The incredible story of the first player ever to score a goal for England during his only cap

After the first-ever recognised international football match, between Scotland and England, finished goalless, it took just two minutes for England to open the scoring in their next encounter - and score the first-ever international goal in the process. The two nations had played each other in five representative matches between 1870 and 1872, but none of them are officially recognised by FIFA. Back then, the complex negotiations involved in setting up the first of those representative matches w

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