in the early days of football (I swear I was not around at the time), players who had the ball simply started running towards the goal until they lost the ball and then the next player on the ball would just do the same.

when england played scotland in an international match, the english were a bit lost in the first half as scotland played as a team and passed the ball to each other.
the english had never seen this tactic before but tried to use it in the second half.

here are some internet "facts"
The first official (i.e. currently recognised by FIFA) international match would take place between Scotland and England on 30 November 1872. This match was played under the Football Association rules. Over the following decades association football was to become the most popular sport in Scotland. This match is, however, not the origin of the blue Scotland shirt for contemporary reports of the February 5th 1872 rugby international at the Oval clearly show that "the scotch were easily distinguishable by their uniform of blue jerseys.... the jerseys having the thistle embroidered"[16] The thistle had been worn previously in the 1871 rugby international[17]

The match itself illustrated the advantage gained by the Queens Park players "through knowing each others' play[18]" as all came from the same club. Contemporary match reports clearly show dribbling play by both the English and the Scottish sides, for example: "The Scotch now came away with a great rush, Leckie and others dribbling the ball so smartly that the English lines were closely besieged and the ball was soon behind",[18] "Weir now had a splendid run for Scotland into the heart of his opponents' territory.[18]" and "Kerr.. closed the match by the most brilliant run of the day, dribbling the ball past the whole field"[19] Scotland nearly won but a Robert Leckie shot landed on the tape crossbar and the game finished 0-0.[20] Although the Scottish team are acknowledged to have worked better together during the first half, the contemporary account in the Scotsman newspaper acknowledges that in the second half England played similarly: "During the first half of the game the English team did not work so well together, but in the second half they left nothing to be desired in this respect.[18]" There is no specific description of a passing maneouvre in the lengthy contemporary match reports, although two weeks' later The Graphic reported "[Scotland] seem to be adepts at passing the ball".[19] There is no evidence in the article that the author attended the match, as the reader is clearly pointed to match descriptions in "sporting journals". Similarly, the 5th March 1872 match between Wanderers and Queens park contains no evidence of ball passing[21] This contemporary evidence suggests that the origin of the short passing game lies in the mid 1870s.

In the next international in 1873 Scotland lost away to England in London, but in 1874 Scotland had their first international victory, beating England 4–2 in Glasgow. In 1875 the two nations drew again, but after this there followed a period of Scottish dominance for the following ten years, with only one defeat against the English.

Association football quickly became the most popular sport in Scotland, particularly in Glasgow and the west. The Scottish Football Association was formed in 1873 and is the second oldest in the world.

William McGregor who grew up in Perthshire and lived most of his life in Birmingham is credited with the establishment in 1888 of The Football League in England, which is the world's oldest and richest football league.

In the late 1880s significant number of Scottish players participated in English football clubs Payments to players had been made legal in England in 1885 and professional footballers were paid decent salaries. Ironically this attracted many Scottish players southwards to ply their trade in England.[6] Some earned the epithet "Scotch Professors"[22] English football teams with Scottish players included Preston North End which fielded eight Scots in one team and Liverpool Football Club, founded in 1892 with eleven Scots. In Scotland the game remained, in theory anyway, an amateur game until 1893.

In 1894 football was taken to Brazil by Charles William Miller, who was of combined Scottish-English descent. He had not lived in Scotland and learned to play football while at Banister Court School in Southampton, England. [23]

scotland showed the world how to play football.

I felt that i had to contribute after i noticed you goading and baiting the English contigency just before everything blew up in your face.

I found this most amusing.

We should make use of them...are there not workhouses for these people anymore ?

lots of scots already in england working as premier league managers.
I think at the last count there were 6 english managers and 7 scottish managers in the premier league.

who is bob shankly please ya daft dosser?

lol

Yes indeed.Bob Paisley and Bill Shankly both excellent managers.