Rules of the Game: During a kick-off, the opponents of the team taking the kick-off must be at least 9.15 m (10 yds) from the ball until it is in play.
Rules of the Game: All field marking lines should not be more than 12 cm (5 inches) wide.
The earliest documented use of the word football appears in a proclamation by King Henry IV of England in 1409.
London's new Wembley Stadium, which opened in 2007, has a seating capacity of 90,000.
Manchester City has the largest pitch of any club in the English Premier League: 116 x 77 yards.