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Help the referee museum get a digital collection
Help the Refereeworld to create a referee museum with referee fashion and equipment from their beginnings up to the present day. Liked the idea, because it would be very interesting to see different styles and so on. I’d suggest the official rule book which was sold for 881,250 pounds last year. Their call: “We hope this will bring together many referees from all over the world – along with their uniforms, snapshots, and stories. Whether old or unusual whistles, tie-and-jacket outfits from the 1930s, or current multi-functional jerseys – we’d be pleased to receive any and all photos you might have, as well as a short description that would ideally…
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Original Laws Of The Game sold for £881,250
The original Laws Of The Game (LATG) have been sold for £881,250 at an auction. The anonymous bidder gets the unique handwritten rules of 1858 and the only known surviving copy of the only known surviving copy of the printed Rules, Regulations, & Laws of the Sheffield Foot‐Ball Club (1859). Both documents are part of the archive of world’s oldest football club Sheffield FC. Sotheby’s description of the document: “The 1858 rules promoted a passing game played with the feet, and included the free kick, throw‐in, goal kick, restrictions on handling the ball, and the banning of “hacking or tripping”. The code built on earlier football rules (most importantly from…