1145:"This game... is thought to be of great antiquity and is as followeth. The ancient Britons being naturally a warlike nation did no doubt for the exercise of their youth in time of peace and to avoid idleness devise games of activity where each man might show his natural prowess and agility...... About one or two of the clock afternoon begins the play, in this sort, after a cry made both parties draw to into some plain, all first stripped bare saving a light pair of breeches, bare-headed, bare-bodied, bare legs and feet....The foot company thus meeting, there is a round ball prepared of a reasonable quantity so as a man may hold it in his hand and no more, this ball is of some massy wood as box, yew, crab or holly tree and should be boiled in tallow for make it slippery and hard to hold. This ball is called cnapan and is by one of the company hurling bolt upright into the air, and at the fall he that catches it hurls it towards the country he plays for, for goal or appointed place there is none neither needs any, for the play is not given over until the cnapan be so far carried that there is no hope to return it back that night, for the carrying of it a mile or two miles from the first place is no losing of the honour so it be still followed by the company and the play still maintained, it is oftentimes seen the chase to follow two miles and more..."
1236:, written in about 1660. This account is particularly noteworthy as he refers to football by its correct name in English and is the first to describe the following: modern goals and a pitch ("a close that has a gate at either end. The gates are called Goals"), tactics ("leaving some of their best players to guard the goal"), scoring ("they that can strike the ball through their opponents' goal first win") and the way teams were selected ("the players being equally divided according to their strength and nimbleness"). He is the first to describe a law of football: "They often break one another's shins when two meet and strike both together against the ball, and therefore there is a law that they must not strike higher than the ball". His account of the ball itself is also informative: "They blow a strong bladder and tie the neck of it as fast as they can, and then put it into the skin of a bull's
1043:). It was mostly concerned with a medieval predecessor of tennis, but near the end, Scaino included a chapter titled, "Del Giuoco del Calcio" ("On the Game of Football"), for comparison. According to Scaino, the game was popular with students. It could be played with any number of players. The only rules seem to be that weapons could not be brought onto the field, and the ball could not be thrown by hand. The goal was for each team to try to cross the ball across a marked space at the opposite end of the field. To start, the ball was placed in the middle of the field and kicked by a member of the team that was chosen by lots. Scaino remarks that its chief entertainment for the spectators was to see "the players fall in great disarray & upside down."
873:: "he game at which they had met for common recreation is called by some the foot-ball game. It is one in which young men, in country sport, propel a huge ball not by throwing it into the air but by striking it and rolling it along the ground, and that not with their hands but with their feet... kicking in opposite directions." The chronicler gives the earliest reference to a football field, stating that: "he boundaries have been marked and the game had started." Nevertheless, the game was still rough, as the account confirms: "a game, I say, abominable enough . . . and rarely ending but with some loss, accident, or disadvantage of the players themselves."
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and extreme violence; wherof procedeth hurte, and consequently rancour and malice do remaine with them that be wounded; wherfore it is to be put in perpetuall silence. In class she is emploied to litle strength; in boulyng oftentimes to moche; wherby the sinewes be to moche strayned, and the vaines to moche chafed. Wherof often tymes is sene to ensue ache, or the decreas of strength or agilitie in the armes: where, in shotyng, if the shooter use the strength of his bowe within his owne tiller, he shal neuer be therwith grieued or made more feble.
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618:: "To William de Spalding, canon of Scoldham of the order of Sempringham. During the game at ball as he kicked the ball, a lay friend of his, also called William, ran against him and wounded himself on a sheathed knife carried by the canon, so severely that he died within six days. Dispensation is granted, as no blame is attached to William de Spalding, who, feeling deeply the death of his friend, and fearing what might be said by his enemies, has applied to the pope."
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1766:, all near London. "The custom was to carry a foot-ball from door to door and beg money:—at about 12 o'clock the ball was turned loose, and those who could would kick it. In the town of Kingston, all the shops are purposely kept shut upon that day, there were several balls in the town, and of course several parties. The game would last about four hours, when the parties retire to the public-houses, and spend the money they had collected on refreshments."
