how history was made with Phil Richardson of National Museum of Scotland and the power of football, past, present and future, with writer Julie McNeill who will talk about his artistic residency with St Cuthbert Wanderers.

Phil Richardson works at Archaeology Scotland and led the research into Anworth’s role in football history. Julie McNeill is author of We are Scottish Football and co-editor of A Most Unsuitable Game: Celebrating Women’s Football Fifty Years After the Ban and leading Kirkcudbright Fringe’s Pauline Saul Artistic Residency working with St. Cuthbert Wanderers.