I came across this page this month, which lists several Sheffield Rules. More than just the four I have used so far. So I have now been able to update the various rules and the concise history of the Sheffield FA Rules. Here it is now to give a little …
Autor: Petra Tabarelli
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FIFA becomes a member of the IFAB
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FIFA did not always belong to the IFAB, after all it is a few years younger. Surprised? Don’t be. Aberystwyth is a Welsh port town and its football club, Aberystwyth Town, was founded in 1884. That makes it two years older than the IFAB, the Inte…
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Modern football around 1900
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Modern football … „[…] it is evident that football is quite an ancient game. Time alters everything, and it has undoubtedly done so in football. Where one used to play with half the village on one side and the same on the other, it is…
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Moderner Fußball um 1900
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Moderner Fußball … „[…] it is evident that football is quite an ancient game. Time alters everything, and it has undoubtedly done so in football. Where one used to play with half the village on one side and the same on the other, it i…
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The Morley Doodle and False Reports
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On 16 August 2018, Google published a Doodle in honour of Ebenezer Cobb Morley’s 187th birthday in Cuba, Peru, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, New Zealand, Australia, China, Vietnam, India, Greece, France, Croatia, Poland, Lithuania, Estonia, Germa…
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Das Morley-Doodle und falsche Berichte
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Am 16. August 2018 veröffentlichte Google ein Doodle zu Ehren des 187. Geburtstags von Ebenezer Cobb Morley in Kuba, Peru, Kolumbien, Brasilien, Argentinien, Neuseeland, Australien, China, Vietnam, Indien, Griechenland, Frankreich, Kroatien, Polen, Lit…
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German Football History – Born in Lueneburg
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German football history is always started with Konrad Koch in Braunschweig. Yet this is merely a myth. A myth that has spread all too easily. Not least through a cinema film about Konrad Koch with Daniel Brühl or through a documentary by the TV station…
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Deutsche Fußball-Geschichte – Born in Lüneburg
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Die deutsche Fußball-Geschichte wird immer wieder mit Konrad Koch in Braunschweig begonnen. Dabei ist dies lediglich ein Mythos. Ein Mythos, der sich allzu leicht verbreitete hatte. Nicht zuletzt durch einen Kinofilm über Konrad Koch mit Daniel Brühl o…
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1873, Heidelberg – Football or Football?
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Random find rewrites football history. Historian Lothar Wieser wanted to research a revolutionary from 1848. Instead, he found the oldest report of a football match in Germany from March 1873. A chance find that reveals gaps in German football historio…
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Another variation of the penalty shootout
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(This article is a replay of a longer Twitter thread). This short clip shows … yes, what? Training scenes? Not at all. It’s about determining a winner after a draw. Small thread on this and other decision variations. I like touchdown/rouge …
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How the penalty kick came into the rules
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Penalty kicks are loved and hated. The idea of bringing a challenge, a duel, onto the pitch came from a Northern Irishman in 1890. William McCrum was a lousy goalkeeper. He rarely stopped shots coming at the goal of his club, Northern Ireland’s M…
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History: Football in TV
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Just as football and the medium of radio inspired each other, the same happened with football on television. Sir Stanley Rous, later FIFA President, then realised that football had to be shown on television if it was to retain its popularity. What was …
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Netflix: The English Game – The football rules in force 1879 to 1883
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This article gives an overview of the FA’s football rules between 1879 and 1883. Some things, such as the number of players or, until 1883, the ball, were not regulated in the Laws of the Game, yet there were standards. However, in the 1860s and …
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Netflix: The English Game – Die gültigen Fußballregeln 1879 bis 1883
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Dieser Beitrag gibt eine Übersicht über die Fußballregeln der FA zwischen 1879 und 1883. Manches wie die Spieleranzahl oder bis 1883 der Ball wurde nicht in den Spielregeln geregelt, dennoch gab es Normen. Allerdings entwickelte sich das Spiel in den 1…
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Comparison: Rules and regulations from the end of the 1860s
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Comparison: Rules and regulations from the end of the 1840s Now that I have compared the rulebooks from the last years of the 1840s, and the last years of the 1850s, it is now the turn of rulebooks from the beginning of the 1860s, i.e. rulebooks that w…
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Comparison: Rules and regulations from the end of the 1850s
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Last time I compared rulebooks from the last years of the 1840s, now it’s three rulebooks for football with little or no handball allowed, published about ten years later. Namely, the Laws of Eton Field Game from 1857, the Rules of Harrow Footbal…
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Comparison: Rules and regulations from the end of the 1840s
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Wikimedia has two mid-19th century football rulebooks online, namely the Laws of Eton Field Game from 1847 and the Rules of Surrey Football Club from 1849. I confine myself to sets of rules for football with little or no handball allowed. A first look …
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Concussions: How did the game of headers come into being?
