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600 years in the making

Football For All

Football for All is a three year long project to celebrate significant milestones in Scottish Football. The Scottish Football Museum successfully applied for funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Museums Galleries Scotland. Over the course of 2022 - 2025, this funding will allow us to share more of our collection and create new resources and displays.

You can see our project timeline and activities here:

March 2023

Launch of new website and digital archive

As part of the Scottish FA’s 150th anniversary celebrations, the Scottish Football Museum launched a new website, featuring a digital archive. At the time of the launch, the archive features a full run of the Scottish FA’s minutes from 1879 to 1969, Scottish Football Annuals from season 1875-76 to 1899-1900 and John Lowe’s private archive relating to the Tommy Walker Touring XI, a team of professional footballers which played a series of exhibition match in India during the Second World War.

With the Scottish FA turning 150 in March 2023, their collection is of particular significance but many other archives relating to Scottish football will be added in the coming months and years.

You can register for free access. If you've already signed up, log in here.

April 2023

Launch of the Scottish Legends reminiscence pack

A new set of reminiscence cards has been created for the Football Memories Scotland project. Covering the 1960 to 1990 period, 60 Scottish football legends were selected and are being distributed amongst the national network of Football Memories groups. As of March 2023, Football Memories has over 460 registered groups running from Stranraer in southwest Scotland to the island of Unst far to the north in the Shetland Isles. The images for the cards came from the collection of the Museum and from the collection of our project media partner, SNS Group. 

September 2023

Scottish Cup permanent gallery and educational resource

The Scottish Cup competition enters its 150th season in 2023-24, to mark this occasion we have opened a permanent gallery and associated online educational workshop. The gallery is befitting of the status of the Cup and allows for better interpretation and explanation. The Scottish Cup is the oldest existing trophy in the world for the code of Association football. Notable dates over the course of this historic season are 18 October 2023, the 150th anniversary date for the first round of the inaugural Scottish Cup, and 21 March 2024, the 150th anniversary date of the first ever Scottish Cup Final. The Gallery is open to visitors and included in the cost of admission, the learning resources can be accessed here 150 Years of The Scottish Cup | Learning Through Football (scottishfa.co.uk)

October 2023

Exhibition and workshop celebrating diversity in football

The photographic exhibition is currently on display at Hampden Park and celebrates the contribution of players from black and ethnic minority backgrounds to our national game. A selection of dramatic action shots from a host of matches highlight the diverse nature of the game in Scotland. An associated educational workshop also features on the Scottish FA’s Learning Through Football website - One Game Many Nations | Learning Through Football (scottishfa.co.uk).

May 2024

Awarding of grants for local heritage projects

The Football For All project will culminate with a series of local projects in different parts of Scotland. 15 grants of up to £1,500 will be allocated to a host of community groups so that local football heritage can be researched, highlighted and celebrated. The applications process opened on May 29th 2024 and closes at 5pm on September 30th 2024. To apply please visit this page Local Heritage Grants (scottishfootballmuseum.org.uk).

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