The Penalty Kick: The Story of a Gamechanger, Robert McCrum (Notting Hill Editions)

The Penalty Kick: The Story of a Gamechanger, Robert McCrum (Notting Hill Editions)New Hardback Football in the 1880s was an unruly, rough, and often dangerous game. To curb the state the sport was in, William McCrum proposed a new and drastic sanction. He called it a penalty kick.' In 1891, a contentious new measure against an excess of foul play, Rule 13, was proposed to the FA by an amateur goalkeeper from County Armagh. 'The Irishmans Motion' modernised the worlds most popular game. Today in the shootout Rule 13 continues to

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