In the beginning of the 19th century, a people's game that has been around ever since medieval times started becoming more and more popular in England: soccer. Back then soccer was played using ad-hoc pitches and most teams were formed either because they were part of the same village, organization, factory or whatnot.

Obviously, these guys were playing along to some basic soccer rules, but without a referee to enforce them, or clear specifications to these rules. For example, what would have been considered a foul in Liverpool might have been accepted as a fair tackle in London.

Since soccer sparks some pretty intense competition at times, playing it without a lot of strict rules and without a referee to enforce them caused serious troubles in mid 19th century England. Soccer fights became something that was seen as normal and they gave the game an aura of violence that in truth it didn't deserve.


By 1860, soccer clubs were already popping up in England, especially around London and they were becoming semi-professional, as the competition level started rising.


This caused most of the London clubs to meet in the Freemasons' Tavern in London on 26 October 1863, forming the Football Association (FA), which is still the governing soccer organization in England. They decided that they would need certain rules for the game of soccer if they were to keep on playing competitively.


By the second meeting on the 8th of December 1863, they decided to draw up the plans for the Laws of the Game, which is a sort of constitution holding all of the rules for soccer up till this date, with some modifications.

The 17 Rules for Soccer from the Laws of the Game

This soccer constitution that was the Laws of the Game now holds 17 specific key points that determine the rules of soccer. Let's go through each and explain them in more detail.

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1. The Field of Play
2. The Ball
3. The Number of Players
4. The Player's Equipment
5. The Referee
6. The Assistant Referees
7. The Duration of the Match
8. The Start and Restart of Play
9. Ball In and Out of Play
10. The Methods of Scoring
11. The Offside
12. Fouls and Misconduct
13. Free Kicks
14. Penalty Kicks
15. The Throw In
16. The Goal Kick
17. The Corner Kick

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