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WHO INVENTED FOOTBALL.the sun june 14 2006

HEADLINE.FOOTIE? IT;S FA TO DO WITH ENGLISH Book proves scot invented game in 1660s [VOCABULA] latin

A SCOTS GRAMMAR SCHOOL TEACHER INVENTED MODERN FOOTBALL-NOT THE ENGLISH FA. An ancient latin book contains David Wedderburns acount of a game including picking sides,kicking off and passing. The volume called Vocabula was discovered in a dusty museum archive- and has solved the age-old argument of who invented the beautiful game. It was published in 1663 - 230 years BEFORE the first rules of football were written by the english fa. Mr wedderburn"s version of the game was the same as present-day football; complete with passing strategies and team formations. He wrote lets pick sides.Those who are on the outside come over here. "Kick off so that we can begin the match.Pass it here. The pocket-sized book was found in the vaults of the national library in Edinburgh. Professor wulf Koepke,an expert there, said "Passing wasnt supposed to have happened until the late 1860s,and yet this Aberdeen book is talking about it centuries before. "It seems the scots made the game playable." But it was only when historians recently found a translation of the contents that they realised its true significance. Scottish football museum spokesman-Richard McBrearty said: This is massive for football and for the whole of Scotland . Its an amazing discovery and one thats hard to argue with The original football games that we know about through paintings and descriptions were like folk games-a free-for-all. But this Aberdeen game is different-the play is structured and its a passing game with goalkeepers." The book has been insured for thousands of pounds for a trip to hamburg where it will be on display until November.