Did Mary, Queen of Scots play football? The world’s oldest football, found in Mary Queen of Scots’ bed chamber from the mid-16th century, is backed up by the new findings Scottish Football Museum curator Richard McBrearty, who discovered a manuscript of accounts from King James IV of Scotland that showed he paid two shillings for a bag of ‘fut ballis’ as early as 11 April, 1497. PS Hope this is true. It is funny to imagine David Bekham plays football with Mary of Scots and her court....

Did Mary, Queen of Scots play football? The world’s oldest football, found in Mary Queen of Scots’ bed chamber from the mid-16th century, is backed up by the new findings Scottish Football Museum curator Richard McBrearty, who discovered a manuscript of accounts from King James IV of Scotland that showed he paid two shillings for a bag of ‘fut ballis’ as early as 11 April, 1497. PS Hope this is true. It is funny to imagine David Bekham plays football with Mary of Scots and her court....