Overview Of The FA (Football Association)

The FA (Football Association)

Where did it all start?

A man called Ebenezor Morley, who formed Barnes FC in 1862, decided to write a letter to Bell’s Life which was a popular newspaper. He did this because there were constant arguments between his players on how the game of football should be played. In the letter, he suggested that there should be a set of rules just like the ones used in cricket.

This letter led to the FA having their first official meeting on the 26th October 1863 in the Freemasons Tavern on Great Queen Street in London so that they could come up with a set of rules for the game of football. It was on this day that the world renowned FA was born.

This was because at the time, everyone was playing football with their on individual set of rules meaning that every school playing football had different rules for how the game should be played.

At this meeting were Captains, Secretaries and other representatives of a multiple London clubs playing their own version of football. The teams being represented at this meeting were Barnes, War Office, Crusaders, Forest (Leytonstone), No Names (Kilburn), Crystal Palace, Blackheath, Kensington School, Perceval House (Blackheath), Surbiton, Blackheath Proprietory School and Charterhouse.

In total there were 6 meetings that took place over 44 days. In the first meeting on the 26th October 1863, the Football Association was formed. In the second meeting the official rules were drawn up. In the third meeting, a discussion of the laws took place. In the last three meetings, the laws of the game were hotly debated until they were finally drawn up in the sixth meeting on the 8th December 1863.

They thought that the game of football would be a blend of handling the ball and d...

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...entina before beating Portugal in the semi-final 2-1.

It was 30th July 1966, the day of the World Cup Final where England would face Germany. England beat Germany 4-2 in a thrilling game at Wembley to claim the World Cup for the first time and on home turf. At the end of the game, the Queen handed the trophy to England’s skipper, Booby Moore.

Alf Ramsey had only managed Ipswich Town to the league championship in 1962 before he took the England to the World Cup. He was made responsible for the senior, Under-23 and Youth sides while Allen Wade, a lecturer in physical recreation at Loughborough College, was chosen as The FA’s Director of Coaching.

Summary

That sums up the first one hundred years of the Football Associations. There have been some massive changes but they have been a major driving force in the improvement and development of the game we love today.