This book recounts the incredible work that Charles Adcock and Arthur Kinnaird performed on behalf of the Football Association (FA) in drafting football's rules, creating the FA Cup and the world's first professional Football League. The FA was the undisputed governing body of football at that time and the England national team the undisputed leader in the world of Association Football. When FIFA was formed in 1904, the FA commenced a period of "splendid isolation" during which it decided not to enter the England national team in any international tournament including the World Cups of the...