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

Albert Craig was a Bradford born postman and later insurance salesman who wrote verses about cricketers. He moved to London in 1886 an...

Daring Writing about football pre 1937 I didn't expect to find myself dealing with penalty shootouts. However, an Easter Tournament...

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...

Harry Hampton was with Aston Villa for 16 seasons,   scoring  242 goals in 376 games. He remains Aston Villa...

Twenty year old Friz Förderer of  Karlsruher FV was the player called upon to take Germany's first ever penalty in international foot...

It is worth remembering that the penalty kick was the brainchild of an Irishman.  Supporters of England in the modern era have every reason ...

The splendidly named Ernald Oak Scattergood made 450 appearances in the Football League.  He began his career with Derby County in   1...

Remarkably, given the free reign that goalkeepers potentially had under the earlier versions of the rules, there are not many instances of g...

The  introduction of the penalty kick  came in the 1891-92 season. The first penalty kick in international football duly arrived that spring...

Back- unknown  official , Mariano Reyna (referee), Martín Murphy, Carlos Wilson, Juan  Dodds  Brown;  Middle- Gottlob Weiss, Alfredo Br...

It might seem strange that the idea of the penalty kick was first put forward by a goalkeeper- William McCrum, of Ireland's Milford FC...