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
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
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 ...
The Biblical quotation at the end of the inscription is from 1 John 3:16. Th...
The park at the end of this colonnade commemorates the ninety four men and wo...
