Friday, 31 October 2008

April 1910

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15 Bohemia (17)
16 United States (18)
17 Switzerland (16)
18 Uruguay (19)
19 Ireland (15)
20 France (20)

Scotland beat England 2-0 to move up to 3rd.

March 1910

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18 United States (17)
19 Uruguay (18)
20 France (20)

Belgium moved up to 5th following a 3-2 win with the Netherlands and a 2-2 draw with England. Ireland's 1-0 win over Scotland moves them up to 15th.

February 1910

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December 1909

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November 1909

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October 1909

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September 1909

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20 France (20)

August 1909

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19 Ireland (19)
20 France (20)

Uruguay dropped to 18th after losing 2-1 to Argentina.

June 1909

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19 Ireland (19)
20 France (20)

May 1909

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Thursday, 30 October 2008

April 1909

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19 France (19)
20 Ireland (20)

Germany moved upto eleventh on the back of a 1-0 win against Switzerland and a 3-3 draw with Hungary.

March 1909

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9 Austria (9)
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15 Uruguay (14)
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18 United States (18)
19 France (20)
20 Ireland (19)

Ireland drop to the bottom after losing all three Home Championship games. Wales shot up seven places to 10th on the back of their second place in the same tournament.

February 1909

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9 Austria (9)
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13 Sweden (13)
14 Uruguay (14)
15 Germany (15)
16 Bohemia (16)
17 Wales (17)
18 United States (18)
19 Ireland (19)
20 France (20)

November 1908

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4 Canada (4)
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6 Hungary (9)
7 South Africa (7)
8 Argentina (8)
9 Austria (6)
10 Belgium (10)
11 Switzerland (11)
12 Norway (12)
13 Sweden (13)
14 Uruguay (14)
15 Germany (15)
16 Bohemia (16)
17 Wales (17)
18 United States (18)
19 Ireland (19)
20 France (20)

Hungary's 5-3 win against Austria in Budapest saw them move up three places to sixth with Austria swapping positions with them.

October 1908

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2 Netherlands (3)
3 Scotland (2)
4 Canada (4)
5 Denmark (NE)
6 Austria (6)
7 South Africa (7)
8 Argentina (5)
9 Hungary (9)
10 Belgium (11)
11 Switzerland (12)
13 Sweden (8)
14 Uruguay (18)
15 Germany (13)
16 Bohemia (14)
17 Wales (15)
18 United States (16)
19 Ireland (19)
20 France (17)

France dropped to the bottom of the rankings after two heavy defeats against new boys Denmark at the London Olympics. The Danes beat the French 9-0 and followed it up with a 17-1 victory to embarrass les bleus.

Uruguay moved up 4 places to fourteenth after an impressive 1-0 win in Buenos Aires against Argentina, who slipped three places to eighth.

Another faller was Sweden who also had a disastrous Olympic campaign losing 12-1 against England and 2-0 against the Netherlands, dropping five places to 13th.

Tuesday, 28 October 2008

September 1908

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6 Austria (7)
7 South Africa (8)
8 Sweden (6)
9 Hungary (9)
10 Switzerland (10)
11 Belgium (11)
12 Norway (12)
13 Germany (13)
14 Bohemia (14)
15 Wales (15)
16 United States (16)
17 France (17)
18 Uruguay (18)
19 Ireland (19)

August 1908

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3 Netherlands (3)
4 Canada (5)
5 Argentina (4)
6 Sweden (6)
7 Austria (7)
8 South Africa (8)
9 Hungary (9)
10 Switzerland (10)
11 Belgium (11)
12 Norway (12)
13 Germany (13)
14 Bohemia (14)
15 Wales (15)
16 United States (16)
17 France (17)
18 Uruguay (18)
19 Ireland (19)

June 1908

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3 Netherlands (3)
4 Argentina (4)
5 Canada (5)
6 Sweden (NE)
7 Austria (6)
8 South Africa (7)
9 Hungary (8)
10 Switzerland (9)
11 Belgium (10)
12 Norway (NE)
13 Germany (11)
14 Bohemia (12)
15 Wales (13)
16 United States (14)
17 France (15)
18 Uruguay (16)
19 Ireland (17)

Sweden beat Norway 11-3 in the first international of both countries.

