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==Football organises==

===The first rules===

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Cambridge University defined the game as permitting handling only for the purposes of controlling the ball, and furthermore, the goals should consist of two posts, this committee, also defined fouls, they were, tripping, kicking or holding, and an offside rule and an offside rule insisting on three men between the passer and the opposing goal was introduced. With these rules laid down, and the increasing respectability of the game, [[Sheffield Cricket Club]] allowed for matches to be played on their pitch at [[Bramall Lane]] in the [[1850s]]. And thus, [[Sheffield F.C.]] can claim to be Britain's oldest football club<ref name="AHistoryOfFootball13">{{cite news|title=A History of Football| publisher= Green Umbrella Publishing|date=2003|pages=13}}</ref> , but to this day, the win of the [[1904]] [[FA Amateur Cup]], remains as the clubs greatest success.