Before The 'D'...Association Football around the world, 1863-1937.

Sporting Life 05.12.63 A letter supporting the initiative of the Football Association to unify the laws of the game goes on to make...

Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette  19.10.71 John Charles Thring was instrumental in developing two sets of rules during the pre-h...

FIFA states that The Laws of the Game are the preserve of the International Football Association Board. The first meeting of the Interna...

Mr Pierce- Dix In December 1882 a National Football Conference was held in Manchester in which representatives of the 4 Associations...

Lloyd's Weekly London  Newspaper , (16.10.92)

A corner kick, Falkirk vs Queen's Park 1914 Most of the changes in the Laws of The Game in the 1860s and 70s concerned what happene...

Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle - 19.12.63 The Forest Club was founded by CW and JF Alcock.  JF Alcock was a delegate...

International Football in the 1870s A number of matches during this decade left an indelible mark on the development of the game, as c...

The Laws of the Game Shortly after the Football Association formulated The Laws of the Game in 1863 t hey were published by John Lilly...

Bell’s Life in London and Sporting Chronicle 05.12.63 The above is a letter from W. Chesterman, the Hon, Sec. of Sheffield Football C...

Deerstalkers were popular with referees. When the Football Association’s Laws of the Game were drawn up in 1863 there was no mention t...

1891 pitch markings It is a standing insult to sportsmen to have to play under a rule which assumes that players intend to trip, hack a...

London City Press   26.11.1864 It would appear that the writer of the above report hadn't grasped the terminology of the  gam...