Queen’s Park had the most important role to play in the history and development of the modern game that we know and love
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For a country of over five million, 780,000 played the game at some level. It’s a clear sign of the role football plays in the lives of Scottish people
It’s remarkable to this that a black pioneer like Andrew Watson, in the 1800s, would encounter less racism that some black players today
Discussions of pioneering black athletes almost inevitably descend into common tropes about breaking race barriers, facing racial slurs of unmentionable evil and overcoming professional prejudices. A complete absence of such experiences makes…