Growth of the Game

After the sports split football, football rapidly began to proffesionalise. by 1872 the first competion had began: the FA cup. The first league was then later setup up in 1888. The first international game of football was in 1872 and it was England vs Scotland.  Scotland, Ireland, and Wales all setup up football associations in quick succession throughout this decade. But it wasn't until the rest of Europe started getting involved that the game really became a national sport.

So it really became a worldwide sport when New Zealand, Argentina, Switzerland, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Uruguay, Hungry, and Chile associations of their own from 1890- 1910. By 1930 there were 41 different countries playing football professionally. 1930 also signified the official growth of the game globally as it was the year of the first world cup

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The Beginning of Football

Rugby and football are both believed to have come from the Greek game harpaston. But football as a sport know is believed to have originated in the 12th century England, however it wasn't recognised as a sport until the 1800s when it began to gain rules. On the 26th of October 1863, 11 clubs and schools from London gathered together at Freemasons Tavern to discuss the rules that were to be set down for this game which were acceptable to everyone (the rugby and football schools). This meeting became the start of the Football Association.

On December 8th 1863 the two sports rugby and football split after about half a century of disputes on whether are not the ball can be carried or not etc.

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Introduction

My names is Shane and welcome to my blog on the geography of football.