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What are the Two Most Important Football Matches Ever Played?

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English - February 22, 2023 17:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
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Depending on your team or nationalilty, you might pick any number of vital and exciting matches from the past. But there are two which define how football evolved to become the world's most popular - and probably richest - sport. And they took place at the end of 1862 and the beginning of 1863. They defined the modern rules of the game and forced a split between soccer and rugby. 

And the two heroes of the story deserve their names to be chanted at every game!

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