 Violence continued to be a regular complaint about Scottish football games for many centuries.Sir Patric Hume of Polwarth wrote to his wife in March 1648 that their son
“hurt himself so evill at football in Polwart upon Sunday that he was not able to sturre.“ In Jedburgh the ball game was outlawed by the town council in 1704 stating that "sometimes both old and young near lost their lives thereby".As a result, it was decided to "discharge the game now and all time coming".