The history of English football is a long and detailed one,as it is not only the national sport (citation needed) but England was the first country where the game was develop and codified in 1863 in London.The impetus for this was unify English public school and university football game.There is evidance for refereed,team football game being played in English schools since at least 1581.An account of an exclusively kicking football game from Nottinghamshire in the 15th century bears similarity to football.