World Cup Willys…
#6
England
Football’s foremost International outfit, in 1873, become, rather fittingly, the first ever winners of an International Football match, beating a hastily assembled XI drawn entirely from…
Scotland…
4-2
…over at London’s Kennington Oval…
The first Ninety-One & a half minutes or so of the International Game saw nary a shot at Goal of which to shout about - Cometh the Ninety-Second, however cometh the MAN…
—All we are saying…
…the Man in this particular question, being none other than International Cricketer, Grenadier Guard & future Member of Parliament*…
(…& well known…
winker! )
only…
William Kenyon-Slaney
*…But let’s not hold that against him…
…merely minutes upon the Clock of Football’s second ever International fixture…
…who, with…
…is give us…
…& the utmost accuracy, gracefully places the ‘Leather’ where, in just twenty short years time, the Back of the Net shall eventually be found a hanging…
a…
GOAAAALLLLLL!!!
*The standard XI-a-Side Football Field Goal stands at 8 foot high & 24 across - These undisputable dimensions have been Law since 1865 when the Football Association in it’s ultimate wisdom added a maximum height within which a Goal can be scored, signified by a piece of ‘tape’ to their Rules…
…It’ll not be, however, until 1892 that the natty ol’ Net finds it’s rightful resting place, elegantly draped from the back of a pair of ‘uprights’ & a so called ‘crossbar’…
Chris Charsley
…the first ever Englishman to attempt to keep the ball out of the back of the net - He’ll ultimately fail, however, conceding a Goal to Georgie Gaffikin in the 6-1 conquest of the Irish over at Wellington Road…
Constable…
