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The man who introduced penalties into football has died



Sweeney Todd

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Apr 24, 2008
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Oxford/Lancing
He paid the ultimate penalty. RIP.
 


Nathan

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Jan 8, 2010
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As a mark of respect the Vicar will pace out 12 yards (approximately 11 metres) from the coffin.
 

Herr Tubthumper

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Jul 11, 2003
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The Fatherland


GOM

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Aug 8, 2005
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Leeds - but not the dirty bit
It appears he was a very private person, no-one seems to know his name !!!!
 

hart's shirt

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Jul 8, 2003
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Kitbag in Dubai
Was it a sudden death?
 


wellquickwoody

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Aug 10, 2007
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A man with an awful lot to answer for, both good and bad I would suppose.
 


GOM

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Aug 8, 2005
3,219
Leeds - but not the dirty bit
The penalty kick was introduced in 1891 and its invention is attributed to William McGann in Armagh in 1890. William, the son of an Irish linen millionaire, played as a goalkeeper for Milford FC in the first season of the Irish League, but it was as a member of the Irish FA that he was instrumental in the penalty kick becoming law. He proposed the introduction of the kick to penalise the habit, prevalent at the time, of defenders fouling an attacking player to prevent a goal. The idea was submitted to the International Football Association Board in June 1890 and a year later was included in the rules as Rule number 13. The law read;




If any player shall intentionally trip or hold an opposing player, or deliberately handle the ball within twelve yards from his own goal line, the referee shall, on appeal, award the opposing side a penalty kick, to be taken from any point 12 yards from the goal line, under the following conditions: All players, with the exception of the player taking the penalty kick and the goalkeeper, shall stand behind the ball and at least six yards from it; the ball shall be in play when the kick is taken. A goal may be scored from a penalty kick.
 

skipper734

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Aug 9, 2008
9,189
Curdridge
If he's just died, he'd be more famous as the oldest man in the World. So it's balls.
 



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