Football’s Square Mile – The World’s Biggest Open-Air Football Museum
‘Football’s Square Mile’ is the world’s most important football heritage site and the biggest open-air football museum on the planet. It has 21 sites stretching across Glasgow, from Glasgow City in the North to Cathcart in the South, and runs West to East across Pollokshields, Queen’s Park, Crosshill, and Mount Florida.
Graeme Brown and Lindsay Hamilton will explain Football’s Square Mile, which encompasses the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Hampden and birthplaces of the Glasgow Football Club Titans: Queen’s Park, 3rd Lanark, Rangers, and Celtic. Alexander Watson Hutton’s birthplace is marked in the Gorbals – this pioneering Scot emigrated to Argentina and is considered the father of Argentinian Football. Hugh MacColl, buried in Cathcart Cemetery, was captain of Spain’s first football club – Sevilla FC, and there is the trailblazing Rose Reilly, who won the World Cup with Italy and has a pub named after her in Govanhill.
We will blow your mind with stories of the grand architects of the ‘Scotch Game’, which transcended international boundaries and taught the World how to play football. This cart-upending story will finish by explaining our ultimate mission to make this a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
ADDRESS & CONTACT INFO
Advanced Research Centre (ARC), University of Glasgow, Chapel Lane, Glasgow, UK
VISIT DETAILS
TOUR DATES & TIMES
Saturday 21st September: 2 : 30 PM
TOUR INFORMATION
Tour Duration: 60
Tour Meeting Point: Room 237C
Tour Meeting Point: Room 237C
BUILDING OPENING HOURS
The ARC is open Monday to Friday 10.00 to 20.00. Saturday and Sunday 10.00 to 16.00
BOOKING DETAILS
OTHER INFORMATION
TRAVEL
Nearest Train and/or Subway: Hillhead/Kelvinhall Subway Partick Rail Staion
Parking Available: yes
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Parking Available: yes
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ACCESSIBILITY
Physical Access: Fully Accessible
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Facilities: Seating, Toilets, Wheelchair Accessible Toilet, Refreshments, Hearing Loop
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Facilities: Seating, Toilets, Wheelchair Accessible Toilet, Refreshments, Hearing Loop
Additional Restricitions on Access: -
ORGANISATION
Organised by: Football’s Square Mile Company
The Football’s Square Mile Company Ltd is a not-for-profit organisation to restore, protect and promote the World’s Biggest Open-Air Football Museum.
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Website: https://www.footballssquaremile.com/
The Football’s Square Mile Company Ltd is a not-for-profit organisation to restore, protect and promote the World’s Biggest Open-Air Football Museum.
Tel: -
Email: -
Website: https://www.footballssquaremile.com/