What are the first 8 rules of football/soccer?
Theres 17 ‘laws’, there is many different ‘rules’ within these 17 laws. 1) The Field of play, how big the pitch is, how big the penalty boxes are, how big the goals are ect… 2) The Ball, its size,inflation and weight 3) Number of players, you cannot have more than 11 or less than 7 and one of those must be a goalkeeper 4) Players equipment, boots, shinguards, no jewellery. 5) The referee, The refs decision is final. 6) Assistant refs, must be two, they indicate to the referee if the ball has gone out of play and make offside decisions, the referee can overule his assistants. 7) Duration of the match, 2 halves of play consisting of 45 minutes each. 8) The Start and Restart of play Those are the first eight laws. If you would like to read about these laws click the link below.
