The day Scotland and England played the first football international

Key Facts

The spectators at Hamilton Crescent in Partick, now part of Glasgow, paid a shilling each to watch the world's first official international football fixture as Scotland took on England 150 years ago.
Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Artists drawings of scenes from the first international football match published in The Graphic in 1872 On a pitch that was heavy due to the rain, the smaller Scottish side, playing in the dark blue strip of Queen's Park, pushed their white-jerseyed English counterparts hard.
Image source, DC Thomson Image caption, Alexander Rhind's sons followed in his footsteps and made their name in the colours of Caledonian in Inverness He would later settle in Inverness and was reported by the Inverness Courier in 1912 to be "very well known in the north".
Media caption, A re-enactment of the world's first football international was played by Glasgow schoolchildren to mark its 150th Anniversary The family influence on Inverness football would continue down the 20th Century, with Jimmy eventually taking on the role of Caley secretary and a son-in-law serving as club president.