The first international match played anywhere was between England and Scotland on November 30th 1872 at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow. An exciting novelty for the crowd of 3,000 ended drabbly 0-0. Matches between the two countries continued annually until 1878, with March being the chosen month. The next country to join in international football was Wales in January 1879. In 1882 Ireland hosted England at Bloomfield, Belfast and so the "Home" International tournament was sorted. Matches were played mainly in February, March (the end of the season) but by 1888, the leagues lasted a bit longer, so England played Ireland in April, winning 5-1.
In 1902, England played Ireland on March 22nd at the Balmoral Show Grounds, Belfast winning 1-0 with a goal from Jimmy Settle. Who he? Born on 5/9/75, he played for England through to 1903 scoring 6 goals in as many games.
Jimmy, according to the 1881 Census, he was born at 103, Wellington Street, Millom, Cumberland and was the youngest of four children.
He played initially for Bolton Wanderers 1894, Bury 1896 and eventually, Everton, moving there in 1899, for a fee of £400. He was a fast-paced right sided forward He helped his new club win the FA Cup in 1906, beating Newcastle Utd 1-0 at the Crystal Palace, 75,609 saw this. It was Newcastle's second defeat in consecutive finals.
His mother was widowed and by 1901 Jimmy worked in a Bleach Works, in Halliwell, he married, had two children and employed a servant in his house at Walton on the Hill, Liverpool, opposite Goodison Park.
Settle was the Football League's leading goalscorer for the 1901–02 season with 18 goals, the lowest of the highest totals achieved in the English top-flight to date. In 1908 Settle was sold to Stockport County, before he retired from football in 1909. His goals' tally in 339 matches was 118.
Settle represented England 6 times between 1899 and 1903, playing in the Home Championship, scoring 6 times, including a hat trick against Ireland in February 1899. Settle scored England's only goal in the match against Scotland in April 1902, which was expunged from the records and replayed as a result of the Ibrox Disaster which occurred during the game. Settle's goal in this match is not included in his international record.
Alongside Settle, in the Everton team, were Jack Sharp and Harry Makepeace, two of only 12 footballers who played both football and cricket for England. Between them they scored nearly 80 hundreds. Makepeace won the FA Cup winners' medal (1906), four County League Championship cricket medals and played for his country at both sports.
Settle left Everton in 1908 (237 apps 84 goals), finishing his career at Stockport County. By 1911, he (wait for it!!!) ran the Dog and Partridge Pub at Moor Lane, Bolton, he had 4 children (one of whom died early) and Jimmy died at Chorley New Rd, Horwich in 1954. Ref: The Census.
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