The first international football match in history ended 0-0.
Scotland against England, Glasgow, November 1872. The next 0-0 took 17 years: 65 games in between, every single one with a goal.
In the 1880s an average game had more than five goals. By the 1980s, two and a half. 0-0s went from 2 games in 100 to 10 in 100.
Today, after 49,547 internationals: 2.7 goals a game, and one game in twelve ends 0-0.
Football started with a 0-0. It has been trying to score ever since.
