Rules of the Game: Within each penalty area, a penalty mark is made 12 yards (11 m) from the midpoint between the goalposts and equidistant to them. An arc of a circle with a radius of 10 yards (9.15 m) from each penalty mark is drawn outside the penalty
Goalkeeper is the only position to be explicitly part of the rules of the game since they were codified in the 19th century.
On a regulation size field, the edge of the penalty box is 18 yards from the goal line.
The 1934 and 1990 World Cups were held in Italy.
Manchester City has the largest pitch of any club in the English Premier League: 116 x 77 yards.