 In the past 50 years, mainly due to improved transport, the game's popularity has grown to include players from all areas of Orkney, including some of the outer isles.This has not met with universal approval from those associated with the game as its sheer size is becoming a problem from a safety perspective.Scant information is available about the early history but some form of mass football appears to have been practised throughout Scotland and England for at least three centuries.