Let's use the international break coming to a return to a distant past, specifically the late nineteenth century, who founded the glorious foundations of English football and soon world ... And then as "the (particular) can not get excited (to my chagrin) for Argentine football, that's what bring him to the" perfidious Albion "which (she) is passionate about both, the Collective before everything ... but hey, it still does not play like the Canal at the same time, we will therefore speak of another football ... First episode of a series which will have six more ... It was around 1848 that were invented rules to this sport, common rules, moreover, football and rugby. This

is somewhat later appearance of the first football clubs. The first club, Sheffield Football Club, was created by William Perst with some friends to stand out from the cricket club already exists. Even if one disagrees on the official dates of creation (1854, 1855?), We can consider Sheffield as the oldest club in the world. Amusing anecdote, the off-side at that time was booed when three players were between the attacker and the goal line. Returning to Sheffield, the club already had at the time of its own ground at Bramall Lane. The players were distinguished at the time by the hats of different colors. Note also a match in 1861 between Sheffield and Hallam, who had attracted 600 spectators. But the split was going to do with rugby because of difficulties in agreeing on common rules. Thus was created, among other ambitious project, a central London under whose authority would be placed clubs, players and managers: the famous Football Association October 26, 1863. A small dot on the new rules: the offside does thought over by the enemy but as the balloon aims were to measure 20 feet wide and 12 high, an arbitrator was introduced. Also note that the goal posts were rugby and we could score in bunches above the bar, which does not facilitate the task of the goalkeeper. But it took 13 more years before the rules are accepted by all clubs. During those thirteen years football had evolved into the game it is today and even more so at this time of games already faced the national team and Scottish English, and a national cup, in London and Glasgow, allowed an elite clubs emerge. Less than 15 years after the birth of the Federation and less than 20 years after the first club football was getting off to a fantastic speed. The world would soon be hit by the wave. And if we can not attribute the paternity of the England football, it takes at least him credit for making football what it is today. It is already huge. October 26, 1863, therefore, creation date of the FA. This birth would rise to a multitude of events which the first was a brawl between players from Nottingham Forest and Nottingham (Notts) County, following a goal deemed acceptable by some and disputed by others. And because : there was no crossbar ... More seriously, the FA in 1870 organized the first international match in history. It took place in London between England and Scotland. In fact the England team was composed of two or three things about the team from Sheffield. The Scottish team for its part, is composed of Scots living in London, sending a team from Glasgow to London have been too expensive for Scottish leaders. England won 1-0. Given the unanimity collected by this experience, the idea germinated in the mind of the Secretary General of the FA, Charles W. Alcock, to establish an annual event bringing together all teams affiliated to the FA. On July 20, 1871, the project was released: a "Challenge Cup to the Football Association would be awarded to the winner of the competition. The same winner would be automatically qualified for the finals next year, and to him that would be the choice of ground or argue that final. And the competition started. The first FA Cup regrouped fifteen teams. In fact, they were only twelve to take part, three have withdrawn at the last moment. Among these clubs, we can note the presence of Maidenhead and Marlow, both clubs still exist today, and, since 1871, have not missed a single edition of the Cup. Moreover, because of the distance between the English and Scottish capitals Queen's Park Glasgow was exempted from the preliminary rounds of the competition and did not go down to London for the semifinals. The game against the Wanderers, ended in a draw, but the Scots, unable to stay in London longer or come back in the days that followed, freed the road Wanderers in the final. The Wanderers did not let this chance and win the final 1-0 against Royal Engineers (to Betts for the crazy statistics) before 2000 spectators ... Anecdotally, the teams played in knickers and heavy wool socks, with caps screwed on the head. They changed sides to every goal scored, on land without midline or penalty area and whose crossbars goals were represented by ribbons taut. The Wanderers earned again the following year, the more easily they only had to play the final before 3,000 spectators. But Alcock suppressed clause qualifying directly for the final winner of the next edition. The first editions were held and jogged to the benefit of the general quasi-teams in London. Indeed, they were granted virtually all the facilities: each game must be replayed replaying in London, which produced many packages. In 1877 and 1878, while for the first time the whistling was recommended to arbitrators, the Wanderers signed their fourth and fifth victory in the competition. Today, the team with three consecutive victories has still not been surpassed only Blackburn equaling the record between 1884 and 1886. A word about a player, the player can be the first football star. Kinnaird, the twelve first Cup final, played in nine and won five, three with the Wanderers and two with the Old Etonians after what could be the first big transfer history. It is 1878 and we will witness a turning point in the history of English football with the arrival on the scene of powerful northerners clubs. These clubs like Aston Villa, Blackburn, Bolton or Newton Heath (better known today as Manchester United), created in 1874 for the first three in 1878 and the fourth would change all that ...