Notable moments in football history

The game we love has a rich history dating back well over 150 years (Image credit: Alamy)

Sheffield FC take great pride in their history (Image credit: Alamy)

A plaque at the Oval commemorating the first-ever FA Cup final (Image credit: Getty Images)

A ticket for the first official international football match (Image credit: Alamy)

William McGregor, Aston Villa director and founder of the Football League (Image credit: Alamy)

The FIFA logo at FIFA's Zurich headquarters (Image credit: Alamy)

The Copa America trophy (Image credit: Alamy)

Hungarian Arpad Weisz coached Inter to the 1929/30 Scudetto (Image credit: Alamy)

Uruguay players celebrate victory in the 1930 World Cup final (Image credit: Alamy)

Alcides Ghiggia scores Uruguay's match-winning and World Cup-clinching goal against Brazil (Image credit: Alamy)

Captains Billy Wright and Ferenc Puskas exchange pennants ahead of the 'Match of the Century' (Image credit: Alamy)

England's Arthur Edward Ellis refereed the inaugural European Cup final (Image credit: Getty Images)

The Ballon d'Or (Image credit: Getty Images)

The current AFCON trophy is the third to be used in the tournament's history (Image credit: Alamy)

Pele in action during the 1958 World Cup semi-final against France (Image credit: Getty Images)

The Euro 1960 final was played at the Parc des Princes in Paris (Image credit: Alamy)

Didi with the Jules Rimet Trophy (Image credit: Alamy)

Bobby Moore receives the Jules Rimet trophy from Queen Elizabeth II (Image credit: Alamy)

Celtic's legendary 'Lisbon Lions' (Image credit: Alamy)

Johan Cruyff at the 1974 World Cup (Image credit: Alamy)

The concept of three points for a win was the brainchild of Jimmy Hill (Image credit: Getty Images)

Maradona outjumps Peter Shilton to score with 'the Hand of God' (Image credit: Getty Images)

Maradona completes his astonishing second goal against England in the 1986 World Cup quarter-final at the Azteca (Image credit: Getty Images)

Captain Lars Olsen lifts the trophy after Denmark's Euro 92 final victory over Germany (Image credit: Getty Images)

Rick Parry, the Premier League's first chief executive (Image credit: Getty Images)

1994 World Cup mascot Striker (Image credit: Alamy)

The opening ceremony of the 2002 World Cup in Seoul, South Korea (Image credit: Alamy)

Arsenal won their third Premier League title in 2003/04 (Image credit: Alamy)

Theodoros Zagorakis lifts the trophy after captaining Greece to Euro 2004 glory (Image credit: Alamy)

Zidane sends Materazzi tumbling (Image credit: Getty Images)

South Africa players dance in celebration after Siphiwe Tshabalala's goal against Mexico in the opening game of the 2010 World Cup (Image credit: Alamy)

A pitchside VAR monitor at the 2018 World Cup (Image credit: Alamy)

Neymar has generated more than £300m in transfer fees over the course of his career (Image credit: Alamy)