More, more, useless trivia..

[Toronto]

Why was half-time introduced into football games? Serious answers win a "Beaver Balti" Pathetic attempts at humour in order to cover woeful ignorance win a night with Celine Dionne...(Two if they're truly pathetic!)
Answer posted around 2:00p.m. G.M.T. Tuesday.
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[Steven]

Why was half-time introduced into football games? Serious answers win a "Beaver Balti" Pathetic attempts at humour in order to cover woeful ignorance win a night with Celine Dionne...(Two if they're truly pathetic!)
Answer posted around 2:00p.m. G.M.T. Tuesday.
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Maybe this should be in Football?

 

[Toronto]

Maybe this should be in Football?

As far as I can see...it is.
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[webmaster]

As far as I can see...it is.

Only because I moved it out of Support, where you originally posted it!

 

[MKFox]

Isn't it something about changing ends only once during the game, instead of after every goal?

 

[Boy Genius]

Isn't it something about changing ends only once during the game, instead of after every goal?

that wins a night out with Celine Dion.............:icon_bigg

Ay up Toronto, you can deliver Celine Dion and its not just a bullshit statement?

 

[Willlow]

that wins a night out with Celine Dion.............:icon_bigg

Ay up Toronto, you can deliver Celine Dion and its not just a bullshit statement?

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[Toronto]

Isn't it something about changing ends only once during the game, instead of after every goal?

That might have been part of it. The fact is there were no standard rules, so if clubs/schools played with differing rules, half the game was played according to one team's rules, the second half according to the others. 12 men met in the Freemason's Arms, London in 1863 and drew up 13 basic rules, these became the basis of the F.A. rules which were adopted world wide by 1873.

 

[Willlow]

That might have been part of it. The fact is there were no standard rules, so if clubs/schools played with differing rules, half the game was played according to one team's rules, the second half according to the others. 12 men met in the Freemason's Arms, London in 1863 and drew up 13 basic rules, these became the basis of the F.A. rules which were adopted world wide by 1873.

Are you trying to take Webbo's crown of interesting facts?:icon_bigg

 

[Toronto]

Are you trying to take Webbo's crown of interesting facts?:icon_bigg

I wouldn't dream of it! :icon_redf

 

[Motown Fox]

12 men met in the Freemason's Arms, London in 1863 and drew up 13 basic rules, these became the basis of the F.A. rules which were adopted world wide by 1873.

So what were these 13 basic rules.?

Any guesses

 

[MKFox]

This is what I thought..
1866 Duration fixed at 90 mins
1872 Corner kicks introduced
1872 Size of ball fixed
1874 Shinguards introduced
1875 Crossbar replaces tape
1875 Change ends at half time, not after every goal
1878 Ref's whistle introduced
1882 Two handed throw in
1891 Penalty kick
1891 First goal nets
1939 Numbers on shirts
1951 White ball

 

[Melton Fox]

This is what I thought..
1866 Duration fixed at 90 mins
1872 Corner kicks introduced
1872 Size of ball fixed
1874 Shinguards introduced
1875 Crossbar replaces tape
1875 Change ends at half time, not after every goal
1878 Ref's whistle introduced
1879 Alex Ferguson to keep time
1882 Two handed throw in
1891 Penalty kick
1891 First goal nets
1939 Numbers on shirts
1951 White ball

 

[Motown Fox]

From an interesting site

The game of football has in fact been subject to state regulation from its some of its earliest incarnations. Football in one form or another has a long and chequered history; references to the kicking of a ball as a form of sport are to be found in Egyptian relics and religious paintings, in Grecian vases and even in the Bible.

The game of Association Football as we know it today can be said to derive from the formation of the Football Association in 1863.

Whilst today football stems from the rules of the English Football Association originally the term football was used to distinguish between those games that utilised the foot and those that were played on horseback - there were within this term many gradations that now can be seen in terms of Association Football, Rugby Football, Australian Rules Football and Gaelic Football amongst others.

 

[Motown Fox]

Another snipet

Most games of football in their earliest form were memorable for their violence, either institutionalised or endemic. Murray notes that the football games of pre Columbian America were closely linked with religious celebrations - in the Aztec game of tlachtli the losers were ritually sacrificed!

 

[Joe_Fox]

Another snipet

Most games of football in their earliest form were memorable for their violence, either institutionalised or endemic. Murray notes that the football games of pre Columbian America were closely linked with religious celebrations - in the Aztec game of tlachtli the losers were ritually sacrificed!

Let's hope Coventry have got them away next then. :icon_lol: :icon_lol:

 

[Motown Fox]

Some more from the history of footie
In the new society of the sixteenth century the playing of ball games became more socially acceptable although football was still seen by some such as James IV as being 'abominable enough and ...more common, worthless and undignified than any other kind of game'.

This shift towards the more acceptable face of sport came to full fruition in the Victorian era with sport being seen as part of a Corinthian ideal that in some way might 'civilise' the participants.

CLR James notes the role of Thomas Arnold the uncompromising champion of discipline and self reliance in embedding sport within the English public schools and the accompanying shift towards sport being seen as a more noble pursuit;

The next step came with the realisation that football and other games were not merely useful as substitutes for undesirable activities but might be used to inculcate more positive virtues - loyalty and self sacrifice, unselfishness, co-operation and esprit de corps, a sense of honour, the capacity to be a "good loser" or to "take it". :icon_eek:

Whilst the game had been appropriated by the public schools as part of this civilising process, there was a resurgence of working class football in the industrial era that saw Saturdays established (at least in part) as a day devoted to leisure and looked forward to by working men: Within twenty years this free time was to be dominated for millions by football in the winter months, with the consequent further transformation of working-class social experience.

This shift towards working class leisure began to be perceived by some as a matter of national concern as to the effect that such 'holidays' might have upon the economy. Nevertheless the game grew and football became the prime focus for many if not all working men.

 

[The Voice From Above]

That might have been part of it. The fact is there were no standard rules, so if clubs/schools played with differing rules, half the game was played according to one team's rules, the second half according to the others. 12 men met in the Freemason's Arms, London in 1863 and drew up 13 basic rules, these became the basis of the F.A. rules which were adopted world wide by 1873.

This is true. I was there. Back then they served a wonderful pint of Pedigree in that establishment............