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

In January 1879 the Lancashire FA selected its first representative team. North Wales were invited to play at Darwen. In the 19th century N...

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

The Kentish Chronicle 14.04.66 The Football Association was concerned primarily with the unification of the codes of football and the p...