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History of the game

How soccer's rules were written, rewritten and modernized, from the first Laws of 1863 to VAR.

The game you watch today was shaped by more than 160 years of rule changes. Knowing where the Laws came from explains why offside, penalties and substitutions work the way they do.

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HISTORYHow the rules ofsoccer evolvedHistoryHow the rules of soccer evolvedFrom the first Football Association Laws of 1863 to penalty kicks, the modern offside rule, red and yellow cards, the back-pass rule and VAR, a timeline of the changes that shaped the game.