May 1908

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3 Netherlands (6)
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6 Austria (8)
7 South Africa (7)
8 Hungary (5)
9 Switzerland (9)
10 Belgium (10)
11 Germany (11)
12 Bohemia (13)
13 Wales (14)
14 United States (15)
15 France (12)
16 Uruguay (16)
17 Ireland (17)

Friday, 24 October 2008

April 1908

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6 Netherlands (7)
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8 Austria (8)
9 Switzerland (13)
10 Belgium (9)
11 Germany (NE)
12 France (12)
13 Bohemia (10)
14 Wales (11)
15 United States (14)
16 Uruguay (15)
17 Ireland (16)

Germany played their first international losing 5-3 in Switzerland.

March 1908

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3 Argentina (2)
4 Canada (3)
5 South Africa (6)
6 Hungary (7)
7 Netherlands (12)
8 Austria (9)
9 Belgium (5)
10 Bohemia (10)
11 Wales (8)
12 France (13)
13 Switzerland (11)
14 United States (14)
15 Uruguay (15)
16 Ireland (16)

Netherlands were the highest climbers following their 4-1 win away to Belgium.

February 1908

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9 Austria (9)
10 Bohemia (10)
11 Switzerland (11)
12 Netherlands (12)
13 France (13)
14 United States (14)
15 Uruguay (15)
16 Ireland (16)

December 1907

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8 Wales (8)
9 Austria (9)
10 Bohemia (11)
11 Switzerland (12)
12 Netherlands (10)
13 France (13)
14 United States (14)
15 Uruguay (15)
16 Ireland (16)

Wednesday, 22 October 2008

November 1907

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9 Austria (7)
10 Netherlands (10)
11 Bohemia (11)
12 Switzerland (12)
13 France (13)
14 United States (14)
15 Uruguay (15)
16 Ireland (16)

October 1907

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8 Wales (9)
9 Hungary (6)
10 Netherlands (10)
11 Bohemia (13)
12 Switzerland (12)
13 France (12)
14 United States (14)
15 Uruguay (15)
16 Ireland (16)

August 1907

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8 Austria (8)
9 Wales (9)
10 Netherlands (10)
11 Switzerland (11)
12 France (12)
13 Bohemia (13)
14 United States (15)
15 Uruguay (14)
16 Ireland (16)

May 1907

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4 Belgium (9)
5 Argentina (5)
6 Hungary (3)
7 South Africa (6)
8 Austria (10)
9 Wales (8)
10 Netherlands (7)
11 Switzerland (11)
12 France (12)
13 Bohemia (13)
14 Uruguay (14)
15 United States (15)
16 Ireland (16)

Belgium climbed back upto fourth after beating Holland 2-1 away.

April 1907

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8 Wales (12)
9 Belgium (2)
10 Austria (9)
11 Switzerland (11)
12 France (15)
13 Bohemia (10)
14 Uruguay (13)
15 United States (14)
16 Ireland (16)

Belgium fell from 2nd to 9th after losing at home to both Holland and France.

March 1907

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6 Hungary (6)
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8 Wales (12)
9 Netherlands (8)
10 Austria (9)
11 Bohemia (10)
12 Switzerland (11)
13 Uruguay (13)
14 United States (14)
15 France (15)
16 Ireland (16)

February 1907

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8 Netherlands (8)
9 Austria (9)
10 Bohemia (10)
11 Switzerland (11)
12 Wales (12)
13 Uruguay (13)
14 United States (14)
15 France (15)
16 Ireland (16)

November 1906

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6 Hungary (9)
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8 Netherlands (8)
9 Austria (7)
10 Bohemia (10)
11 Switzerland (11)
12 Wales (12)
13 Uruguay (13)
14 United States (14)
15 France (15)
16 Ireland (16)

October 1906

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4 Scotland (4)
5 Argentina (9)
6 South Africa (5)
7 Austria (6)
8 Netherlands (8)
9 Hungary (7)
10 Bohemia (12)
11 Switzerland (11)
12 Wales (13)
13 Uruguay (10)
14 France (14)
15 United States (15)
16 Ireland (16)

August 1906

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7 Argentina (9)
8 Hungary (7)
9 Netherlands (8)
10 Switzerland (11)
11 Bohemia (12)
12 Uruguay (10)
13 Wales (13)
14 France (14)
15 United States (15)
16 Ireland (16)

July 1906

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4 Scotland (4)
5 South Africa (NE)
6 Austria (5)
7 Hungary (7)
8 Netherlands (8)
9 Argentina (6)
10 Uruguay (9)
11 Switzerland (10)
12 Bohemia (11)
13 Wales (12)
14 France (13)
15 United States (14)
16 Ireland (15)

South Africa became the first African representative with a 1-0 win over Argentina.

