Founding of The FA: On This Day - Times Radio
The Football Association (FA) was founded on 26/10/1863 and to commemorate the day when 12 small London clubs gathered in a pub to create a unified rule book for the game, I appeared on Times Radio with Aasmah Mir and Luke Jones for Times Radio Breakfast.
The story of Ebenezer Morley, Barnes FC, the Freemason's Tavern and the rugby-like rules in place back in the 1860's can be watched/heard in full here:
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