On This Day 133 years ago, Football Became a Professional sport.

The F.A is a member of both UEFA AND FIFA and holds a permanent seat on the International Football Association Board (I.F.A.B) which is responsible for the laws of the game.
During the summer of 1885, there was pressure put on the Football Association to accept professionalism in English football, culminating in a special meeting on 20 July, after which it was announced that it was "in the interests of Association Football, to legalise the employment of professional football players, but only under certain restrictions". Clubs were allowed to pay players provided that they had either been born or had lived for two years within a six-mile radius of the ground. There were also rules preventing professional players playing for more than one club in a season, without obtaining special permission, and all professional players had to be registered with the F.A.
Now, That was the Stepping Stone For Football in Achieving the Greatness & Height of it's popularity in the Modern Day.