I never knew that

[Cleve van Leef]

The 1927 final was the first to be broadcast on the radio, was the first to have Abide with Me before kick off, and because of the radio broadcast was thought to be the origin of the phrase 'back to square one'

It was the origin of “back to square one”. The BBC printed, I believe in the Radio Times, the pitch laid out into numberedsquares with the goalkeeper in square 1. This was to give the listener info of where the play was when listening to the commentary.