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...that although
Archibald Leitch was the foremost
football
stadium
architect in the
United Kingdom in the early
20th century , only two of his works have been
listed for preservation? (date unknown)
...that
Alex Stevenson is the only
footballer to play for both the
Republic of Ireland and
Rangers F.C. ? (25 April 2007)
...that the
1902 British Home Championship
football tournament was won by
Scotland in a replay after the deciding match was marred by
the deaths of 25 spectators when a stand collapsed at
Ibrox Park ? (6 June 2007)
...that
football players Billy and
John McPhail are the only brothers to have both scored
hat-tricks for
Celtic F.C. against their
Old Firm rivals,
Rangers F.C. ? (21 June 2007)
...that the
football song
Hampden in the sun celebrates the record scoreline of the 1957
Scottish League Cup final? (28 June 2007)
...that
Scottish footballer
Billy McPhail launched a legal case claiming that heading heavy
leather footballs contributed to him developing
Alzheimer's disease ? (28 June 2007)
...that money donated in 1905 by the fans at
Celtic Park football stadium in
Glasgow, Scotland was given to the mother of international Scottish
footballer
Barney Battles, Jr. while Battles was still in the womb? (1 July 2007)
...that on the same day
Arbroath beat Bon Accord 36–0 in the Scottish Cup that 18 miles away in Dundee,
Dundee Harp had beaten Aberdeen Rovers 35–0? (19 July 2007)
...that despite being organised on
St. Andrew's Day , the
first official international football match did not result in a home win? (28 September 2007)
...that
footballer
John Hewitt scored the fastest recorded goal in
Scottish Cup history, timed at 9.6 seconds? (26 January 2008)
...that
Scottish
footballer
Kevin Bremner scored for five different teams in
the Football League during the
1982–83 season ? (8 March 2008)
... that
Albert Kidd scored two
goals in the last 10 minutes of the
1985–86
Scottish football season to deny
Hearts the
championship , despite having not scored in the whole season until then? (10 May 2008)
... that in the
1996
football match between England and Scotland ,
Uri Geller claimed that he caused
Scotland's
Gary McAllister to miss a
penalty by the
power of his mind ? (7 June 2008)
... that when
Hibernian F.C. applied to join the Scottish Football Association , the
SFA told them that the SFA were catering for
Scotsmen , not
Irishmen ? (9 June 2008)
... that
Hibernian Park hosted the first
football international match played in
Edinburgh ,
Scotland ? (6 July 2008)
... that the
Scotch Professors , a group of 19th-century
Scottish
footballers , are credited with inventing the
passing style of the modern game and spreading the sport globally? (23 December 2008)
... that
Walter Galbraith selected an
Accrington Stanley team of eleven
Scots for an
English Football League ? (1 January 2009)
... that
Willie McCartney was listed by the
Sunday Herald newspaper as the 22nd greatest
Scottish
football
manager of all time, even though he never won a major trophy? (7 January 2009)
... that Scottish
footballer
Jim Baxter once taunted opponents in an international match by playing
keepie uppie during the game, and that he described his style as "treating the ball like a woman"? (15 January 2009)
... that while
Kevin Thomas played for
Edinburgh Athletic in the
East of Scotland Football League he also worked for a hotel
booking agency run by his mother? (18 January 2009)
... that
Bobby Atherton was the last
Hibernian captain to win the
Scottish Cup , in
1902 ? (17 February 2009)
... that a
Glasgow -born railway engineer,
John Harley , was responsible for revolutionizing the way
Uruguay played
football ? (13 December 2009)
... that at least seven members of the Scottish Argentine
Brown family have played international
football for
Argentina ? (23 December 2009)
... that during the
2001–02 season ,
Hibernian F.C. sacked
manager
Franck Sauzee just 69 days after he had been appointed? (31 January 2010)
... that
Tom Smith was one of five
Preston North End players to play for
Scotland when they won 1–0 against
England at
Wembley in the
1938 British Home Championship ? (3 February 2010)
... that
Scotland international football defender
Alex McLintock played as a
goalkeeper during his time at
Burnley ? (8 February 2010)
... that the
Motherwell v Hibernian football match on 5 May 2010 , which ended in a 6–6 draw, is the highest scoring match in
Scottish Premier League history? (16 June 2010)
... that although
Rangers won the
1972 European Cup Winners' Cup Final , they were banned from competing the following year because their fans started a
riot ? (26 August 2010)
... that Scottish
footballer
John Durkin worked at a local
coal mine while playing for
Gillingham F.C. ? (30 September 2010)
... that due to the
Scottish football referee strike , foreign officials from
Israel ,
Luxembourg and
Malta were used as replacements? (30 November 2010)
... that the music to the hymn "
Follow On " was later adopted by
Rangers F.C. as the music for their anthem, "
Follow Follow "? (6 April 2011)