A goal was celebrated with a bow and the halftime drinks were served on silver platters when two of England's oldest amateur soccer teams played in Queen Elizabeth's back garden on Monday in the first match ever staged at Buckingham Palace.

The game between Polytechnic and Civil Service, part of the FA's 150th anniversary celebrations, began with a stern warning from Prince William that anyone breaking a window would have to answer to his grandmother.

Polytechnic won 2-1 in what was a competitive fixture in the Southern Amateur League's first division that was officiated by 2010 World Cup final referee Howard Webb on lawns more accustomed to garden parties.