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5 March 1877
- Although the Scots won the first fixture 4–0, a return match was planned in Wales the following year, and so it was that the first international football match on Welsh soil took place at the Racecourse Ground, Wrexham, on 5 March 1877.
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The city’s stadium, The Racecourse, is where Wales played their first international home match (a 2-0 loss to Scotland; 1877), and the Football Association of Wales (FAW), the governing body of the sport in the country, was founded here in the Wynnstay Arms Hotel (which still stands today).
The first international association football match, between Scotland and England, took place in November 1872. Following that contest, a schedule of international matches between the four home nations gradually developed, the games taking place between January and April of each year.
#YearChampionsSecond123Scotland (3) — England (1)Scotland (3) — England (1)4First International: 26 March 1876 vs Scotland; First home international: 5 March 1877 vs Scotland; First win: 26 February 1881 vs England; First overseas opponent: France, 25 May 1933; First win over an overseas opponent: 23 November 1949 vs Belgium; Biggest. Biggest Win: 11–0 vs Ireland, 3 March 1888
Mar 25, 2020 · Wales played its first official match on March 25, 1876, making it the third oldest international football team in the world after England and Scotland. The opening game was a 4-0 defeat to...
Charles W. Alcock, the secretary of the Football Association, and Arthur Kinnaird, his friend from Cambridge University, who had been born in Scotland, arranged the first international football game to be played on the 30th November, 1872.
Jul 23, 2015 · In the years before the First World War the international matches played by the Welsh alternated between Wrexham and Cardiff, showing a growing popularity all over the nation. Wales eventually even managed three consecutive wins over Scotland between 1905-07 - winning the Home Internationals for the first time in 1907.
