2 of 5 If you believe that Alcock genuinely and honestly thought England founded Football, then our paths diverge. The man was embedded into the Football of the UK. He saw the transformational effect that the #scotchprofessor had on ‘his’ Football. Alcock saw the new Game take over Lancashire.
1990 Glasgow Scotland. I was looking at Football photos going back to 1873 in the Queen's Park FC collection. There - in photos of Scotland teams in 1882, was a black footballer. I initially refused to believe my own eyes because I 'knew' my History. Andrew Watson. #scotchprofessor A world changer.
1 of 6 #scotsfoundedfootball Charles Alcock ’s 1906 book is a mass of contradictions. Charles confuses himself again and again. He has to discuss the Combination Game, but how can he explain it, whilst simultaneously denying the #scotchprofessor and promoting England? Here’s how.
5 of 5 So what? Alcock gives us more than one Creation Myth. He tries to cede some importance to Sheffield - but not so much that his untruths about the Public Schools are irreparably damaged. Those lies are repeated, even today. It is our duty to oppose misinformation. #scotchprofessor
4 of 5 ...in any degree of perfection in the early matches between London and Sheffield had been [...] ousting the dribbler”. BUT... “Even the example of the Scotch teams which visited London had been thrown away...” What WAS this example, if not the #scotchprofessor game?
2 of 5 No. 3 will probably be a book of essays on the #scotchprofessor and their critical importance to Football in many countries. Something to allow me to go beyond the 350 word idea of the 100 Reasons books. Why am I doing this and self-publishing? Pragmatism and cruel reality.
4 of 4 So what? English football was constipated. It could not move forward. Its bowels were clogged with the stodge of a thousand gubernatorial disagreements. Who knew what to play? Worry not. The #scotchprofessor was about to administer English football’s first Combination enema.
5 of 5 So what? Here we have two of the major clubs in England playing two sets of rules - IN ONE CITY! And that will be to ignore a goodly number in other regions playing the handling and running code. Chaos. In Scotland, all was serene. The #scotchprofessor ruled. Tell me again how...
I will be using that image for my Micro Talk in West Kilbride 25th April - 'How Scotland Won the 1930 Word Cup. And Came Second and Third.' #scotchprofessor
5 of 5 So what? It shines a light on the alleged founders of football. England was in a maelstrom through the 1860s and 1870s. Football’s regional sub-codes vied for primacy. In Scotland, the #scotchprofessor was King, with one set of rules to bind them. There was no ‘Sheffield’ civil war.
1 of 5 I had a good time on Saturday discussing history with my two esteemed colleagues Iain Campbell Whittle and Alistair Firth. ICW’s website continues to astound. Let me pick one tiny morsel he shared with me: JJ Lang. Now this #scotchprofessor is normally discussed as an early professional.
4 of 4 So what? According to Robinson, Gardner issued a card to each player with their positions v Hamilton Gymnasium. THIS is one of the most important facts of all time. It shows the #scotchprofessor planned, trained, thought - before they kicked a ball. Obvious now. Of historic importance, then.
4 of 4 So what? The score is irrelevant. If England already had their Combination game stemming from English culture, why did so many clubs need Scottish players? Why did Marindin fear the #scotchprofessor so much that he would cheat QPFC? You know why.
3 of 4 ‘...he, no doubt, acted honestly according to his lights, but the Queen’s Park were never convinced...’ Haha. Good one, Mr Robinson. His ‘lights’ were the conviction that the #scotchprofessor was an abomination. How could he allow QPFC to win? His anger was understandable if decidedly wrong.
4 of 4 So what? Corinthians are having their effect on England, with the squad swinging back to the southern English amateur. The passing game has been picked up by Corinthians. FROM THE SCOTS! How many other southern clubs had taken up the game of the #scotchprofessor?
2 of 4 Much more interesting is that 17k is given as a world record. This is a match against unknowns, playing their first ever game, under Scottish rules. The ref is Robert Gardner - gk in 1872 and one of the most influential #scotchprofessor of all time.
Glasgow is the Home of World Football. The Home of English Football. I shall leave you to fight that out for yourselves. #scotsfoundedfootball #scotchprofessor
5 of 5 So what? The other episodes went a little nuts (made up a Blackburn club) but I rest content. A mainstream drama had just told everyone that the #scotchprofessor founded English Football. Thank God the Downton Abbey crew knew nothing about Football and let it pass by.
3 of 5 Suter is dismayed by the Lancastrian’s bovine football and tries to inject a little #scotchprofessor science and logic ‘I am trying to tell you how we play the game in Scotland’. The herd: ’But that’s not how we play.’ He is temporarily dumbfounded.
2 of 5 It gets better. The Darwen mill owner: ‘Suter - your passing game is the future of football’. Finally. The dam bursts in front of me. An English audience is getting served up a main course of #scotchprofessor with a tasty side order of Ahtelltyeez. How did this get past the Director?
1 of 5 #scotsfoundedfootball Following on from yesterday, I continue with the bits of ‘The English Game’ (Netflix 2020) The #scotchprofessor idea. The first time the general Football public in England will have heard of it. Better than anything I could have done because it is popular tv.
4 of 5 Gedboy shakes his fist at the screen and screams in delight. It is dusty in the mancave. Our beloved First Hampden is mentioned in the first few minutes. The place where every football match, ever played, was born. #scotchprofessor OK - I had waited so long, I took any ‘win’.
3 of 5 Lord Kinnaird of the English FA meets Fergie Suter #scotchprofessor who says: ‘I saw you play at Hampden a few years back, against Queens Park. Let me translate. There’s yer dinner! Oct 9th 1875 QPFC Founders of World Football FIVE. The Wanderers poshies ZERO. Nice touch, scriptwriters!
Football is Scottish. #scotchprofessor
2 of 4 Corinthians are great, in an English context. They were the best team in England for decades. But - they were an elite team playing Scottish Combination. Everyone north of the Border was a #scotchprofessor The Corinthians were the social elite trying to copy the best style of Football.
4 of 4 So what? THIS. IS. EXTRAORDINARY. English desperation is so strong, they founded a club for the white English Amateur Elite and played a black #scotchprofessor who had been secretary of Queen’s Park FC and was a recent captain of Scotland. Pa Jackson never forgot 1882. NEITHER SHOULD WE.
4 of 4 So what? Whilst the Corinthians were an extraordinarily gifted team of the late 19th century, their story makes no sense if we do not view it in the context of the fact that THEY WERE A #scotchprofessor TEAM CREATED ON ENGLISH SOIL because they did not have a successful game of their own.
3 of 4 It is ok that a website for Corinthian-Casuals (clubs amalgamated celebrates their great deeds. Yet - it ignores the reason for their birth and who taught them. #scotchprofessor Saying they were copying the Scotland team and not really saying why, is sleekit. You played DODOBALL lads!
2 of 4 Let us read their website... tinyurl.com/w2m7s3x History page 1st para. Jackson’s ‘...aim was to develop a club side capable of challenging Scotland at international level.’ OK. That is quite true. The website then moves on, whilst we apply #scotchprofessor logic to the text.
2 of 4 If you can’t beat ‘em. Join.... Err no. Steal their game. That’s what. Then try and hide the evidence. N Lane ‘Pa’ Jackson came up with an idea. Take to England a #scotchprofessor or two and get them to teach the English amateur elite. How often do I see this explained. I think - never.
