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The growth of International Football -1906


 1906 

  17.2.06    Ireland            0-5   England  (Solitude, Belfast)
    3.2.06    Scotland         0-2   Wales  (Tynecastle, Edinburgh)
  17.3.06    Ireland            0-1   Scotland  (Dalymount Park, Dublin)
  19.3.06    Wales             0-1   England  (Cardiff Arms Park)
    1.4.06    Hungary          1-1   Bohemia  (Millenáris, Budapest)
    2.4.06    Wales             4-4   Ireland   (Racecourse Ground, Wrexham)
    7.4.06     Scotland        2-1   England   (Hampden Park, Glasgow)
  22.4.06     France           0-5   Belgium  (Parc de Saint-Cloud,Paris)
  29.4.06     Belgium         5-0    Netherlands  (Beerschot AC-Platz, Antwerp)
  13.5.06     Netherlands   2-3    Belgium  (Schuttersveld, Rotterdam)
  15.8.06     Uruguay         0-2    Argentina  (Parque Central,  Montevideo) +
  7.10.06     Bohemia        4-4    Hungary   (Slavia-Stadión, Prague)
21.10.06     Argentina       2-1    Uruguay  (Campo de la Sociedad Sportiva Argentina, Buenos Aires)*
  1.11.06     France           0-15   England (Am)  (Parc des Princes, Paris)
  4.11.06     Hungary         3-1     Austria  (Millenáris, Budapest)

+ Copa Lipton - second edition
* Copa Newton- first edition


The earliest known footage of an international match in progress shows Wales' 4-4 draw with Ireland at The Racecourse.
FIFA had proposed a tournament for their member nations to be held in Switzerland in 1906, but it never materialized.
England introduced a distinction between their amateur and professional representative teams (professionals were in the ascendancy; England fielded an all-professional team in 4 matches from 1902-04). In the first England Amateurs match, a  15-0 stroll against France, Vivian Woodward displayed some Corinthian qualities. Believing that the referee had been harsh in a penalty decision he deliberately missed the resulting spot kick.
Argentina and Uruguay competed for two trophies in 1906, Copa Lipton and Copa Newton.
Bohemia (another element of the Austro-Hungarian Empire) made their international debut.