The Scottish Football Museum is home to the world’s most impressive collection of football related objects, memorabilia and ephemera.

Collection highlights include the world’s oldest football letter outlining the first challenge match in Scotland in 1868 when Queen’s Park FC wrote to Glasgow Thistle FC inviting them to play a challenge match.

From tickets, scarves and fanzines to medals and trophies, this collection is both comprehensive and exciting.

The Scottish FA Collection

Founded in 1873, the Scottish FA is the second oldest Football Association in the world and is a founder member if the International Football Association Board (responsible for worldwide control of football’s ‘Laws of the Game’). Many items in the Scottish FA’s collection rate amongst the oldest in world football. The Scottish FA is responsible for the Scotland national team which along with the England national team is the oldest in the world, both having played in the world’s first official international match of 1872.

The Hampden Park Collection

Hampden Park is Scotland’s national football stadium. The present stadium is the third to be called Hampden Park and first opened in 1903. Up until 1950 Hampden was the largest football stadium in the world and to this day holds every major attendance record within European football. It is one of the most famous stadiums in the world