I Played Football using OLD-FASHIONED Rules

How different was Football 150 years ago??

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[KieranBrown]

Did you know about any of these rules??

[Ma_Wukong]

We should bring these rules in every game Endrick plays to make him feel at ease.

[adxsk]

Any chance you can get 20 odd people to play a full game with these rules, pitch size etc all catered to the 1800's game?

[vastariner]

Two quirks of the initial laws:
1. the ONLY free-kick was a REWARD for handball (the fair catch). There was no provision as to what to do after a foul, other than, if a goal were scored after a foul, it should not be counted. Then the game would re-start with (probably) a goal-kick;
2. there was no provision for numbers per side, and often teams would arrange their sides based on who had turned up, plus with relative ability. Eleven per side was a rule of the first FA Cup, and some later tournaments (Birmingham Senior Cup for instance) started with a rule for 12 per side. Natural evolution had reached 11 or 12 as being the optimum number.

[pointguard]

This makes Australian Rules Football make much more sense

[spancherBob]

It was also worth saying that football and rugby come from the same root. They are siblings, were very similar but separated. And how different they are now.

[ModelAAA]

I was honestly hoping for a full on 11v11 with these rules. That would’ve been CHAOTIC. 😆

[jpsuominen]

Gutta-percha is a sticky, gum-like substance from the Gutta-percha tree. Could possibly have been used for enhanced grip soles or moulded into studs of some sort?

[slrd]

I've been waiting for someone ro make that video since ever! Thank you
btw, the game with these rules are still used to this day in street matches here, we play on concrete though

[maxlane]

I remember when you did this vid in like 2016 or something and I loved it thanks for making another one

[madcrewgames]

I'd love to see a full match of people nowadays playing footballs with 1860's rule

[danpreston]

The monument lists the 1848 Cambridge rules, not the 1863 FA rules.

[ArjitMehra]

This was very insightful 😅Crazy how different it was back then!!

[RFResnick]

According to rule 7 on the plaque (10:21), a goal was scored on a shot between the posts and “under the string.” So, indeed there was a height limit for a goal.

[tom]

The coin toss would stay there until 1970, when the penalty shoot-out was introduced. They used it even in World Cup qualification matches, when after a third match was played on neutral ground there would still be a draw.

[Treqz]

Fantastic video Kieran. Also really liked the way you explained whilst maneuvering over the fence at 3:37 - seemed like a genuine documentary. Very professional 💪👍🤩

[Sluetch]

Rory Delap would’ve loved those pitches / throws.

[mrgrogu]

the rule about a fair catch called a mark that you can get a free kick from is interesting because its a rule in gaelic football

[IZDAYZ_]

Great vid again! Gave me flashbacks to the older vids that you did about old football rules :D

[MrDavidht]

The Cambridge Rules where a strong influence on the first FA laws but quite separate. The first match played under the FA laws was between Barnes FC and Richmond FC as a test of the newly agreed laws on the 19th December 1863, a 15-a-side match ending in a goalless draw. A second test was played between The Secretary's Side and the President's Side on the 2nd January 1864 at Battersea Park. The 0-0 draw between Scotland and England you refer to as the first match under the FA laws was played on the 30th November 1872 at Hamilton Crescent, Partick.