They called themselves the Football Association ( or FA ) and the name of the standardised game they defined thus became Association Football .
In 1863 , representatives of eleven London football clubs met in the upstairs room of a pub near Covent Garden for this purpose .
representatives called themselves the Football Association ( or FA ) and the name of the standardised game they defined thus became Association Football .
In 1863 , representatives of eleven London football clubs met in the upstairs room of a pub near Covent Garden for this purpose .