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that in September 1884 the Glasgow Evening News produced the first-ever football edition of a newspaper giving match scores from earlier that afternoon?

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that the Scottish club Queen’s Park FC, established in 1867, is the world’s oldest soccer club outside of England?

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that the Football Association of Wales, founded in 1876, is the third-oldest national soccer association in the world?

What 1882 game gave opposite records to Ireland and England?

On February 18, 1882, two years after the founding of the Irish FA, Ireland made their international debut against England, losing 13–0 in a friendly game played at Bloomfield Park in Belfast. This remains the record win for England and the record defeat for the Northern Ireland team.

What is the oldest Irish soccer club?

Cliftonville Football and Athletic Club, known as The Reds, is a Northern Irish football team playing in the IFA Premiership. Founded on September 20, 1879, in the north Belfast district of Cliftonville, they are the oldest football club in Ireland and celebrated their 125th anniversary in 2004.