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1223:: "Alas, that I must stand by and see the Church, and Cause of Christ, like a Football in the midst of a crowd of Boys, tost about in contention from one to another.... and may drive it before him. ... But to be spurned about in the dirt, till they have driven it on to the goal of their private interests". This is noteworthy as it confirms that passing of the ball from one player to another was part of football games.
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1802:. "Once played on Trinity Monday, The sport of 'Out-hurling' was included in the 1922 Great Torrington Revel' Day. The publication Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries 1922, volume 12, carried an account of the game, and noted that it had previously been a regular sport, and involved a small ball which was thrown 'over-hand', and a pitch approximately half a mile long (adjoining a brook)."
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1869:. The connection with megalithic art suggests these carved stone balls had significant cultural importance to the pre-Celtic people who made them, though it might be thought difficult to play a ball game with a stone ball. They thought in a symbolic way and displayed ceremonial behaviour we may look upon today as religious. No written records exist for the
442:, London clearly shows a group of men with a large ball on the ground. The ball clearly has a seam where leather has been sewn together. It is unclear exactly what is happening in this set of three images, although the last image appears to show a man with a broken arm. It is likely that this image highlights the dangers of some medieval football games.
1443:. To achieve this the days between 2 and 14 September were omitted that year. In some villages people thought it was not possible to remove 11 days from a year so refused to accept the new calendar. As a result, Christmas Day was celebrated on 5 January in those villages. The Haxey Hood is played the following day on what would have been the
1062:: "20 of her retinue played at football before her for two hours very strongly, nimbly, and skilfully, without any foul play offered, the smallness of their ball occasioning their fair play". Mary's retinue was predominantly Scottish, made up primarily by nobles who had followed her south in the aftermath of the
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England ordered a pair from the Great Wardrobe in 1526. The royal shopping list for footwear states: "45 velvet pairs and 1 leather pair for football". Unfortunately these are no longer in existence. It is not known for certain whether the king himself played the game, but if so this is noteworthy
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After lunch, all the youth of the city go out into the fields to take part in a ball game. The students of each school have their own ball; the workers from each city craft are also carrying their balls. Older citizens, fathers, and wealthy citizens come on horseback to watch their juniors competing,
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between 1421 and 1423 concerning the hiring out of their hall include reference to "by the "footeballepleyers" twice... 20 pence" listed in
English under the title "crafts and fraternities". This reference suggests that bans against football were unsuccessful and the listing of football players as a
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which states "Then must he cast the ball (named
Dealing) to some one of his fellowes". Carew also offers the earliest description of a goal (they pitch two bushes in the ground, some eight or ten foote asunder; and directly against them, ten or twelue score off, other twayne in like distance, which
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parishes. There were several attempts to ban the game, described in 1846 as "the barbarous and disgusting play of Foot-Ball, which for a great number of years has annually disgraced our town". In that year the military were brought in and after the police cut the first ball to pieces, another ball
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Scotland. It is made from leather and a pig's bladder. It was discovered in 1981 in the roof structure of the Queen's Chamber,
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Some men wolde say, that in mediocritie, whiche I haue so moche praised in shootynge, why shulde nat boulynge, claisshe, pynnes, and koytyng be as moche commended? Verily as for two the laste, be to be utterly abiected of al noble men, in like wise foote balle, wherin is nothinge but beastly furie
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They get the bladder and blowe it great and thin, with many beanes and peason put within, It ratleth, shineth and soundeth clere and fayre, While it is throwen and caste up in the eyre, Eche one contendeth and hath a great delite, with foote and hande the bladder for to smite, if it fall to the
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English upper classes at the time. A translation reads: "orasmuch as there is great noise in the city caused by hustling over large foot balls in the fields of the public from which many evils might arise which God forbid: we command and forbid on behalf of the king, on pain of
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also issued such a declaration, in 1363: "oreover we ordain that you prohibit under penalty of imprisonment all and sundry from such stone, wood and iron throwing; handball, football, or hockey; coursing and cock-fighting, or other such idle games". At this time football was already being
659:, England shows two young men playing a ball game. It looks as though they are using their hands for the game; however, kicking certainly cannot be excluded. Most other medieval images of ball games in England show large balls. This picture clearly shows that small balls were also used.
