Before 1863, football was a chaotic and mostly unregulated sport, with differing sets of rules that added to the confusion. The first rules of football were formally written by Ebenezer Cobb ...

The oldest known manuscript of the Cambridge football rules from 160 years ago have been put up for auction by Sotheby's and is estimated to receive between £20,000 and £30,000.

A match dubbed the ‘most important game of football since 1863’ was held on Parker’s Piece in Cambridge on Sunday (1 September). Played on the site in Cambridge where the rules of football ...

Before 1863, football was a chaotic and mostly unregulated sport, with differing sets of rules that added to the confusion. The first rules of football were formally written by Ebenezer Cobb ...