History of football

By Dylan232
  • Feb 4, 1280

    First account of kicking a ball

    In 1280 comes the first account of a kicking ball game
  • Feb 7, 1303

    This is the earliest reference to ball games being played by students

    Thomas of sailsbury found his brother adam dead after the game with the irish.
  • Oct 22, 1314

    This is the earliest reference to a game called football

    This is when King Edward the second was in the process of banning football.
  • Nov 24, 1331

    Banning of football

    In france Philip V banned all ball games.
  • Jul 5, 1486

    This is the earliest account of football used to mean a ball insteasd of a game

  • Oct 22, 1526

    This is the first record of a pair of football boots

    This occurs when henry VIII of England ordered a pair from the great wardrobe.
  • Nov 11, 1548

    Football was banned again

    Edward VI Banned the game of football in 1548 because it caused too many fights.

  • This is the earliest account of a team passing the ball.

  • The Cambridge Rules were Created

    Offical refferees appear in a match for the first time.

  • Sheffield F.C is the first club ever founded

    The sheffield rules arwe also created in this year.

  • The FA allows referees to send players off

    Also both teams must switch halfs at half time, and shin pads are introduced.

  • Crossbar Introduced

    The crossbar is introduced replacing tape which was previously used.

  • Clubs start charging fans, players also stat to recieve a wage.

    The players are still only part time.

  • Goal nets used for the first time.

    These are attached to the goal to stop the ball from going far away from the pitch.

  • Penelty Kick is introduced

  • Assistance referees are introduced as linesmen for the first time.

  • Referee is now in complete control of the game.

    This means that whatever the referee thinks is what counts.

  • Fifa is founded

    Fifa is founeded in paris france, This is the first football association to be formed.

  • Goalkeepers banned from handling the ball outside their own penelty area.

  • The first world cup is held in uruguay

    The hosts beat argenteina, only 13 countries are entered.

  • UEFA is founded

    It is founded in swizerland

  • 8 ManchesterUnited players die in the munich air diasaster

  • The firast europeaon Championship takes place.

    It takes place in france, the USSR wins it.

  • The football League is formed

  • The best maneger ever Sir Alex Ferguson Is appointed as ManchesterUnited Maneger

  • The hillsbouragh occurs

    96 People lost their lives because of this.

  • The back pass rule is applied

  • Zidizen Zidane signs for Real madrid for a world recored fee.

    Real Madrid pay 72 million euros for Zaidane

  • The fifa U17 Womens World cup is played for the first time.

    It was played in New Zealand and Korea won the competition

  • Lionel messi scores 91 goals in a single calender year

    This breaks the previous recored of 85 set by muller in 1972

  • Real Madrid become the first team in history to win 10 Europeon titles

  • The bosman ruling is created

    This allows all players in the EU ruling to change clubs freely when they are under no contract.

  • The fifa Ballon dor is award for the first time

    This is after the ballon dor and the Fifa world player of the year were merged together