 A good example of the difference in playing styles is cited in the Scottish Football Annual of 1877/78 which gives the following comments on the Glasgow v Sheffield match of 1877,

Queen's Park's combination game, which had emerged as a general ‘Scottish style’ due to the club's high standing and her energetic promotion of the game, would spread south of the border, to the north and midlands of England, through the efforts of the club and with the arrival of the Scotch Professors.William McGregor, the Father of the Football League and president of Aston Villa FC, pays the following tribute,

Teams throughout England, from Sunderland (the team of all the talents), Preston North End (Invincibles), Liverpool F.C.