The Pioneers

Podcast: The History of Football Rule-Making

Our guest is archivist Petra Tabarelli, who researches and blogs about the history and evolution of football rules. Join us as we discuss everything from how the origin FA laws of the game were established right up to everyone’s favourite subject…VAR.

Petra’s blog, Nachspielzeiten (‘Added Time’), is well worth checking out for more on the history of football and its laws, and there is plenty of content in English.

We release a new podcast every Monday, so be sure to subscribe on your preferred podcast platform. We’re on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Player.FM and Anchor. Look for us in Google Podcasts too. We’d really appreciate a rating or view if you like what we’re doing as it helps others discover our podcast.

Chris

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