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991:, due to its size (diameter 14–16 cm), staff at the Stirling Smith Museum and researchers at the Scottish Football Museum have attributed its use to football, citing the description of the ball used in the Carlisle Castle game of 1568.
835:. It states: "a certain rounde instrument to play with ...it is an instrument for the foote and then it is calde in Latyn 'pila pedalis', a fotebal." It was considered socially acceptable for a football to be included in medieval English
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matches over the Easter period. There are no rules, except those suggested by cunning and skill, while brute force is of the greatest importance. The goals are about a mile apart. The Uppies attempt to hail the ball at the gates of
776:, England, made a payment on St Katherine's day "to sundry gifts to football players" ('ludentibus ad pilam pedalem') of 4 denarii. At this time the prior was willing to give his patronage to the game despite its being outlawed.
438:, England, clearly shows two young men running vigorously towards each other with a ball in mid-air between them. There is a hint that the players may be using their hands to strike the ball. A second medieval image in the
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England found it necessary to impose a fine of 20 shillings on mayors and bailiffs in towns where misdemeanours such as football occurred. This confirms that football was not confined to London.
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England from handball, which suggests the evolution of basic rules. Between 1314 and 1667, football was officially banned in England alone by more than 30 royal and local laws. (See the article
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was produced and the town's Mayor was "stuck on the shoulder by a brick-bat, hurled by some ferocious ruffian, and severely bruised". The Derby
Football was banned in 1846, although was played once more in 1870.
1469:; this game used to involve men who lived at the top of town against those at the bottom end. Nowadays it is a much gentler version for children only. This version takes place on Feast Monday, normally February.
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if 11 days had not been removed from the calendar. The game is played with a 2 foot (60 cm) leather tube, "the hood", rather than a ball, and the aim is to get the hood to one of four pubs in the village.
1396:. The Shrove Tuesday Ball Game is played annually along the line of an old Roman road that runs through the town known as Long Street. The game has been played for over 800 years, dating back to the reign of
1275:, which specifically proscribed "Football or any other game on any Part of the said Highway, to the annoyance of any Passenger". Accordingly, street football matches were banned in numerous towns, notably in
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Most of the very early references to the game speak simply of "ball play" or "playing at ball". This reinforces the idea that the games played at the time did not necessarily involve a ball being kicked.
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was passed banning the playing of football on public highways. In spite of this, games continued to be played in some parts of the United
Kingdom and still survive in a number of towns, notably the
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refers in one of his poems to "football" and alludes to teamwork and passing the ball: "They ply their feet, and still the restless ball, Toss'd to and fro, is urged by them all". In 1650
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by any means possible to markers at each end of a town. By some accounts, in some such events any means could be used to move the ball towards the goal, as long as it did not lead to
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869:. Although the precise date is uncertain it certainly comes from between 1481 and 1500. This is the first account of an exclusively "kicking game" and the first description of
695:(1320–1384) referred to football in one of his sermons: "and now þei clouten þer shone wiþ censuris, as who shulde chulle a foot-balle". It may be the earliest use of the word
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and to relive their own youth vicariously: you can see their inner passions aroused as they watch the action and get caught up in the fun being had by the carefree adolescents.
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have been found at various sites in Scotland, northern England and north eastern Ireland. Spirals and rings of concentric circles carved on the balls can be found on
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imprisonment, such game to be used in the city in the future."
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Bennett, Tony; Martin, Graham; Waites, Bernard, eds. (2013).
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and megalithic structures of the same period. Sites such as
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while the Downies hail at the capstan at the harbour side.
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later banned the game in 1548 because it incited riots.
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In 1510 comes the next description of early football by
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Le sport et les jeux d'exercice dans l'ancienne France.
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rebirth of the sun the possibility cannot be ruled out.
