Rules of the Game: For FIFA matches, if a substitute enters the field of play without the referee’s permission, play is stopped, the substitute is cautioned, shown the yellow card and required to leave the field of play. Play is restarted with a dropped b
The rules of the game were first written down in 1863 by the newly formed Football Association in England.
The earliest documented use of the word football appears in a proclamation by King Henry IV of England in 1409.
The Copa del Rey, an annual cup tournament in Spain involving more than 80 teams, was first played in 1902.
The name soccer comes from association football, which is the sport's formal name.
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