A Pictorial History of Soccer - Dennis Signy (1)

this book's full with interesting and at times funny tahap dewa anecdotes of football.. if too list them all would take forever :-) . still on the "Birth and Developement" Chapter ; and might trackback some other time to include anecdotes from 1st 30 pages as well. but here's some from current reading, page 33-47...

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"Tradition also has that the first ball used was the head of a dead Danish brigand; but this particular game evidently became so violent that it was stopped and replaced by a running match"

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"on 15 Oct 1887, another record was set in Cup-tie. preston beat Hyde 26-0...every player except the goalkeeper scored, although suggestions have been made that the game may have run an extra half an hour because of an error by the referee." (34)

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On throw ins:

"the throw in from touch at first was done with one hand, but so expert did some players become at reaching the goalmouth with throws that it was decided in the 1880 to first make the thrower use two hands and then to make him throw with his hands above his head from a standing position." (35)

A Pictorial History of Soccer - Dennis Signy