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Who was the first professional soccer player on the international stage?

James Henry Forrest was an English soccer player whose career spanned the transition from amateur to professional in the 1880s and 1890s. He played most of his career for Blackburn Rovers, who were paying him £1 per week in 1885 when he was chosen to play for England in the Home Championship against Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. Despite complaints from Scottish officials that Forrest was a professional, he was allowed to play but he had to wear a different jersey from the rest of the team. Blackburn Rovers also had to agree not to pay him his wages in the week that he played for England.

Chronology of the Formation of the United Kingdom's Football Associations

• England: The Football

Association (FA) — 1863

• Scotland: The Scottish Football

Association (SFA) — 1873

• Wales: The Football Association

of Wales (FAW) —1876

• Northern Ireland: Irish Football

Association (IFA) — 1880

What England player was first to score against Scotland?