# Canonical recap data for First International Football Match (1872)
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slug: first-international-football
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title: First International Football Match
subtitle: Scotland and England's first international football match in Glasgow formalized the sport as a transnational competition and spectacle.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1872-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1872
decade: 1870
country:
name: Scotland
slug: scotland
summaryShort: 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
summaryLong: 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.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/International-founding-1864.jpg/1280px-International-founding-1864.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Unknown author Unknown author · via Wikipedia
importance: 82
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_International"
  title: First International
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- sports
metaDescription: The International Workingmen's Association (IWA), commonly known as the First International, was a political international which aimed to unite a variety of lef
wikidataQid: Q183725
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260619010358/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_International"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-19
  label: First International
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_International"
