‘football’

Event	Date
Scotland hosts the world’s first ever international football match	30th November
Celtic FC is founded	6th November
First match played at the new Ibrox Stadium	19th September
Footballer Bobby Johnstone dies	22nd August
The Scottish Premiership is founded	2nd August
Queen’s Park FC is founded	9th July
Crime writer Val McDermid is born	4th June
Motherwell FC is founded	17th May
Stand collapse kills 25 at Ibrox Park	5th April
Football fans crushed at Ibrox	2nd January

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09 December

Cumbernauld is designated a New Town

25 January

Poet Robert Burns is born in Ayrshire

25 January

Launch of The Scotsman newspaper