World Cup Willys…
#6
England
Football’s foremost International outfit, in 1873, become, rather fittingly, the first ever victors in an International Football match, beating a hastily assembled…
Scottish XI…
Grrrrrr!
4-2
…over at London’s Kennington Oval…
The first Ninety-One & a Half minutes of the International Game saw nary a shot at goal to shout about but cometh the Ninety-Second, cometh the Man…
All we are saying is…
…the Man in this particular question, being none other than International Cricketer, Grenadier Guard & future Member of Parliament…
(…as well as for being known, all-round, as a bit of a…
Winker! )
one…
William Kenyon-Slaney
…who, with…
…mere minutes upon the Clock of International Football’s second ever fixture…
…give us…
…gracefully places the ‘Leather’ where, in just twenty short years time, the Back of the Net shall eventually be found to hang…
a…
—GOAAAALLLLLL!!!
*…It won’t be until 1892 that the Net finds it’s rightful resting place, elegantly draped from the back of two uprights & a crossbar…
England’s…
World Cup Report…
Tournaments: 18
P W D L G+ G- Pts
83 39 23 21 128 81 140
Finest Finish: 1st
(1966)
World Cup Rating:
C-
Considering that the whole bloody Football thing was England’s big idea in the first place, their overall record at Football’s topper-most table leaves an awful lot for desiring…
