Stirling Albion Football Club is marking the 50th anniversary of its match against Japan’s national football team, which made them the first British club to play in the country, the Daily Record reported on 12 June.
The Scottish League Division Two side were a top division team at that time, in June 1966.
Fifty years on, an exhibition at the Smith Museum and Art Gallery in Stirling is to showcase photographs and memorabilia from the time. According to 70-year-old former winger Henry Hall, the players “felt really honoured to be the first British team to play in Japan”.