May 1906

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7 Hungary (8)
8 Netherlands (5)
9 Uruguay (9)
10 Switzerland (10)
11 Bohemia (11)
12 Wales (12)
13 France (13)
14 United States (14)
15 Ireland (15)

April 1906

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5 Netherlands (2)
6 Austria (4)
7 Argentina (5)
8 Hungary (6)
9 Uruguay (8)
10 Switzerland (11)
11 Bohemia (12)
12 Wales (13)
13 France (9)
14 United States (14)
15 Ireland (15)

Belgium shot up seven places to third after two 5-0 victories against France and Holland respectively.

March 1906

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6 Hungary (7)
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8 Uruguay (8)
9 France (9)
10 Belgium (10)
11 Switzerland (11)
12 Bohemia (12)
13 Wales (15)
14 United States (13)
15 Ireland (14)

Wales moved off the bottom of the rankings with a 2-0 vicotry over Scotland.

February 1906

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8 Uruguay (8)
9 France (9)
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11 Switzerland (11)
12 Bohemia (12)
13 United States (14)
14 Ireland (13)
15 Wales (15)

August 1905

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8 Uruguay (8)
9 France (9)
10 Belgium (10)
11 Switzerland (11)
12 Bohemia (12)
13 Ireland (13)
14 United States (14)
15 Wales (15)

May 1905

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3 Canada (2)
4 Scotland (5)
5 Austria (6)
6 Argentina (7)
7 Hungary (8)
8 Uruguay (9)
9 France (4)
10 Belgium (12)
11 Switzerland (10)
12 Bohemia (11)
13 Ireland (13)
14 United States (14)
15 Wales (15)

France dropped five places to ninth after losing 7-0 in Brussels against Belgium.

April 1905

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3 Netherlands (NE)
4 France (8)
5 Scotland (3)
6 Austria (4)
7 Argentina (5)
8 Hungary (6)
9 Uruguay (9)
10 Switzerland (NE)
11 Bohemia (11)
12 Belgium (7)
13 Ireland (10)
14 United States (12)
15 Wales (13)

Belgium dropped five places to twelfth after losing 4-1 to new team the Netherlands at home. The other new association was Switzerland who lost 1-0 in Paris to France.

November 1904

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4 Austria (9)
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8 France (8)
9 Uruguay (10)
10 Ireland (11)
11 Bohemia (12)
12 United States (5)
13 Wales (13)

Canada moved up 6 places into 2nd spot after winning the first Olympic tournament in the United States. The USA dropped seven places to twelfth on the back of the double defeat. Austria beat Hungary 5-4 to move up five places to fourth.

June 1904

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7 France (7)
8 Canada (8)
9 Austria (3)
10 Uruguay (10)
11 Ireland (11)
12 Bohemia (12)
13 Wales (13)

Hungary shot up six places with a three nil win over Austria.

May 1904

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4 Argentina (4)
5 United States (5)
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7 France (NE)
8 Canada (6)
9 Hungary (7)
10 Uruguay (8)
11 Ireland (9)
12 Bohemia (10)
13 Wales (11)

Belgium and France drew 3-3 in their first international.

April 1904

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4 Argentina (4)
5 United States (5)
6 Canada (6)
7 Hungary (7)
8 Uruguay (8)
9 Ireland (9)
10 Bohemia (10)
11 Wales (11)

March 1904

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5 United States (5)
6 Canada (6)
7 Hungary (7)
8 Uruguay (8)
9 Ireland (10)
10 Bohemia (9)
11 Wales (11)

England go top after Scotland could only draw with Ireland and Wales.

February 1904

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4 Argentina (4)
5 United States (5)
6 Canada (6)
7 Hungary (7)
8 Uruguay (8)
9 Bohemia (9)
10 Ireland (10)
11 Wales (11)

October 1903

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3 Austria (5)
4 Argentina (4)
5 United States (6)
6 Canada (7)
7 Hungary (3)
8 Uruguay (8)
9 Bohemia (9)
10 Ireland (10)
11 Wales (11)

Austria rose two places to third with a 4-2 win over Hungary who dropped four to seventh.

