
Until December 8, 1863 in football and rugby parted. This difference became more pronounced after 6 years, when laws forbade the game of football in one hand (not just wear a ball by hand). In 1871, eight years after the founding of the Union, it includes already 50 clubs. The same year saw the introduction of the soccer competition organized the first time in the world: the FA Cup, opened the year 17 before the league championship.
While there was talk a little bit of organized football in the continent and in other parts of the world, and the United caps had already begun in Britain. The first between England and Scotland in 1872. And then with the growth that is sweeping the football organization, while already attracting a large number of viewers surprisingly, also presented problems that should meet the other countries until much later - even in the issue of professionalism.
Developed the first mention in this regard in 1879. It was a small club of Lancashire, and Darwin, twice awarded the tie against the Old Etonians exciting team that was regarded as the ultimate invincible lovers of the famous London and has been victorious in the third game. Two players from the team Darwin, must be that the Scots John Love and Fergus Suter, to be paid to players. And has become such cases more frequently, and already in 1885 forced the Football Association to officially legalize professionalism. This is exactly what happened four years before the first national association football outside of Great Britain: the Netherlands and Denmark. FA, the England national football team is the oldest in the world, then saw the establishment of the National Societies in Scotland (1873), Wales (1875) and Ireland in Belfast (in 1880).
When the first game of football between the nation and signed, and English, in the purely formal point of view, and it still does not partner with who can play. Scotland and England met in Glasgow November 30, 1872 - There was no National Assembly Scottish (Isle was not founded just three months in good time later). So it was just a club team, the oldest Scottish club Queen's Park, which played against England.

