Sports historian Ged O'Brien's claim suggests a field near Anwoth Kirk in Scotland could be the world's oldest football pitch ...

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The farmland near Anwoth Kirk in modern-day Dumfries and Galloway was hosting football games in the 1600s, nearly two centuries before rules for the sport were laid out for the first time in England .

The field was hosting football games in the 1600s, nearly two centuries before rules for the sport were laid out for the first time in England ... has been played in Scotland for hundreds of ...