MATTHEW EDWARDS looks back at Arbroath’s 36-0 win against Bon Accord in 1885...

Ian Wishart, Murdo MacLeod, Jimmy Stirling and Tom Watt mark Arbroath’s famous win
Pictures: Graham Black

IN BRITISH football’s glittering and longstanding history few stories compare to the remarkable story of Bon Accord’s crushing 36-0 defeat to Arbroath on September 12, 1885 in the first round of the Scottish Cup. It is a story fused with falsehoods, muddled scores, on-field antics, absurdity, strange coincidences and one man’s attempt to not be written out of history.
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