September 1903

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3 Hungary (4)
4 Argentina (3)
5 Austria (5)
6 United States (6)
7 Canada (7)
8 Uruguay (10)
9 Bohemia (8)
10 Ireland (9)
11 Wales (11)

Uruguay climbed two places with a 3-2 win away to Argentina.

June 1903

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3 Argentina (3)
4 Hungary (7)
5 Austria (4)
6 United States (5)
7 Canada (6)
8 Bohemia (8)
9 Ireland (9)
10 Uruguay (10)
11 Wales (11)

Hungary shot up three places with a 3-2 win over Austria.

April 1903

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3 Argentina (3)
4 Austria (4)
5 United States (5)
6 Canada (6)
7 Hungary (7)
8 Bohemia (NE)
9 Ireland (8)
10 Uruguay (9)
11 Wales (10)

Scotland regained top spot after beating England 2-1, whilst Bohemia lost their first international by the same score in Hungary.

March 1903

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3 Argentina (3)
4 Austria (4)
5 United States (5)
6 Canada (6)
7 Hungary (7)
8 Ireland (10)
9 Uruguay (8)
10 Wales (9)

Ireland recorded impressive wins against Wales and former world number 1 Scotland in March. This meant that the Scots dropped a place allowing England to gain top spot with a 2-1 win at home to Wales

February 1903

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3 Argentina (3)
4 Austria (4)
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6 Canada (6)
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8 Uruguay (8)
9 Wales (9)
10 Ireland (10)

October 1902

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3 Argentina (3)
4 Austria (NE)
5 United States (4)
6 Canada (5)
7 Hungary (NE)
8 Uruguay (6)
9 Wales (7)
10 Ireland (8)

Austria beat Hungary 5-0 in the first international on main land Europe.

July 1902

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4 United States (4)
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6 Uruguay (6)
7 Wales (7)
8 Ireland (8)

May 1902

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7 Wales (7)
8 Ireland (8)

April 1902

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7 Wales (7)
8 Ireland (8)

Friday, 17 October 2008

March 1902

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3 Argentina (3)
4 United States (4)
5 Canada (5)
6 Uruguay (6)
7 Wales (8)
8 Ireland (7)

A goalless draw with England helped move Wales off the bottom of the rankings.

February 1902

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2 England (2)
3 Argentina (3)
4 United States (4)
5 Canada (5)
6 Uruguay (6)
7 Ireland (8)
8 Wales (7)

Ireland moved off the bottom with a 3-0 win in Cardiff against Wales.

May 1901

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2 England (2)
3 Argentina (NE)
4 United States (3)
5 Canada (4)
6 Uruguay (NE)
7 Wales (5)
8 Ireland (6)

Argentina beat Uruguay 3-2 in Montevideo in the first game in South America.

March 1901

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4 Canada (4)
5 Wales (5)
6 Ireland (6)

February 1901

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5 Wales (5)
6 Ireland (6)

April 1900

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March 1900

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5 Wales (5)
6 Ireland (6)

February 1900

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3 United States (3)
4 Canada (4)
5 Wales (6)
6 Ireland (5)

Wales moved above Ireland with a 2-0 win against them in Cardiff.

April 1899

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5 Ireland (5)
6 Wales (6)

March 1899

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February 1899

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6 Wales (6)

April 1898

1 England (2)
2 Scotland (1)
3 United States (3)
4 Canada (4)
5 Ireland (5)
6 Wales (6)

England moved back to the top with a 3-1 win over Scotland in Glasgow.

March 1898

1 Scotland (1)
2 England (2)
3 United States (3)
4 Canada (4)
5 Ireland (5)
6 Wales (6)

February 1898

1 Scotland (1)
2 England (2)
3 United States (3)
4 Canada (4)
5 Ireland (6)
6 Wales (5)

Ireland moved off the bottom and up to fifth with a 1-0 victory against Wales in Cardiff.

April 1897

1 Scotland (2)
2 England (1)
3 United States (3)
4 Canada (4)
5 Wales (5)
6 Ireland (6)

Scotland returned to the top with a 2-1 victory over England in London.

