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2 hours ago, Ted Fidge said:

Trivia question.

Which game has the older set of rules. Australia Rules Football, or Association Football (ie, soccer)?

I certainly know which game has had the more rule changes !!!

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    We also played them in the season opener of 1968 down at Geelong.

    Alas, we lost by 23 points.

    It was a long trip back from Geelong on the horse and cart.

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    Later in the year, the first ever soccer match was played on Barnes common at Mortlake, London on 19th December 1863 between Barnes Football Club and Richmond Football Club. The game ended in a 0-0 draw. The Football Association rules were further amended to exclude any handling of the ball.

    wish the ferals would go back to their roots

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    3 hours ago, Ted Fidge said:

    Trivia question.

    Which game has the older set of rules. Australia Rules Football, or Association Football (ie, soccer)?

    Australian rules, only rugby is an older football code but even then modern rugby is based on the 1871 version of the game.

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    On 4/22/2017 at 1:14 PM, DominatrixTyson said:

    The AFL don't give a fuchsia

    Yep, agree.

    All they care about is maximising their revenue.

    If they cared at all about the integrity of the game, then they wouldn't continually make changes and adjustments to the rules. But no, they want to keep it attractive, to maximise attendances and viewership, to justify demanding such high sponsorship dollars.

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