Tag: football basics

A throw-in in football is the way play restarts when the whole ball crosses a touchline, either on the ground or in the air. It is awarded to the opponents of the player who last touched the ball, and it must be taken by hand from the point where the ball left the field. It […]

To watch a football match tactically, look away from the ball for a few seconds at a time and notice how each team organises itself in possession, out of possession and in the moments when the ball changes hands. Most viewers follow only the player on the ball, but much of the story is told […]

The laws of football began in the nineteenth century, when English schools, universities and clubs tried to agree on one shared set of rules for a game that every town played differently. Before that, a match could mean anything from a rough village contest with no fixed team size to a careful kicking game played […]