Before The 'D'...Association Football around the world, 1863-1937.

England were not merely beaten. They were bewildered – run to a standstill, made to appear utterly inferior by a team whose play was as cult...

If the ELO Ranking system is applied retrospectively, Denmark become the World number 1 ranked side on  17.5. 1914. This followed  victory ...

The Elo rating system , borrowed from chess, has been applied to international football since 1997. Of course, using the formulae, matc...