The first officially recognized international football match between Scotland and England, held at Hamilton Crescent, which actually served as the West of Scotland Cricket Ground.
All eleven Scottish players played for Queens Park, the leading club in Scottish football at the time.
The game finished in a 0 - 0 draw.
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Scotland VS England was the first International football fixture... quote: "The first official international football match took place in 1872 between Scotland and England in Glasgow" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football
England was the first country to play soccer(football) because the sport was created there.
The first official international match was played in 1872 between Scotland and England.
The first game was actually in Scotland. Also the first game was England v.s. ScotlandFootball in general can be traced by over 900 years to Medieval Shrovetide football. However, the 'Laws of the game' for Assosiation football (Soccer) were coded by the Football Association in 1863. The first ever soccer match was played on Barnes common at Mortlake, London on 19th December 1863 between Barnes football club and Richmond football club. The Barnes club was captained by E.C. Morley who founded the Barnes club and wrote the 'Laws of the Game' for and behalf of the Football Association. The purpose of the game was to test the new code. The game ended 0-0.The first of 5 experimental international association football (Soccer) matches were played between a team of Army offices representing England and a team of London based Scottish players representing Scotland. The games were played between 5th March 1872 and 24th February 1872 at the Oval, London. The first game ended with a 1-1 draw with Scotland scoring the first unofficial international goal. The first official international game was played between Scotland vs. England on 30th November 1872 (St Andrews day in Scotland). The game took place at the West of Scotland Cricket Club, Glasgow. The game ended with a 0-0 draw.
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