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In 1586, men from a ship commanded by English explorer
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History of the affairs of church and state in Scotland
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in 1617, was described by his contemporary biographer
2544:"Collections – Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum"
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https://codecs.vanhamel.nl/De_temporum_ratione_(Bede)
2029:"History of Football – Britain, the home of Football"
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2107:"The history of Royal Ashbourne Shrovetide Football"
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it has not been possible to determine whether these
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the dangers of football, as well as the benefits of
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Few images of medieval football survive. One wooden
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Different Class The Untold Story of English Cricket
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Our Own Country, Descriptive, Historical, Pictorial
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1024:. Similar decrees followed shortly after at other
765:also attempted to ban the playing of "fute-ball".
292:. These games may be regarded as the ancestors of
2481:"Who's the fat bloke in the number eight shirt?"
621:Banning of ball games began in France in 1331 by
337:tells that a group of boys were playing at ball (
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2798:"Oliver Cromwell – Quotes about Oliver Cromwell"
2744:"Richard Carew – The Survey of Cornwall Page 63"
2708:Encyclopedia of traditional British rural sports
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1804:Folklore, Culture, Customs and Language of Devon
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940:published in 1534. Secondly English headmaster
349:. References to a ball game played in northern
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888:, a Clergymen from the Southeast of England:
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2512:, XXXII (2018), pp. 127–128: Taylor Aucoin,
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1615:revival of an ancient game played by Vikings
811:training required of all males over age 12.
2711:. Sports reference. Abingdon, Oxfordshire:
2639:Voyages in Search of The North-West Passage
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716:Two references to football games come from
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1978:Violence in Early Modern Europe 1500–1800
1873:of Britain and Ireland. From reading the
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2463:, p.85. Simon & Schuster, New York.
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594:banning football. It was written in the
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272:games which were invented and played in
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1981:. Cambridge University Press. p.
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1007:Lamed in old age, then cripled withal
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1295:in 1867. Further north, the game at
1050:described a football game played at
1015:Anonymous, translated from old Scots
625:, presumably the ball game known as
387:played at Christmas and New Year at
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3750:Indigenous North American stickball
2877:Derbyshire Advertiser, 4 March 1870
2439:, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1877), p. 330.
2075:Spooner, Andrew (22 January 2006).
1364:game survives, and begins with the
1009:These are the beauties of football
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2969:The Evening Standard, 5 March 1840
2619:, vol 2 (Edinburgh, 1844), p. 827.
1005:Discordant strife and futile blows
590:issued a decree on behalf of King
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2997:"Archaeology Data Service: myADS"
2980:"Archaeology Data Service: myADS"
2907:"Dorking Shrove Tuesday Football"
2836:Popular Culture: Past and Present
2499:, Secker and Warburg, London, p66
2411:, Secker and Warburg, London, p37
2307:, Secker and Warburg, London, p36
1847:Neolithic Britain & Ireland.
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1595:in Normandy and Brittany, France.
1172:The Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green
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636:Youths playing ball, carved on a
319:played ball games, in particular
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2592:Mary Queen of Scots in Captivity
2147:De Temporum Ratione chapter 32:
2012:Retrieved 11 January 2008, from
1182:). Similarly in a poem in 1613,
1003:Bruised muscles and broken bones
651:In the mid-fourteenth century a
588:Lord Mayor of the City of London
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470:, attributed to the Welsh monk
2960:Surrey Comet, 17 February 1866
2811:Waller, Edmund; Denham, John.
2525:VisitScotland official website
2204:Pillai, Manu S (8 June 2018).
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2077:"Take Me Out to the Ball Game"
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2062:HM Stationery Office (H.M.S.O)
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1963:The American Historical Review
1889:, the winter solstice and the
1162:The first direct reference to
861:. It was played at Cawston in
669:Attempts to ban football games
100:Close relations to other codes
27:Football game played in Europe
13:
1:
2318:"Online Etymology Dictionary"
1935:
1814:was once popular, notably at
1323:Surviving medieval ball games
751:Worshipful Company of Brewers
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3424:International rules football
2940:. Repeater (Watkins Books).