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The game of headers only became established in England in the 1870s. Whether this was due to the prohibition of the fair catch in association football/soccer is not proven. But it would fit in chronologically. Correlation? Causality? So far there is no…
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Die Quintessenz des Spieles
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Am 19. Februar 1899 machte die Wiener Allgemeine Sport-Zeitung bekannt[1]Vgl. NN: Die Oxforder Mannschaft in Wien. In: Allgemeine Sport-Zeitung [Wien], 19.02.1899. S. 192. Letzter Zugriff: 04.03.2018., dass der Oxford University Association Football Cl…
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The most desirable code oder The manly game of football? Discussions about the first FA Rules
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Bevor das Regelwerk der Football Association am 8. Dezember 1863 verabschiedet wurde, gab es fünf Treffen, um die Statuten und das Regelwerk für diesen Verband von Fußballclubs festzulegen; ein Regelwerk, das für alle Mitglieder bindend sein sollte. Di…
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Vom Gentlemen- zum Arbeitersport: England und der moderne Fußball
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„Moderner Fußball“ ist ein Schlagwort. Ein Schlagwort, das in Zeiten von wankendem 50+1, zunehmender Kommerzialisierung, zerstückelter Spieltage etc. vorwiegend negativ konnotiert ist. Aber war der Fußball vorher alt? Antik? Natürlich mitnichten. tymol…
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Kick-In instead of throw-in?
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A while ago @dbFCZ, who looks after the FC Zurich database, wrote to me. Including a photographed match report excerpt in which the kick-in is discussed. (The kick-in is the equivalent of the throw-in, the thrown-in). As so often in the history of foot…
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Vom Kaiserreich zur Kommerzialisierung: Deutschland und der moderne Fußball
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„Moderner Fußball“ ist ein Schlagwort. Ein Schlagwort, das in Zeiten von wankendem 50+1, zunehmender Kommerzialisierung, zerstückelter Spieltage etc. vorwiegend negativ konnotiert ist. Aber war der Fußball vorher alt? Antik? Natürlich mitnichten. Etymo…
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Comparison: Rules and regulations from 1847-1863
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After comparing different sets of rules for football without or with little permitted handball, it is useful to go through the development of the individual rules. They are also already listed in the individual articles on the football rules. Playing f…
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Football rules in Trautmann’s day
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Trautmann (original title: The Keeper) was released in cinemas on 14 March 2019. The film tells the life of Bert Trautmann, who became famous worldwide as Manchester City goalkeeper and was awarded an OBE by Queen Elizabeth II in 2004 for his merits as…
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How the introduction of the referee influenced the rules
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The introduction of the video assistant referee has had some impact on the Laws of the Game. Nothing new, because the introduction of the referee on the pitch (1891) has also led to new or changed rules. Briefly about the time before 1891 In principle,…
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The Schutzhand made in Germany
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The Schutzhand in German, beschermen in Dutch. Not everywhere in world exist the myth about the reflex of holding your hands in front of your face to protect yourself when something suddenly comes at you. However, this reaction is inconvenient when pla…
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What you didn’t know about substitutions in Football
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Substitutions in Football in the 19th century: Emergency! In the second half of the 19th century, football was not yet so widespread outside the UK. In addition, substitutions in our modern understanding did not exist, but there was something similar t…
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Modern Football in Germany
