From this History Magazine nr.7 we start with edition History of Sports and from now every History Magazine will be published in different country. As Home of Football Britain is 1st.

England was the first country in the world to develop codified football, coming about from a desire of its various public schools to compete against each other. Previously, each school had its own rules, which may have dated back to the 15th or 16th centuries. The modern global game of Football was first codified in 1863 in London.

The following picture are taken from the 1906 edition of Football The Association Game by C.W Alcock



C. W. Alcock became the first footballer ever to be ruled offside on 31 March 1866, confirming that players were probing ways of exploiting the new offside rule right from the start. The offside rule was introduced in 1866 into the Football Association rules.

The oldest existing football trophy in the world is the Youdan Cup (1867), from Sheffield, England

The FA Cup was the first nationally organised competition. A knockout cup, it began 1871, with the first winners being the Wanderers



FA Cup Final 1900 : Bury get the second goal.

The first official international match would take place between Scotland and England on 30 November 1872. This match was played under the Football Association rules.



England-Scotland 1872

The new professionals needed more regular competitive football in which they could compete, which led to the creation of the Football League
 in 1888 by Aston Villa director William McGregor. This was dominated by those clubs who had supported professionalism, and the twelve founding
 members consisted of six from Lancashire (Blackburn Rovers, Burnley, Bolton Wanderers, Accrington, Everton and Preston North End) and six from
 the Midlands (Aston Villa, Derby County, Notts County, Stoke, West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers)



Preston North End won the first ever Football League championship without losing any of their 22 fixtures, and won the FA Cup to complete the double.



Preston North End 1888

Earlier clubs were often formed by former school students and the first of this kind was formed in Sheffield in 1855
The oldest among professional football clubs is the English club Notts County that was formed in 1862 and still exists today.
1888 - Introduction of the penalty kick.

1885 The first international match played by teams outside of Great Britain was between USA and Canada, played in Newark and ended with Canada winning 1-0.



Us soccer team 1916

The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) was founded in 1904 and a foundation act was signed by representatives from France,
 Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. England and the other Brittish contries did not join FIFA from the start, they
 had invented the game and saw no reason to subordinate to an association. However, they joined in the following year, but would not partake in the
 World cup until 1950.

In 1908 would football for the first time be included as an official sport in the Olympic Games. Until the first FIFA World Cup was played in 1930,
 the Olympic Games football tournament would rank as the most preestigious.



London 1908 -  English Amateur Football National Team

1923 Wembley Stadium opened, and hosted its first Cup final, between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United, known today as the White Horse Final Bolton won 2–0.



Wembley Stadium on the first, chaotic FA Cup final on April 28, 1923

to be continued...