"He moved the game from a dead point"
150 years ago, March 8, 1873, the first ball was scored in an international football match William Kenion-Slaney. Photo: Archive 150 years ago, on March 8, 1873, the first ball was scored in an international football match. Its author was the Englishman William Kenion-Slaini, who later became famous in completely different fields-on the battlefields. The good old football has long turned into a legend.