(CNN) Actors pose for a photo while the referee, smoking a shag-filled pipe, reads out the rules for the re-enactment of one of history's most significant moments: the first ever official football match, which took place at Battersea Park on January 9th, 1864 between the "Darks" and the "Lights."
How Soccer Took Over the World
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MARCH 03, 2010
James Montague, CNN

A reenactment of the first soccer game was organized by Spirit of Football, a charity which aims to kick a ball from the birthplace of the modern game, overland via Europe and Africa, to Johannesburg, for the start of the World Cup.
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Spirit of Football: www.spiritoffootball.com