Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/Scotland task force/Did you know

The following Scottish football-related facts have appeared on the Did you know? section of the Main Page since the creation of the Scotland Task Force. These are all hooks of articles that were created (or expanded by five times in length) within seven days of being proposed for inclusion, of a good size (over 1,500 characters) and with basic referencing. They were nominated at Template talk:Did you know, reviewed and passed for display on the front page of the English Wikipedia as interesting recently created articles. All accepted football related DYKs are displayed automatically on Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/Scotland task force when added to the bottom of this list per the hidden editing instructions.

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...that although Archibald Leitch was the foremost football stadium architect in the United Kingdom in the early 20th century, only two of his works have been listed for preservation? (date unknown)
...that Alex Stevenson is the only footballer to play for both the Republic of Ireland and Rangers F.C.? (25 April 2007)
...that the 1902 British Home Championship football tournament was won by Scotland in a replay after the deciding match was marred by the deaths of 25 spectators when a stand collapsed at Ibrox Park? (6 June 2007)
...that football players Billy and John McPhail are the only brothers to have both scored hat-tricks for Celtic F.C. against their Old Firm rivals, Rangers F.C.? (21 June 2007)
...that the football song Hampden in the sun celebrates the record scoreline of the 1957 Scottish League Cup final? (28 June 2007)
...that Scottish footballer Billy McPhail launched a legal case claiming that heading heavy leather footballs contributed to him developing Alzheimer's disease? (28 June 2007)
...that money donated in 1905 by the fans at Celtic Park football stadium in Glasgow, Scotland was given to the mother of international Scottish footballer Barney Battles, Jr. while Battles was still in the womb? (1 July 2007)
...that on the same day Arbroath beat Bon Accord 36–0 in the Scottish Cup that 18 miles away in Dundee, Dundee Harp had beaten Aberdeen Rovers 35–0? (19 July 2007)
...that despite being organised on St. Andrew's Day, the first official international football match did not result in a home win? (28 September 2007)
...that footballer John Hewitt scored the fastest recorded goal in Scottish Cup history, timed at 9.6 seconds? (26 January 2008)
...that Scottish footballer Kevin Bremner scored for five different teams in the Football League during the 1982–83 season? (8 March 2008)
... that Albert Kidd scored two goals in the last 10 minutes of the 1985–86 Scottish football season to deny Hearts the championship, despite having not scored in the whole season until then? (10 May 2008)
... that in the 1996 football match between England and Scotland, Uri Geller claimed that he caused Scotland's Gary McAllister to miss a penalty by the power of his mind? (7 June 2008)
... that when Hibernian F.C. applied to join the Scottish Football Association, the SFA told them that the SFA were catering for Scotsmen, not Irishmen? (9 June 2008)
... that Hibernian Park hosted the first football international match played in Edinburgh, Scotland? (6 July 2008)
... that the Scotch Professors, a group of 19th-century Scottish footballers, are credited with inventing the passing style of the modern game and spreading the sport globally? (23 December 2008)
... that Walter Galbraith selected an Accrington Stanley team of eleven Scots for an English Football League? (1 January 2009)
... that Willie McCartney was listed by the Sunday Herald newspaper as the 22nd greatest Scottish football manager of all time, even though he never won a major trophy? (7 January 2009)
... that Scottish footballer Jim Baxter once taunted opponents in an international match by playing keepie uppie during the game, and that he described his style as "treating the ball like a woman"? (15 January 2009)
... that while Kevin Thomas played for Edinburgh Athletic in the East of Scotland Football League he also worked for a hotel booking agency run by his mother? (18 January 2009)
... that Bobby Atherton was the last Hibernian captain to win the Scottish Cup, in 1902? (17 February 2009)
... that a Glasgow-born railway engineer, John Harley, was responsible for revolutionizing the way Uruguay played football? (13 December 2009)
... that at least seven members of the Scottish Argentine Brown family have played international football for Argentina? (23 December 2009)
... that during the 2001–02 season, Hibernian F.C. sacked manager Franck Sauzee just 69 days after he had been appointed? (31 January 2010)
... that Tom Smith was one of five Preston North End players to play for Scotland when they won 1–0 against England at Wembley in the 1938 British Home Championship? (3 February 2010)
... that Scotland international football defender Alex McLintock played as a goalkeeper during his time at Burnley? (8 February 2010)
... that the Motherwell v Hibernian football match on 5 May 2010, which ended in a 6–6 draw, is the highest scoring match in Scottish Premier League history? (16 June 2010)
... that although Rangers won the 1972 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, they were banned from competing the following year because their fans started a riot? (26 August 2010)
... that Scottish footballer John Durkin worked at a local coal mine while playing for Gillingham F.C.? (30 September 2010)
... that due to the Scottish football referee strike, foreign officials from Israel, Luxembourg and Malta were used as replacements? (30 November 2010)
... that the music to the hymn "Follow On" was later adopted by Rangers F.C. as the music for their anthem, "Follow Follow"? (6 April 2011)

... that a riot after the 1980 Scottish Cup Final between Celtic F.C. and Rangers F.C. resulted in a ban on the sale of alcoholic beverages at sporting events in Scotland? (28 April 2011)
... that Scottish businessman Craig Whyte bought the controlling interest in Rangers Football Club from David Murray for £1? (18 May 2011)
... that Berwick Rangers 1-0 defeat of Rangers in 1967 has been described as "the most astonishing result ever returned in Scottish football"? (9 June 2011)
... that the current Scotland national under-16 football team squad features players from Real Madrid and Liverpool? (6 August 2011)
... that Josh Falkingham scored a goal during his first match in the Scottish Football League First Division? (27 September 2012)