Erection date: 2014
Battersea Park, 1864
9th January 1864, site of the first match of association football.
Wandsworth Council, 2014
This game took place, on a Saturday, just 2 months after the FA had been formed.
SW11, Battersea Park
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Football - first FA match
The first official game played to Football Association rules took place in Ba...
Formed on the proposal of Ebenezer Cobb Morley at the Freemasons' Tavern. Ou...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Football - first FA match
London borough. Formed from the former Metropolitan Borough of Battersea and ...
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David Bomberg, 1890 - 1957, painter, lived and worked here 1928 - 1934. English Heritage
Are we proud of spotting this small, dark plaque? You bet we are!
Tony Meehan, 1943 - 2005, founder member of The Shadows, lived here 1977 - 2005. The Heritage Foundation
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