21st May 1904 FIFA was created, some over 50 years after England had created the FA.
Clearly England had a strong influence in FIFA's creation.
From 1864 to 1904 all World Cups were held in England, and there would be two English teams playing each other with English players, and most time England would win.
English style Cumcumber sandwiches, with English made spoons to stir the English blend tea with fresh milk from hearty local English cows.
Yes it was a decidedly English affair with picnics taking place around the football games that led up to the annual regional and national finals, effectively the World cup, only the rest of the World had'nt yet caught up.
Today the game is international, but watch it with some English and you might just experience some of those early and hard to extinguish English customs that mark such occassions as a World Cup Football competition.
Watch out for the Spanish!
They are on a roll, and the word from the inside is that the referees enjoyed the hospitality in Gran Canaria, Playa del Ingles
World Cup Accommodation"