Welcoming you to
Football's Square Mile
Our website introduces you to 21 locations across Glasgow that changed the world of football forever.
Each of these places played a role in the (rarely told) story of how Scotland invented, then exported the modern passing game of football to the rest of the world.
Football's Square Mile
Alliance
On 13th June 2021, The Hampden Collection opened the world's biggest open-air football museum in Glasgow, Scotland. They called it Football's Square Mile.
This is the most important football heritage site on the planet, and is the cradle of the modern game, which is played or watched by over 3.5 billion people around the world today.
Football's Square Mile Alliance launched on 11th March 2022 and includes like-minded organisations who are supporting the promotion, protection and celebration of our footballing heritage, and has an overall mission to make this a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Football's Square Mile Alliance Members
The Hampden Collection
The Scottish Football Association
Glasgow City Council
Glasgow Life
Clydesdale Cricket Club
Archeology Scotland
Glasgow Building Preservation Trust
Queen's Park Football Club
Lost Glasgow
The Glasgow Football Tour
Association of Tartan Army Clubs
Friends of Cathcart Cemetery
Hampden Bowling Club
Jimmy Johnstone Academy of Football
Jimmy Johnstone Charitable Trust
Society for American Soccer History
The Rose Reilly Pub
Western District Cricket Union
Friends of Southern Necropolis
Victoria Bar & Queen's Park Cafe
The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis