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

International Football in the 1870s A number of matches during this decade left an indelible mark on the development of the game, as c...

The earliest expressions of cross-border football rivalry date from  1872, with Queen's Park playing Wanderers at the Oval. This of cou...

 The birth of a great Association Football club is recorded in the press of 1867, although their earliest seasons, as we can se...

J. J. Lang. Originally a member of the 3rd L.R.V., Lang left that club and joined the Clydesdale in 1874. He played in the final, I think...