In 1872, which country played England in the first ever international game of football?
1872 Scotland vs England football match 1872 Scotland vs England football match The 1872 match between Scotland and England was the first ever association football official international match to be played, if one counts Scotland and England as separate countries as FIFA does. It was contested by the national teams of Scotland and England. The match took place on 30 November 1872 at West of Scotland Cricket Club's ground at Hamilton Crescent in Partick, Scotland. The match finished in a 0–0 draw and was watched by 4,000 spectators. Following public challenges issued in Glasgow and Edinburgh newspapers by The Football Association (FA) secretary Charles Alcock, the
1872 college football season were the two additional teams of Stevens Tech and Yale competing, to bring the total number of teams up to five. The five game season began on November 2, 1872, with the first ever college football game tie, in a 0-0 contest between Rutgers and Columbia on Columbia's campus. Organized intercollegiate football was first played in the state of Connecticut on November 16. It was the first game in New England. The game was essentially soccer with 20-man sides, played on a field 400 by 250 feet. Yale won 3-0, Tommy Sherman scoring the first goal and Lew Irwin the