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„Modern football“ is a buzzword. A buzzword with predominantly negative connotations in times of wobbling 50+1, increasing commercialisation, fragmented match days, etc. But was football old before? Antique? Of course not. Etymologically, m…
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The Rouge in Football
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Rouge. What is that supposed to be anyway? There is not one, but different styles of Rouges. In association football, which is widely played around the world, this style has not endured, but it has in rugby. Because a Rouge has certain similarities to …
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Female referees at the 2022 World Cup
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Change and acceptance need consistency. A longread, not only about female referees at the 2022 World Cup. In football, it is a hedge that has often been divided and then overgrown again – and not just for a few years, but for almost a century. Ye…
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The very first female referee in men’s football worldwide
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Whoa, that’s a sensation: a female referee officiating a championship match in Brazilian football. Not now or 30 years ago, but almost 100 years ago. The German newspaper „Echo der Gegenwart“ („Echo of the Present“) of 28 Octobe…
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Offside explained – a FAQ
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What comes to mind when the offside rule is explained? It is an „invention of the devil„[1]Schmal, Felix: Die Achillesferse des Fussballs. In: Deutsche Schiedsrichter-Zeitung 10/1924 (May 1924), pp. 45-46., the „notorious monster̶…
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International Youth Football Tournament pro memoria Walther Bensemann
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Wonderful News: „International Youth Football Tournament pro memoria Walther Bensemann“ returns – thanks to „Nie wieder – Erinnerungstag im deutschen Fußball“ („Never again – Remembrance Day in German Foo…
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Video replay – back and forth
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Video replay does not only exist since the introduction of VAR in football. The discussions about the use of technical aids in controversial or unnoticed scenes are already old – soon be 100 years. A short journey through time on the development …
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Die European Super League: Geschichte wiederholt sich nicht, sie reimt sich
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Ein Alleingang im Fußball, der jedoch genauso schnell in sich zusammenfällt, wie er startete. Was auf die 60-stündige Super League passt, ist nichts Neues, sondern ein altes Schema. Auch im Fußball gilt: Es wird nichts so heiß gegessen, wie es gekocht …
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The European Super League: History does not repeat itself, it rhymes
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A one-man show in football, but one that collapses just as quickly as it started. What fits the 60-hour European Super League is nothing new, but an old pattern. This is also the case one year later. In football, too, nothing is eaten as hot as it is c…
Ockenheimer Geschichte(n)
Wilhelm Wolf
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Geburtstag: xx.xx.1896 in Ockenheim Tod: unbekannt Hochzeit: unbekannt Eltern: unbekannt Kinder: unbekannt Wohnorte und Grundbesitz: unbekannt Berufe: unbekannt Ockenheimer Vereinsleben: unbekannt Shoah: (In welchen KZ inhaftiert, wann …
Ockenheimer Geschichte(n)
Siegmund Wolf
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Rufname / Spitzname: Sigismund Geburtstag: 09.12.1867 in Ockenheim Tod: unbekannt Hochzeit: unbekannt Eltern: Abraham und Henriette, geb. Sommer Kinder: unbekannt Wohnorte und Grundbesitz: Er wohnte als 16jähriger in der Hauptstraße 1 (heut…
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Siegfried Werner Wolf
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Geburtstag: 25.11.1926, in Ockenheim Tod: 10. oder 11. 08.1942 im KZ Sobibór Hochzeit: unbekannt Eltern: unbekannt Kinder: unbekannt Wohnorte und Grundbesitz: Er wurde zwar in Ockenheim geboren, zog aber später mit seiner Familie nach Wiesbad…