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The 1872 association football match between the national teams of Scotland and England is officially recognised by FIFA as the first international. It took place on 30 November 1872 at Hamilton Crescent, the West of Scotland Cricket Club's ground in Partick, Glasgow. The match was watched by 4,000 spectators and finished as a 0–0 draw. [1]
Between 1870 and 1872, the Football Association (FA) organised five representative association football matches between teams representing England and Scotland, all held in London. [1] The first of these matches was held at The Oval on 5 March 1870, [ 2 ] and the fifth was on 21 February 1872. [ 3 ]
From the first match in late 1872, England and Scotland played each other in the spring of every year (except during World War I and World War II) until 1989. From 1884 until 1984, the match was the highlight of the annual British Home Championship played between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland .
Rangers are beaten 6–3 on aggregate by European Cup winners Ajax in the UEFA Super Cup. [115] Hibernian win the League Cup for the first time, defeating Celtic 2–1 in the final. [78] The Scottish Women’s Football Association is formed, and Scotland play their first ever official women's international, losing 3–2 to England in Greenock. [33]
Their match finished 1-1. Some football groups argue the world’s first football international, England v Scotland, was played on March 5 1870, with 22 men playing out a 1-1 draw at the ...
The Scotland v England match in November 1872 is now officially recognised by FIFA as the first-ever international football match. The Football Association (FA) had initiated five matches between English and Scottish players since 1870, but those are now rated as representative games only because the Scotland teams consisted entirely of Anglo-Scots.
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]
The first team to win an international football match were declared first ever Unofficial Football World Champions. This was England, who defeated Scotland 4–2 in 1873 in the second full international match, the first in 1872 having been a 0–0 draw between the same two nations. [9]