Comments on: November 30 – The Oldest Rivalry Begins http://www.onthisfootballday.com/football-history/november-30-the-oldest-rivalry-begins.php Find out what happened every day in football history Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:55:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: May 27 – Alan Ball Upsets the Natives | On This Football Day http://www.onthisfootballday.com/football-history/november-30-the-oldest-rivalry-begins.php/comment-page-1#comment-3743 May 27 – Alan Ball Upsets the Natives | On This Football Day Wed, 27 May 2009 23:09:34 +0000 http://www.onthisfootballday.com/?p=859#comment-3743 [...] the two sides met a Hampden Park today in 1972, 100 years after their first clash, England’s pint-sized midfielder Alan Ball had a nation baying for his blood after one of the [...] [...] the two sides met a Hampden Park today in 1972, 100 years after their first clash, England’s pint-sized midfielder Alan Ball had a nation baying for his blood after one of the [...]

]]> By: April 12 - England’s New (Old) Home | On This Football Day http://www.onthisfootballday.com/football-history/november-30-the-oldest-rivalry-begins.php/comment-page-1#comment-2413 April 12 - England’s New (Old) Home | On This Football Day Sun, 12 Apr 2009 00:05:44 +0000 http://www.onthisfootballday.com/?p=859#comment-2413 [...] And that was how it stayed: a draw, just as the first match between these two sides had been 50 years earlier. [...] [...] And that was how it stayed: a draw, just as the first match between these two sides had been 50 years earlier. [...]

]]> By: March 8 - England’s First Win | On This Football Day http://www.onthisfootballday.com/football-history/november-30-the-oldest-rivalry-begins.php/comment-page-1#comment-1990 March 8 - England’s First Win | On This Football Day Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:02:49 +0000 http://www.onthisfootballday.com/?p=859#comment-1990 [...] INTERNATIONAL football produced it’s first set of winners and losers today in 1873, when England and Scotland faced off for the second time following their 0-0 draw three months earlier. [...] [...] INTERNATIONAL football produced it’s first set of winners and losers today in 1873, when England and Scotland faced off for the second time following their 0-0 draw three months earlier. [...]

]]> By: football crazy http://www.onthisfootballday.com/football-history/november-30-the-oldest-rivalry-begins.php/comment-page-1#comment-1897 football crazy Sun, 08 Feb 2009 09:47:24 +0000 http://www.onthisfootballday.com/?p=859#comment-1897 Your website says of the 1872 glasgow international that “The Scots played a revolutionary brand of football, a pass and run game which was called combination football,” says O’Brien. The earliest evidence for passing comes from the Royal Engineers AFC. Please see wikipedia "Combination Game" or wikipedia "Royal Engineers AFC". Also you do not mention the England v Scotland (1870) and 1871 matches. Again, please see wikipedia. thanks Your website says of the 1872 glasgow international that

“The Scots played a revolutionary brand of football, a pass and run game which was called combination football,” says O’Brien.

The earliest evidence for passing comes from the Royal Engineers AFC. Please see wikipedia “Combination Game” or wikipedia “Royal Engineers AFC”.

Also you do not mention the England v Scotland (1870) and 1871 matches. Again, please see wikipedia.

thanks

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