frbleus1-10, Exercise 3: A British or Scottish legend

Model answer (check the details), using "the Scots invented the passing game":

1. Who says it? Scottish writers, fans and some historians; English and continental writers have made counter-claims.
2. What exactly is claimed? That Scottish players first used a passing style in place of dribbling. "Invented" is a strong word and suggests a single origin.
3. What would count as evidence? Descriptions of early matches in the 1870s and 1880s, such as Queen's Park's play, the testimony of contemporaries, and histories of tactics.
4. Compared with what? The dribbling style of English clubs of the time, and the play of other early clubs.
5. Which period? The 1870s to 1880s, when the styles were forming.
6. What would change my mind? Evidence that passing was used just as widely in England or elsewhere at the same time.

Result: probably defensible as "Scottish clubs, notably Queen's Park, were early and influential users of a passing game that spread through Britain and the continent" (check). "Invented" is harder to prove, because tactics developed in several places at once.

Care: look for contemporary accounts and not only later retellings.