England's Sporty Invention?
Corene Gaylord
2025-04-29 19:56:57
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Charterhouse football is regarded as a major influence in the development of the global game. The first records of 1st XI football at Charterhouse date back to 1862 and the team pictured here was one that would have played both Cloister football and a form of eleven-a-side outdoor football. By the time the school moved to Godalming in 1872 football was flourishing and opponents were delighted to visit the school where the art of dribbling on the fast sandy pitches was perfected. Indeed Charles Wreford Brown an OC, Oxford Blue and international player is reputed to have used the word "soccer" first.
Sabrina Romaguera
2025-04-29 18:03:45
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There’s no doubt that the original rules of Association Football were conceived and written in England, with the rules drawn up at Cambridge University being influential before the Football Association was founded in 1863, largely to formulate 13 rules or laws for the sport. England’s FA Cup was the first national tournament of any kind, but the Scottish Cup remains the oldest football trophy in the world. At the very least the claim should be made that the UK as a whole is the home of football, but you won’t hear many English people saying that, not even the most devout Unionists among them.
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