The FA (Football Association)Where it all began?A man called Ebenezor Morley, who formed Barnes FC in 1862, decided to write a letter to Bell's Life which was a popular newspaper. He did this because there were constant arguments between his players about how football should be played. In the letter he suggests there should be a set of rules similar to those used in cricket. This letter led to the FA holding its first official meeting on 26 October 1863 at the Freemasons Tavern in Great Queen Street in London so that they could come up with a set of rules for football. It was on this day that the world-famous FA was born. This is because at the time everyone played football with their own rules, meaning that each school playing football had different rules on how the game should be played. The meeting consisted of captains, secretaries and other representatives from several London clubs playing their own version of football. The teams represented at this meeting were Barnes, War Office, Crusaders, Forest (Leytonstone), No Names (Kilburn), Crystal Palace, Blackheath, Kensington School, Perceval House (Blackheath), Surbiton, Blackheath Proprietory School and Charterhouse. In total there were 6 meetings which took place over 44 days. At the first meeting on October 26, 1863, the Football Association was formed. At the second meeting, the official rules were established. At the third meeting, a discussion on the laws took place. Over the last three meetings, the rules of the game were hotly debated until they were finally settled at the sixth meeting on December 8, 1863. They believed that football would be a mixture of ball handling and d ... ... middle of paper ......entina before beating Portugal in the semi-final 2-1. It was July 30, 1966, the day of the World Cup final where England would face Germany. England beat Germany 4-2 in a thrilling match at Wembley to win the World Cup for the first time and on home soil. At the end of the match, the Queen presented the trophy to England skipper Booby Moore. Alf Ramsey had only led Ipswich Town to the league championship in 1962 before taking England to the World Cup. He was put in charge of the senior, under-23 and youth teams while Allen Wade, a lecturer in physical recreation at Loughborough College, was chosen as the FA's director of coaching.SummaryThis sums up the first hundred years football associations. There were massive changes, but they were a major driving force in improving and developing the game we love today..