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| | Scottish Football - Culture - Global Friends of Scotland |
 | | Certain cultures believe that leap years are significant, filled with strange portents, and this one was no different: much of the city of Boston was consumed by fire, a large meteorite struck Great Britain, at Banbury, near Oxford, and the Marie Celeste was found floating crewless in strange waters. |
 | | As the 19th century gave way to the 20th, football became a worldwide phenomenon as clubs and leagues were established in every country in the world, but the game suffered a derailment during the First World War. |
 | | The years between the wars were a halcyon time for Scottish football: 1928 saw them beating England 5-1 at Wembley, a scoreline which will make many older readers sigh with nostalgia, and younger ones rub their eyes in disbelief. |
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