Association football was first codified in the 1860s in the south of London by teams of upper-class former public school pupils and Oxbridge graduates, but by the following decade the game had spread to the industrial towns of the north.
Association football was first codified in the 1860s in the south of London by teams of upper-class former public school pupils. Association football was first codified in the 1860s in the south of London by teams of Oxbridge graduates. The game had spread to the industrial towns of the north. This was by the following decade.