The 1872-1873 season was the second season of competitive football in England.
Football's second season saw the world's first FIFA recognized international match: Scotland v England. The Football Association (FA) had initiated 'international' matches between English and Scottish players since 1870, under the auspices of the FA. The first official match took place when Queen's Park, a leading Scottish club in football's development, invited the FA...
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The 1872-1873 season was the second season of competitive football in England.
Football's second season saw the world's first FIFA recognized international match: Scotland v England. The Football Association (FA) had initiated 'international' matches between English and Scottish players since 1870, under the auspices of the FA. The first official match took place when Queen's Park, a leading Scottish club in football's development, invited the FA to pick an English team to face a Scottish team (which, as they picked the team, consisted entirely of Queen's Park players). The match took place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow on 30 November 1872 and ended in a 0–0 draw in front of around 4,000 spectators.
The FA hosted a return match at Kennington Oval, London on 8 March 1873, which marked the first official meeting of the sides in England, with the English adopting Scotland's 2-2-6 formation. England only retained two of the players who had appeared in the November 1872 match, Ernest...
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