This is the yahoo group for the Internet Football Association and WorldNET.

In the early nineties many supporters, particularly ex-pats kept in touch with other fans via email. These people tended to be mainly people in the technical or academic worlds as email was widely available in those professions. The first ever internet organised football match was held at Nottingham on 30th July 1995 between Leeds Lards and Internet Hotspurs, Leeds won 6 - 3, the attendance was just 12!

At the time of Euro 96, Dave "Voice of Football" Walmsley wanted to show that football fans could come together in the spirit of the game, play football and build bridges between their respective teams. This was after Graham Kelly the then chief of the FA was publicly sceptical about the ability of English football supporters to behave themselves at Euro 96.

Through the use of email discussion groups, Dave organised a tournament to be held on June 9th 1996 in Nottingham, one of the host cities for Euro 96 and EuroNET 96 was born. From that point it grew to represent the teams of football e-mail discussion groups and message boards across the UK. Euronet became WorldNET and we are now nearing our 16th tournament.

Internet football is not just about winning. It's about taking part and building bridges between rival sets of supporters. Having said that we consider our leagues, competitions and tournaments professionally run and allow for an element of competition and pride in supporting one's home team.

WorldNET12 is on the 20/21/22 July 2012 at Bodington Hall Leeds

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