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The first detailed sets of rules published by football clubs (rather than a school or university) were those of Sheffield F.C. (written 1858, published 1859) which codified a game played for 20 years until being discontinued in favour of the Football Association code, and those of Melbourne FC (1859) which are the origins of Australian rules ...
A straight line of defenders may prevent spaces behind some of them because of the offside rule. Also, some opponents, for example those moving into dangerous space, may temporarily need to be man-marked. The number of players in the defender and midfielder lines is given by the football formations in play. Some formations use midfield anchors ...
A kick-off is used to start each half of play, and each period of extra time where applicable. The team that wins the pre-game coin toss may choose either . to take the initial kick-off (in which case the team losing the toss chooses which end of the pitch to attack in the first half), or
Tabletop football is a class of tabletop game simulating mainly association football, but also either of the codes of rugby, or some other form of football such as American football or Australian rules football. The games employ miniature figures of players on a bounded playing board or table that looks like a football pitch (field).
The place kick is a type of kicking play commonly used in American football, association football (soccer), Canadian football, rugby league, and rugby union.It was historically used in Australian rules football, but it was phased out of the game more than 100 years ago.
When the ball becomes out of play, the ball is put back into play by the appropriate restart. The restarts in football are: Kick-off: following a goal by the opposing team, or to begin each period of play. . Throw-in: when the ball has entirely crossed the touch line; awarded to opposing team to that which last touched the ball. .
In Canadian football, the three-minute warning is given when three minutes of game time remain on the game clock in the first and second halves of a game. (If the ball is in play when the clock reaches 3:00, the three-minute warning is given immediately after the ball is declared dead.)
Because of these rules, various leagues of American football have enacted strict rules of uniform numbering so officials may more easily judge which players were eligible and which were not at the start of a play. For example, in college football, ineligible players wear numbers 50–79, while eligible receivers wear 1–49 or 80–99. Even ...