World’s oldest football heads to US for World Cup

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• The Smith hosted a special farewell ceremony on Friday so visitors could view the ball on home soil one last time before it crosses the Atlantic.

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• The football was discovered in the 1970s, lodged in the rafters behind oak panelling in the Queen’s Chamber at Stirling Castle, during renovation works.

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• THE world’s oldest football – and one of Scotland’s most remarkable historical objects – is heading to United States for the World Cup match between Brazil and Scotland on June 24.

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• Recognised by Guinness World Records as the oldest football in the world, it is celebrated as one of the “History of Scotland in 25 Objects” and remains the prize exhibit of the Smith’s collection of more than 40,000 artworks and objects.

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• Roughly the size of a small melon, the ball is made from thick leather panels stitched together and turned inside out for a smoother, more aerodynamic surface, with a pig’s bladder forming the inner core.

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• Scientific testing dated it to between roughly 1540 and 1570 — the era of James V and the young Mary, Queen of Scots, who lived in those very rooms as a child.

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• The Smith hosted a special farewell ceremony on Friday so visitors could view the ball on home soil one last time before it crosses the…

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• The football was discovered in the 1970s, lodged in the rafters behind oak panelling in the Queen’s Chamber at Stirling Castle, during…

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• Lucy Casot, chief executive of Museums Galleries Scotland, added: “The world’s oldest football is an extraordinary object that connects…

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• THE world’s oldest football – and one of Scotland’s most remarkable historical objects – is heading to United States for the World Cup…

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• Recognised by Guinness World Records as the oldest football in the world, it is celebrated as one of the “History of Scotland in 25…

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