SOCCER HISTORY AND RULES

    SOCCER HISTORY

  History of soccer will let us know how it was established and started and move to a professionalism. This shows us how time to time changes were brought to football. But this was not done regularly there was years of lag to make soccer a well established and professionalized sport. It is said that early growth of modern soccer was started in England. Moreover due to increase in football incidents made King Edward III to ban this sport. But after it was started played and matches and leagues also got started. Soccer got its modern growth from Universities, Colleges and Schools. Though sailors, traders and soldiers from England took this sport with them to the other parts of the world.  

•  In 1863, London Football Association set rules for soccer
• The first full time football league first made in 1888
• The idea of professionalism was introduced in 1885
• In 1908 soccer was first played in Olympic games

SOME SOCCER RULES

Everything in this world is following a set of rules even nature. Therefore, Soccer has its own rule different from other games. Some common set of rules I have mentioned below. They will help you in playing football as it is said in rules. Here are some of them:

• There are two teams of eleven players who try to guide a ball to the goal posts which are at the opposite ends of the rectangular field.
•  Only goalkeeper is allowed to use his hands
• Shoulder to shoulder contact is allowed
• When a penalty is done in a 18 meters yard the opposite team will get a penalty stroke inside the Penalty area. 

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