What are the historical reasons what we call it a 'touchline', and the 'The Ball is in touch' etc, any ideas? I don't know the answer, I have a few guesses but i will put it out there! I had a message from a ref from oversees???
Law 7... The original ones... I'll have to ask Minty how that was implemented!!!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ay-football-1858-rules-Hallam-FC-stadium.html
Not according to the Sheffield Rules. As mentioned in that article, their Law 10 stated:Believe it was always a 'kick' in under the original laws...none of your suvvern nancy 'throws'....
The Cambridge Rules of 1848 and the FA Laws of 1863 also specify that the ball must be thrown in. The only early set of rules I have that do not specifically state this are the Uppingham School Rules of 1862. These do not say the ball must be thrown but I think it was understood. I am not aware of any early rules that allowed for a kick in from touch - but I would be most interested if you have some that do.A ball in touch is dead, consequently the side that touches it down must bring it to the edge of the touch, and throw it straight out from touch.
I hadn't come across this. All the early sets of rules that I have seen (those mentioned above) specified that the ball must be thrown in straight (i.e. at 90° to the touchline). Again, I'd be fascinated to see any other rule sets you might have, that have a variation on this.The big dispute was whether the ball needed to be thrown in at right angles to the line
All the early sets of rules that I have seen (those mentioned above) specified that the ball must be thrown in straight (i.e. at 90° to the touchline). Again, I'd be fascinated to see any other rule sets you might have, that have a variation on this.
Sheffield was an extremely forward thinking association, and experimented with all kinds of new ideas, such as corners, free kicks, rouges, no offside.
Definitely with you there. I'm also fascinated by the entire history of the laws and the early years are particularly interesting due to the "constant state of flux" that you correctly refer to.I realise that to many this kind of detail is picky and boring, but I have spent the last year making a fairly intensive study of the early years of soccer, and find this kind of stuff utterly fascinating.