Old travel Blog photograph of the Glasgow Academicals Rugby Football Club in Glasgow, Scotland. The Glasgow Academical Football Club is the third oldest rugby football club in Scotland. Its history is notable for a number of reasons, including the clubs longevity, its early foundation in the timeline of rugby, and the fact that the club has produced so many internationals, both for Scotland and for the British Lions. The club was founded in 1866 when a number of former pupils of Glasgow Academy, under the chairmanship of the Rector, Mr Morrison, adopted a resolution that an Academical Club should be formed. At a time when the rules of rugby were far from formalised, the new club elected to play on the lines of the Edinburgh Academical Club. The club played their first match in the season 1867 to 1868
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