Tape between the posts, a team with eight forwards and jaunty hats – football in the 19th century was different
There were corners, but not as we know them. If a defender kicked the ball out behind the goal line, yes, the attacking team would have a corner, but if the attacking team kicked the ball out, the defending team would kick the ball clear from the corner mark .Also, when the ball was specifically kicked directly over the tape between the goalposts, by either side, it was a goal kick.
England, meanwhile, were in white shirts complete with a similar version of today’s three lion crest and white knickerbockers. England also wore different coloured socks, or stockings, to help spectators identify who the players were. No numbers on the shirts, they wouldn’t get introduced until the 1920s.
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