163 years ago today, a great milestone; below, historian Peter Manning writes about the first-ever reported football match of the Crystal Palace Club... It is 2.30pm on the afternoon of Saturday, 15th ...

Who invented football and when ... the historic meeting which established the new rules. That meeting, which took place on October 26, 1863 at the Freemasons' Tavern on Great Queen Street in ...

The earliest soccer rules, defined by the English Football Association in 1863 in Cambridge, stated that the distance between the two goal posts should be 8 yards. However, in the early form of ...

However, in 1863, a defining moment occurred: the Football Association (FA) was formed, officially codifying the rules. This marked the birth of association football, or what we know today as soccer.

On March 15, 1862, a significant yet often overlooked moment in football history took place – the first recorded match of the ...

However, it was in the 19th century that the sport began to take shape, with the establishment of formal rules and the formation of organized clubs. The Football Association (FA), founded in 1863, ...

PHILADELPHIA - The Eagles have proposed a rule change to align overtime rules and make them uniform no matter if it’s a ...

Detroit also has made a pitch for a rules change that many fans will agree with: By Detroit; amends Article XX, Section 20.2 ...

The FA wants to preserve what is great in the beautiful game and has devised rules regarding betting in football to help protect the integrity and future of football. These rules apply to everyone ...

The NCAA Football Rules Committee will make feigning injuries its primary topic when it meets this week in Indianapolis. "We're at an inflection point," said Steve Shaw, the head of that ...