255. The History of Women’s Football!! (English Vocabulary Lesson)
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The History of Women's Association Football
The rules of association football were established in 1863 by the Football Association or FA. Before 1863, there was no one form of football - every town played slightly different rules. The number of players, use of hands, level of violence, size of pitches and how to score was often completely different. In 1881 a group of theatre businessmen and entrepreneurs had the idea to put on a different kind of show to the theatre performances they usually organised. A game took place at the home of Scottish Football Club Hibernian in the Scottish capital Edinburgh with England vs Scotland. Lilly St Clair became the first woman to ever score an officially recorded football goal. She went on to tour the UK playing games in front
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