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Oldest non-European association football competition in the world. 1917: All Japan High School Soccer Tournament: high school tournament: Association football: Japan: 1921: Kentish Cup: international (services) Association football: Europe: Inter-Services. Oldest international military association football tournament. [6] 1921: FAI Cup: club ...
The England–Scotland football rivalry, between the England and Scotland national football teams, [1] [2] is the oldest international fixture in the world, first played in 1872 at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow.
England v Scotland is the oldest fixture in football history with a wealth of stats - BBC Sport brings you some of the best.
All eleven Scottish players were members of the Queen's Park, the leading Scottish club at this time, [1] although three players were also members of other clubs; William Ker of Granville F.C. and the Smith brothers of South Norwood F.C. [7] Scotland had hoped to obtain the services of Arthur Kinnaird of The Wanderers and Henry Renny-Tailyour of Royal Engineers but both were unavailable. [1]
The match ended 2–3 in favor of the Argentines. However, since clubs are not allowed to organize official international matches, the match is not considered official. [73] B. ^ Some sources credit the own goal to Peet Stol. C. ^ China were represented by club side South China A.A.; this match is not considered an official match for China. [74]
[3] [4] Argentina won 6–0, [5] [6] initiating a longtime rivalry between both teams, that have met more than 190 times since that first encounter, [5] becoming the international derby with the most matches played worldwide, surpassing even the England–Scotland rivalry, [7] which, first held in 1872, is the oldest fixture in the world.
By playing in the fixture, Wales are recognised as the third oldest international football team. [44] Their next international match came nearly a year later when they played a second fixture against Scotland on 5 March 1877 at the Racecourse Ground in Wrexham, [45] [46] which was the first international match to be played in Wales. [47]
Mural in Belfast celebrating the three outright wins of the British Home Championship by (Northern) Ireland; five shared wins are ignored.. The British Home Championship [a] (historically known as the British International Championship or simply the International Championship) was an annual football competition contested between the United Kingdom's four national teams: England, Scotland ...