A translation reads: “forasmuch as there may be great noise in the metropolis brought on by hustling over massive foot balls rageries de grosses pelotes de pee 35 within the fields of the public from which many evils may arise which God forbid: we command and forbid on behalf of the king, on pain of imprisonment, such sport to be used within the city in the future.” This is the earliest reference to football.

The Worldwide Rugby Football Board (IRFB) was founded in 1886, however rifts have been beginning to emerge in the code. At the moment a collection of … Read the rest