2670:. Sport and nation. London:
2138:, Secker and Warburg, London
1221:The Saints' Everlasting Rest
1136:, an eccentric historian of
1069:The first official rules of
1058:, England by the retinue of
508:Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln
280:. Alternative names include
164:Canadian football comparison
59:Origins of American football
53:History of American football
7:
5467:North & Central America
2911:exploringsurreyspast.org.uk
2395:"Banned by the authorities"
1685:Extinct medieval ball games
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1132:was described at length by
989:National Museum of Scotland
10:
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5619:Association football films
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2672:Leicester University Press
1529:Jedburgh Ba' Game in 2020.
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1108:Illustration of a game of
610:to William de Spalding of
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1808:In Wales a game known as
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1384:Royal Shrovetide Football
1022:St John's College, Oxford
409:Royal Shrovetide Football
2594:(Sheffield, 1880), p. 7.
2495:Marples, Morris (1954).
2459:Olmert, Michael (1996).
2407:Marples, Morris (1954).
2303:Marples, Morris (1954).
2134:Marples, Morris (1954).
916:The Book of the Governor
294:modern codes of football
227:American football Portal
2644:12 October 2008 at the
2449:The Doig Family Society
2109:. BBC. 24 December 2009
1455:Hurling the Silver Ball
1041:On the Game of the Ball
691:The English theologian
527:, an English poet from
474:. The text, written in
327:. In the ninth century
194:Rugby league comparison
5689:Retired numbers (list)
3016:. FIFA. Archived from
2932:Stone, Duncan (2022).
2674:. pp. 58 and 73.
2664:Jarvie, Grant (1999).
2651:University of Adelaide
2210:lifestyle.livemint.com
2031:. FIFA. Archived from
1784:Chambers' Book of Days
1605:game similar to rugby.
1530:
1366:Duke of Northumberland
1349:
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1134:George Owen of Henllys
1119:
1037:Del Giuoco della Palla
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814:In 1472 the rector of
793:Promptorium parvulorum
761:was in 1424 when King
740:mystery of Cordwainers
648:
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199:Rugby union comparison
179:Hall of Fame (College)
37:
4926:Duration of the match
4603:Other non-ball sports
4562:Synchronized swimming
4144:Mesoamerican ballgame
3329:Circle rules football
2497:A History of Football
2437:Accounts of Treasurer
2409:A History of Football
2305:A History of Football
2136:A History of Football
2006:Jusserand, Jean-Jules
1975:Ruff, Julius (2001).
1885:which coincides with
1674:Mesoamerican ballgame
1528:
1427:, actually played on
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768:In 1425 the prior of
664:Edward III of England
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5798:Traditional football
5375:Organised supporters
4941:Fouls and misconduct
4806:English school games
4724:Association football
4672:Synchronized skating
3218:Association football
2590:John Daniel Leader,
2530:12 July 2011 at the
1752:Kingston upon Thames
1491:Sedgefield Ball Game
1390:Atherstone Ball Game
1293:Kingston upon Thames
1261:Kingston upon Thames
1202:Cambridge University
1030:Cambridge University
996:beauties of football
844:James IV of Scotland
801:James II of Scotland
749:The Accounts of the
720:in 1403 and 1404 at
657:Gloucester cathedral
645:Gloucester Cathedral
584:Nicholas de Farndone
436:Gloucester Cathedral
18:Traditional football
4770:Oldest competitions
4760:First international
4567:Underwater football
3667:Other related codes
3459:Medieval/historical
2486:Accessed 2010–06–13
1483:. A game played on
1154:'s 1602 account of
1092:(Eskimo) people in
1060:Mary Queen of Scots
867:Henry VI of England
763:James I of Scotland
733:Henry IV of England
682:, the first of the
671:for more details.)
487:William Fitzstephen
461:De Temporum Ratione
290:Shrovetide football
4866:Uppies and Downies
4394:Net and wall games
3540:Uppies and downies
3444:Universal football
3295:Lightning football
2934:"One: The Journey"
2715:. pp. 66–67.
