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Football. The Association game. 1. Scoring a goal. 2. Breasting. 3. Head- 

 ing. 4. Dribbling down the wing. 5. Goal-keeper saving a good shot. 6. Over- 



head clearance. 7. A throw in. 



THE ASSOCIATION GAME. The es- 

 tablishment of something like a 

 regular set of rules for the Asso- 

 ciation game dates from 1863, 

 when a committee, consisting of 

 representatives of Eton, Harrow, 

 Marlborough, Rugby, Shrewsbury, 

 Westminster, Charterhouse, and 

 other clubs, drew up rules, and 

 from this moment Association and 

 Rugby football were two different 

 games. The rules of the Football 

 Association, which thus came into 

 existence, were brief and simple in 

 character. In 1867 the off-side rule 

 was changed ; up to that time it had 

 been virtually the same as it is in 

 Rugby football to-day. 



In 1871 a resolution was passeJ 

 by the Football Association 

 "That it is desirable that a 

 challenge cup should be established 

 in connexion with the Association, 

 for which all clubs should be 

 invited to compete." The Wan- 

 derers, composed chiefly of old 

 public school boys, won the cup in 



8. Combination. 9. Punching clear 

 1871-72, 1872-73, 1875-76, 1876- 

 77, and 1877-78. They thus made 

 the cup their absolute property, 

 but returned it to be retained as a 

 perpetual trophy. Later, in 1882- 

 83, and the two succeeding years, 

 Blackburn Rovers won the cup, 

 and they were presented with a 

 special shield by the Association. 



The Wanderers and Blackburn 

 Rovers have each won the cup five 

 times in all. When Aston Villa 

 won it in 1919-20, however, their 

 number of victories was brought up 

 to six. No southern team won the 

 cup after 1882 until 1900-1, when 

 Tottenham Hotspur beat Sheffield 

 United at Bolton, after a drawn 

 game at the Crystal Palace. 



In 1873 the Scottish Football As- 

 sociation cup competition was in- 

 augurated, the first winners being 

 Queen's Park, an amateur organi- 

 zation, which has altogether been 

 successful in ten final ties. Their 

 record is almost equalled by Celtic, 

 who have won the cup nine times. 



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The Welsh Football Association 

 cup, first played for in 1877-78, has 

 been won twelve times by Wrex- 

 ham and seven times by Druids : 

 and the Irish cup, first competed 

 for in 1880-81, has fallen to Linfield 

 eleven times, while Distillery and 

 Cliftonville have secured it eight 

 and seven times respectively. The 

 Football Association amateur cup, 

 open to all English amateur clubs, 

 dates from 1 893-94. in which season 

 the Old Carthusians defeated the 

 Casuals in the final at Richmond by 

 two goals to one. 



In 1872 the first official Associa- 

 tion international was played be- 

 tween England and Scotland, and 

 ended in a draw. Since then the 

 match has been an annual one, 

 played alternately in Scotland and 

 England, with the exception of one 

 year when it was played at Bir- 

 mingham instead of in Scotland. 

 During the war the match was 

 discontinued, but it was revived 

 in 1920. 



Prior to 1883-84 the England and 

 Scotland match decided the inter- 

 national championship, but in that 

 season Ireland and Wales entered 

 the lists, and the championship is 

 now determined on points, each 

 country meeting the others once, 

 two points being allotted for a win 

 and one for a draw. Scotland have 

 been successful 24 times, England 

 22, and Ireland and Wales twice 

 each, these figures including ties. 

 International teams are selected 

 from both amateur and profes- 

 sional players, but in recent years 

 they have been almost entirely 

 composed of paid players. Inter- 

 national matches restricted to 

 amateurs were instituted in 1906. 

 English amateurs met, in addition 

 to teams chosen to represent Ire- 

 land and Wales, several Continen- 

 tal elevens, and almost invariably 

 proved successful. Great improve- 

 ment has, however, been made by 

 foreign countries since the out- 

 break of the Great War, as was 



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Football. Diagram showing lines and 



dimensions of Association football 



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