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In the first international game, Scotland against England on 30 November 1872, England played with seven or eight forwards in a 1–1–8 or 1–2–7 formation, and Scotland with six, in a 2–2–6 formation. For England, one player would remain in defence, picking up loose balls, and one or two players would roam the midfield and kick the ball upfield for the other players to chase. The English style of play at the time was all about individual excellence and English players were renowned for their dribbling skills. Players would attempt to take the ball forward as far as possible and only when they could proceed no further, would they kick it ahead for someone else to chase. Scotland surprised England by actually passing the ball among players. The Scottish outfield players were organized into pairs and each player would always attempt to pass the ball to his assigned partner. Ironically, with so much attention given to attacking play, the game ended in a 0–0 draw.

Posted By: Old Man on September 10th 2024 at 12:04:50

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Ben Lee talks of Hoff's 3-2-5, but (NCFC) - canary_wharf, Sep 10, 09:39:41
- i love Hoff's reading of the game. (NCFC) - fal5taff, Sep 10, 15:48:57
- It's not revelationary (NCFC) - jAC, Sep 10, 14:09:52
- No .... all most right (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Sep 10, 09:44:19
  - Found this on Wiki while waiting for something to finish in another window (NCFC) - Old Man, Sep 10, 12:04:50
    - Sounds like anarchist football as popularised on WOTB by Otto as she then was (NCFC) - Old Git, Sep 10, 14:43:41
    - That sounds brilliant to watch. (n/m) (NCFC) - tudders, Sep 10, 14:36:50
    - were you at the match? (n/m) (NCFC) - paulg, Sep 10, 13:30:17
      - Of course, my grandson was "one of the eight". I was "one over the eight" at the time. (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Man, Sep 10, 13:30:46
  - WM FTW (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Man, Sep 10, 11:53:50
  - That’s actually how Carsley’s 4-4-2 looks in possession according to the (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Sep 10, 10:24:10
  - Interesting (for me at least). So it was basically 2-3-5? (NCFC) - Bertie Russell, Sep 10, 10:00:19
    - Inside forwards dropped a bit deeper, more 3-4-3 (n/m) (NCFC) - canary_wharf, Sep 10, 10:12:11
  - Yep. I was playing that formation right up until under-11s in the early/mid 80s (n/m) (NCFC) - Adster, Sep 10, 09:52:00
    - Ahh, jumpers for goal posts (n/m) (NCFC) - LowestoftBoy, Sep 10, 10:20:09

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