2654:, 29 December 2003
2577:Scaino, Antonio.
2510:Regional Furniture
2192:L. E. Elliot-Binns
2161:Historia Brittonum
2087:on 20 October 2009
2035:on 12 January 2021
1851:Carved stone balls
1842:Pre-medieval games
1768:The Every-Day Book
1531:
1509:Uppies and Downies
1497:on Shrove Tuesday.
1441:Gregorian calendar
1400:from 1199 to 1216.
1350:
1336:The 2016 game of '
1265:
1188:James I of England
1120:
1079:Piazza Santa Croce
1064:Battle of Langside
842:On 22 April 1497,
674:Likewise the poet
649:
467:Historia Brittonum
397:Uppies and Downies
334:Historia Brittonum
184:Hall of Fame (Pro)
38:
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5439:Main associations
5085:Throwback uniform
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4998:Start and restart
4971:Penalty shoot-out
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4801:Calcio Fiorentino
4690:
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4625:Combat (juggling)
4363:British baseball
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4043:Other ball sports
4038:
4037:
3936:Underwater hockey
3697:
3696:
3480:Calcio fiorentino
3395:Canadian football
3348:American football
3020:on 28 March 2013.
2913:. Surrey Heritage
2637:Richard Hakluyt,
2188:Medieval Cornwall
2064:. 31 August 1835.
1992:978-0-521-59894-1
1694:Chester-le-Street
1625:, played in Italy
1619:Calcio Fiorentino
1570:Scone, Perthshire
1362:Scoring the Hales
1228:Francis Willughby
1111:Calcio Fiorentino
1071:Calcio Fiorentino
1046:In June 1568 Sir
953:Statute of Galway
942:Richard Mulcaster
886:Alexander Barclay
832:Book of St Albans
680:The Knight's Tale
569:Oxford University
266:Medieval football
263:
262:
45:American football
16:(Redirected from
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5803:Medieval society
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5694:Rivalries (list)
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4572:Underwater rugby
4367:English baseball
4189:Valencian pilota
3980:Hobby horse polo
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3535:Royal Shrovetide
3439:Swedish football
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1871:Neolithic people
1859:Maughanby Circle
1822:, and Pwlldu in
1555:Scottish borders
1533:In Scotland the
1445:feast of Stephan
1273:Highway Act 1835
1016:
911:Sir Thomas Elyot
685:Canterbury Tales
676:Geoffrey Chaucer
642:
533:English language
381:Highway Act 1835
343:Southern England
313:Roman occupation
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87:First pro player
82:First pro league
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5714:Stadiums (list)
5679:Professionalism
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5019:Sheffield rules
5007:
4956:Goal difference
4906:Away goals rule
4885:
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4851:Cornish hurling
4779:
4726:
4721:
4691:
4686:
4598:
4548:
4544:World Chase Tag
4520:
4444:Football tennis
4388:
4272:Danish longball
4221:
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4080:Ballon au poing
4075:Balle à la main
4034:
3945:
3941:Unicycle hockey
3813:
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3693:
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3530:Pasuckuakohowog
3495:Cornish hurling
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2758:"Archived copy"
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1867:winter solstice
1855:standing stones
1844:
1690:United Kingdom
1687:
1632:
1587:
1523:
1514:Workington Hall
1459:St Columb Major
1457:takes place at
1433:Julian calendar
1431:). In 1752 the
1330:
1325:
1250:
1198:Oliver Cromwell
1184:Michael Drayton
1156:Cornish Hurling
1102:
1052:Carlisle Castle
1048:Francis Knollys
1026:Oxford Colleges
1017:
1014:
1011:
1008:
1006:
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981:Stirling Castle
938:Castel of Helth
882:
863:Nottinghamshire
848:Stirling Castle
827:Juliana Berners
705:
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325:Norman Conquest
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209:College seasons
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3923:
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3743:Shinty–Hurling
3740:
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3702:Stick-and-ball
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3390:Arena football
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3029:External links
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1338:bottle-kicking
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