BAD IDEA.   CF Alcock published an open-invitation in a Scottish newspaper inviting homegrown Scottish entries to this 1870 game!   This is not at all the "all English" match it is held to be in some parts!  It is hardly surprising that the game was only approved by the English FA: it was the only FA in the world!  Even the "official" 1872 game was before the foundation of the Scottish FA and therefore was only approved by one nation's FA. Perhaps the first official game should really be the 1873 one and the 1872 one should be subsumed into that page? There is a fair amount of info about this (and the four other early international games). This match is truly the beginning of international soccer and should not be subsumed into the 1872 game in an attempt to dismiss the evidence of where international soccer began.