March 1897

1 England (1)
2 Scotland (2)
3 United States (3)
4 Canada (4)
5 Wales (5)
6 Ireland (6)

February 1897

1 England (1)
2 Scotland (2)
3 United States (3)
4 Canada (4)
5 Wales (5)
6 Ireland (6)

April 1896

1 England (1)
2 Scotland (2)
3 United States (3)
4 Canada (4)
5 Wales (5)
6 Ireland (6)

March 1896

1 England (1)
2 Scotland (2)
3 United States (3)
4 Canada (4)
5 Wales (5)
6 Ireland (6)

February 1896

1 England (1)
2 Scotland (2)
3 United States (3)
4 Canada (4)
5 Wales (5)
6 Ireland (6)

April 1895

1 England (1)
2 Scotland (2)
3 United States (3)
4 Canada (4)
5 Wales (5)
6 Ireland (6)

March 1895

1 England (1)
2 Scotland (2)
3 United States (3)
4 Canada (4)
5 Wales (5)
6 Ireland (6)

April 1894

1 England (1)
2 Scotland (2)
3 United States (3)
4 Canada (4)
5 Wales (5)
6 Ireland (6)

March 1894

1 England (1)
2 Scotland (2)
3 United States (3)
4 Canada (4)
5 Wales (5)
6 Ireland (6)

Ireland commendably drew 2-2 with England and only narrowly lost 2-1 at home to Scotland. This was not, however, enough to move them off the bottom of the rankings.

February 1894

1 England (1)
2 Scotland (2)
3 United States (3)
4 Canada (4)
5 Wales (6)
6 Ireland (5)

Wales moved back off the bottom of the rankings with a 4-1 win against Ireland in Cardiff.

April 1893

1 England (1)
2 Scotland (2)
3 United States (3)
4 Canada (4)
5 Ireland (6)
6 Wales (5)

Ireland moved off the bottom of the rankings for the first time with a 4-3 win at home against Wales.

March 1893

1 England (1)
2 Scotland (2)
3 United States (3)
4 Canada (4)
5 Wales (5)
6 Ireland (6)

February 1893

1 England (1)
2 Scotland (2)
3 United States (3)
4 Canada (4)
5 Wales (5)
6 Ireland (6)

April 1892

1 England (1)
2 Scotland (2)
3 United States (3)
4 Canada (4)
5 Wales (5)
6 Ireland (6)

March 1892

1 England (1)
2 Scotland (2)
3 United States (3)
4 Canada (4)
5 Wales (5)
6 Ireland (6)

February 1892

1 England (1)
2 Scotland (2)
3 United States (3)
4 Canada (4)
5 Wales (5)
6 Ireland (6)

April 1891

1 England (2)
2 Scotland (1)
3 United States (3)
4 Canada (4)
5 Wales (5)
6 Ireland (6)

England beat Scotland 2-1 to move back to the top of the rankings

March 1891

1 Scotland (1)
2 England (2)
3 United States (3)
4 Canada (4)
5 Wales (5)
6 Ireland (6)

February 1891

1 Scotland (1)
2 England (2)
3 United States (3)
4 Canada (4)
5 Wales (5)
6 Ireland (6)

April 1890

1 Scotland (1)
2 England (2)
3 United States (3)
4 Canada (4)
5 Wales (5)
6 Ireland (6)

March 1890

1 Scotland (1)
2 England (2)
3 United States (3)
4 Canada (4)
5 Wales (5)
6 Ireland (6)

February 1890

1 Scotland (1)
2 England (2)
3 United States (3)
4 Canada (4)
5 Wales (5)
6 Ireland (6)

April 1889

1 Scotland (2)
2 England (1)
3 United States (3)
4 Canada (4)
5 Wales (5)
6 Ireland (6)

Scotland regained top spot with a 3-2 victory away to England, despite being held to a goalless draw by Wales.

March 1889

1 England (1)
2 Scotland (2)
3 United States (3)
4 Canada (4)
5 Wales (5)
6 Ireland (6)

February 1889

1 England (1)
2 Scotland (2)
3 United States (3)
4 Canada (4)
5 Wales (5)
6 Ireland (6)

March 1888

1 England (2)
2 Scotland (1)
3 United States (3)
4 Canada (4)
5 Wales (5)
6 Ireland (6)

England moved to the top of the rankings for the first time in fifteen years with a 5-0 thumping of Scotland in Glasgow.

