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The earliest reference to football is in a 1314 decree issued by the Lord Mayor of London, Nicholas de Farndone, on behalf of King Edward II.Originally written in Norman French, a translation of the decree includes: "for as much as there is great noise in the city caused by hustling over large footballs in the fields of the public, from which many evils might arise that God forbid: we command ...
Cambridge was the first attempt at codifying the rules of what became association football (the "dribbling" game) as distinct from rugby football (the "handling" game). [ 1 ] The essential difference in the two codes was that the dribbling game did not allow a player to run with the ball in his hands or pass it by hand to a colleague, although ...
Inventor of the futbolín, a Spanish variant of table football Alejandro Finisterre or Alexandre de Fisterra (born Alejandro Campos Ramírez ; [ 1 ] 6 May 1919 – 9 February 2007) is known as the inventor of futbolín , a Spanish variant of table football (aka foosball).
The various codes of football share certain common elements and can be grouped into two main classes of football: carrying codes like American football, Canadian football, Australian football, rugby union and rugby league, where the ball is moved about the field while being held in the hands or thrown, and kicking codes such as association football and Gaelic football, where the ball is moved ...
An early draft of the original hand-written 'Laws of the Game' drawn up on behalf of The Football Association by Ebenezer Cobb Morley in 1863 on display at the National Football Museum, Manchester. At this time, some football clubs followed the example of Rugby School by allowing the ball to be carried in the hands, with players allowed to ...
In 1866, the Football Association introduces a 'cross tape' between goalposts as a precedent to the 'crossbar'. The first ever football tournament, the Youdan Cup, is played by twelve Sheffield clubs in 1867; the Cromwell Cup, the second oldest football tournament in the world, takes place in 1868 with Sheffield Rules. Goal kicks are introduced ...
Shakespeare was born on Staten Island, New York. [1] His father, Valentine Shakespeare, was a New York City firefighter and the captain of Fire Company 163. [2] The family claimed to be direct descendants of the famed writer William Shakespeare. [3] The younger Shakespeare became a star football player at Staten Island's Port Richmond High ...