Development of Football

By lukecasey_

  • FA is formed

    The FA is formed, making it the first ever association in football to be created. The FA is accountable for all teams within of england
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    Development of the FA

  • First Game with The FA's new founded rules

    an experimental game was played at Mortlake,between Morley's Barnes team and Richmond (who were not members of the FA), ending in a goalless draw.

  • First offical game between 2 official FA teams

    the first exhibition game using FA rules was played. The members of the opposing teams for this game were chosen by the President of the FA (A. Pember) and the Secretary (E. C. Morley) and included many well-known footballers of the day.

  • First FA cup final

    Wanderers and Royal Enginners game finished 1-0, this game was played at the oval.

  • England Vs Ireland

    First meeting between England and Ireland results in a 13-0 win to England

  • First Black footballer

    Arthur Waraton becomes first ever plack player to take part in a Football match for preston north end.

  • First Goal nets used in a Game

    Game between blackburn and notts county is the first game with goal nets

  • Wages introduce

    First wage is introduced allowing players to earn up to £4 a week

  • 50th Anniversary

    World Record of 120,000 attendance at the FA cup final

  • Wembley completed

    This allows England to have a base for

  • Royal apperance at Wembley

    The first time a Royal family member was at the FA cup final, become a tradition as a member of the royal family gives the winners the trophy

  • England first game at Wembley

    this is the first time england national team officially start playing all their games at wembley, allows football to have a home point in England

  • First Radio broadcast

    First ever media related minute by minute commentary on a football match, paved the way for the way football is watched by media and listened to now.

  • Shirt numbers

    First time shirt numbers are ever worn, allowed the players to be identified from the terraces and allowed players to be identified by the media commentators.

  • Post war Fa cup final

    First Fa cup final after the war showed that people where using Sport and football in paticular to recover from the war as hundreds pf thousands attended or listened on the radio.

  • Wage cap removed

    The 20 pound wage cap is removed, this allows players to be able to use the sport as a profession, this makes the standard of football better. If this wage cap had never been removed we may not of seen such big transfers now.

  • England win the world cup

    In 1966 england win the world , they did this by beating west germany 4-2. This game was played at wembley stadium infront of 98'000

  • First celebrity menatality

    George best is the first player to really take to the fame and this breeds the wqy for a whole diffrent type of footballer and is what some will say helped create the lifestyle of todays footballers

  • Penalty shoot out introduced

    FIFA introduce the penalty shoot out to decide who wins in the football match if there is a draw , this makes people more drawn to cup matches as for a spectator the penalty shoot out is a good spectacle.

  • first female International

    this ment that females sport was advancing as it allowed that extra step for females to aim to get at, this also allowed room for more competitions meaning a rise in sponsorships

  • First big Foreign signings

    Argentinian world cup winners sign for tottenham hotspurs, this is huge as it paves the way for more foreign players to join the premier league. This is shown by the way there are many foreign players in the premier league today.

  • First million pound player

    Trevor booking signs for a 1 million pound transfer fee, this was unheard of then and it showed that the money in football was increasing. This transfer allowed teams to start spending more money in football as everyone wanted to be the best.

  • Bradford City Tragedy

    A fire killed many people who went to watch the football match. This ment that teams started to start to take safety measures and improve the stands.

  • Hillsborough disaster

    This caused teams to start to put a limit on how many people could attend games as hillsborough killed hundreds of liverpool fans. There is still a long investigation as to what caused the tragedy.

  • Premier league formed

    The FA agree a deal for 304 million pounds for five years. This again ment that football was becoming more of a business aand allowed merchandise and football to increase.

  • Abramovich buys Chelsea

    Billionaire owners starts to see Football as a good business opportunity,chelsea started to attract all the big players as they have such high money input and can meet the players demands

  • New Wembley opened

    New generation of stadiums with Wembley and the Emirates shows the new role that money is playing in football, this also allowed the FA to have a official headquarters.

  • Premier league Record fee

    Transfer fee broke twice in one day with a 34 million transfer fee then a 50 million transfer, shows the want for teams to succeed and do well.

  • 89 million pound transfer

    Bale sold to Real MAdrid for Worlds biggest transfer fee.

  • Goal line technology

    Technology is starting to be used to help decide huge decisions in the premier league, this is started with the first season of goal line technology., this means football was using its money to make the sport fairer.