February 1888

1 Scotland (1)
2 England (2)
3 United States (3)
4 Canada (4)
5 Wales (5)
6 Ireland (6)

March 1887

1 Scotland (1)
2 England (2)
3 United States (3)
4 Canada (4)
5 Wales (5)
6 Ireland (6)

February 1887

1 Scotland (1)
2 England (2)
3 United States (3)
4 Canada (4)
5 Wales (5)
6 Ireland (6)

November 1886

1 Scotland (1)
2 England (2)
3 United States (4)
4 Canada (3)
5 Wales (5)
6 Ireland (6)

United States beat Canada 3-2 to leap frog them into third

April 1886

1 Scotland (1)
2 England (2)
3 Canada (3)
4 United States (4)
5 Wales (5)
6 Ireland (6)

March 1886

1 Scotland (1)
2 England (2)
3 Canada (3)
4 United States (5)
5 Wales (4)
6 Ireland (6)

Wales dropped back below the United States after losing 3-1 at home to England

February 1886

1 Scotland (1)
2 England (2)
3 Canada (3)
4 Wales (5)
5 United States (4)
6 Ireland (6)

Wales moved above the United States with a 5-0 win over Ireland.

November 1885

1 Scotland (1)
2 England (2)
3 Canada (NE)
4 United States (NE)
5 Wales (3)
6 Ireland (4)

Canada beat the United States 1-0 in the first international played outside of Great Britain.

April 1885

1 Scotland (1)
2 England (2)
3 Wales (3)
4 Ireland (4)

March 1885

1 Scotland (1)
2 England (2)
3 Wales (3)
4 Ireland (4)

February 1885

1 Scotland (1)
2 England (2)
3 Wales (3)
4 Ireland (4)

March 1884

1 Scotland (1)
2 England (2)
3 Wales (3)
4 Ireland (4)

Scotland won the first home nations championship with a 100% record, to remain top of the rankings.

February 1884

1 Scotland (1)
2 England (2)
3 Wales (3)
4 Ireland (4)

January 1884

1 Scotland (1)
2 England (2)
3 Wales (3)
4 Ireland (4)

March 1883

1 Scotland (1)
2 England (2)
3 Wales (3)
4 Ireland (4)

February 1883

1 Scotland (1)
2 England (3)
3 Wales (2)
4 Ireland (4)

England move back up to second with a 5-0 win over Wales and 7-0 win against the Irish.

March 1882

1 Scotland (1)
2 Wales (3)
3 England (2)
4 Ireland (4)

Wales moved upto second with a 5-3 win over England, whilst Scotland stay top with two wins against England and Wales.

February 1882

1 Scotland (1)
2 England (2)
3 Wales (3)
4 Ireland (NE)

Ireland are welcomed into the international fold with two trouncings against England and Wales to put them straight in at the bottom of the rankings.

March 1881

1 Scotland (1)
2 England (2)
3 Wales (3)

Scotland stay top after big wins against both England and Wales.

February 1881

1 Scotland (1)
2 England (2)
3 Wales (3)

Wales remain bottom of the rankings despite picking up their first international win, beating England 1-0.

March 1880

1 Scotland (1)
2 England (2)
3 Wales (3)

April 1879

1 Scotland (1)
2 England (2)
3 Wales (3)

January 1879

1 Scotland (1)
2 England (3)
3 Wales (2)

England move above Wales with a 2-1 victory against them.

March 1878

1 Scotland (1)
2 Wales (2)
3 England (3)

Scotland affirm their top position with a 7-2 win over England and 9-0 demolition of Wales.

March 1877

1 Scotland (1)
2 Wales (NE)
3 England (2)

England drop to 3rd after losing 3-0 to Scotland, who go on to beat Wales 4-0 in their first international.

March 1875

1 Scotland (1)
2 England (2)

Scotland and England draw 2-2 to keep rankings as they were.

March 1874

1 Scotland (2)
2 England (1)

Scotland climbed to the top with a 4-2 win against England

March 1873

1 England (1)
2 Scotland (2)

November 1872

1 England
2 Scotland

Introduction

This website offers an alternative to football world rankings. I will be posting historical rankings from the first international in 1871, and eventually working my way towards the present day. Hopefully it will make interesting reading as to who was strong in past decades and who was once minnows that now claim to sit at the top echelons of world football.