International Football Association Board (IFAB) 6 December 1882

As late as 1886 the Football Associations of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland were still all playing by slightly different rules, with whichever team was at home, rules applied. This was far from ideal and they were keen to start the Home Championships Tournament, so they decided to form the International Football Association Board (IFAB) on 6 December 1882 in Manchester. The first meeting of IFAB took place at the FA’s offices in 2nd June 1886 where they decided that they all had equal voting rights. Representing England from the FA were Major Marindin and Charles W Alcock, Scotland (SFA) had R Browne and A. Kennedy, Wales (FAW) had Mr. Hunter and Mr. Mills-Robert and Ireland (IFA) was represented by J Sinclair and J McAlvery.
The original document can be seen here in a FIFA pdf celebrating the 125th anniversary: http://www.fifa.com/mm/Document/AFFederation/IFAB/01/39/24/77/ifab_book_web.pdf

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