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title: "First International Football Match"
year: 1872
country: "Scotland"
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recapType: "global_event"
startDate: "1872-01-01"
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# First International Football Match

> Scotland and England's first international football match in Glasgow formalized the sport as a transnational competition and spectacle.

## Summary

The International Workingmen's Association (IWA), commonly known as the First International, was a political international which aimed to unite a variety of left-wing political groups and trade union organizations based on the working class and class struggle. It was founded in 1864 at a workers' meeting in St Martin's Hall, London, and its first congress was held in 1866 in Geneva.

## Sources

- [First International](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_International) - Wikipedia

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