The Rules of Association Football, 1863 (Original Rules) [Hardcover]

Bodleian Library The (Author), Melvyn Bragg (Introduction), Sir Bobby Charlton (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 15, 2009 | Series: Original Rules

In 1863 a group of Victorian Oxbridge graduates, frustrated by the confusing riot of competing rules that characterized the game of  British football, began meeting at the Freemason’s Tavern in Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, to codify the rules of the game. They quickly drew up the standard set of rules, creating the First Rule Book of the Football Association, reprinted here in its entirety alongside illustrations and drawings of the game.

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About the Author

Melvyn Bragg has pursued a distinguished career as both a writer and broadcaster, presenting The South Bank Show and Start the Week. Sir Bobby Charlton is a footballing legend and was capped 106 times for England scoring forty-nine times.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 72 pages
• Publisher: Bodleian Library, University of Oxford (September 15, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1851243755
• ISBN-13: 978-1851243754
• Product Dimensions: 3.9 x 0.4 x 5.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,107,740 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)