The pitch is rectangular in shape. The longer sides are called touchlines, and the shorter sides are called the goal lines.The two goal lines are between 45 and 90 m (50 and 100 yd) wide, and have to be of the same length. The two touchlines are between 90 and 120 m (100 and 130 yd) long, and have to be of the same length. All lines on the ground are equally wide, not to exceed 12 …

In association football, kit (also referred to as a strip or uniform) is the standard equipment and attire worn by players.The sport's rules specify the minimum kit which a player must use, and also prohibit the use of anything that is dangerous to either the player or another participant. Individual competitions may stipulate further restrictions, such as regulating the size of logos ...

Most teams have one or two designated free kick takers, depending on the distance from goal and the side of the pitch from which the free kick is to be taken. ... In the first ever game played under Football Association rules, (Barnes v Richmond, 19 December 1863), Barnes FC attempted six such "tries at goal", but missed all of them.

In association football, the referee is the person responsible for interpreting and enforcing the Laws of the Game during a match. The referee is the final decision-making authority on all facts connected with play, and is the match official with the authority to start and stop play and impose disciplinary action against players and coaches during a match.

Forwards refers to the outfield positions on an association football team who play furthest up the pitch, and are therefore most responsible for scoring goals as well as assisting goals.. Team formations normally include one to three forwards; for example, the common 4–2–3–1 includes one forward. Less conventional formations may include more than three forwards, or none.

Fever Pitch, first published in 1992, is a memoir and Hornby's second book. It tells the story of the author's relationship with football, and with Arsenal Football Club in particular. It consists of several chapters in chronological order, from the time the author first became a football fan as a child until his early thirties.

The Great Britain men's Olympic football team is the men's football team that represents the United Kingdom (Great Britain and Northern Ireland) [citation needed] at the Summer Olympic Games (where it competes as Great Britain, currently branded Team GB).The team is organised by the English Football Association (FA) as the men's footballing representative of the British …

This sparked pitch invasion scenes and has been called the team's Great Escape season. Pos Team. Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation 1 Birmingham City: 46 25 14 7 84 37 ... The Football Association quashes Tottenham's FA Cup ban and 6-point deduction. 10 December 1994 – Nottingham Forest beat Ipswich Town 4–1; all the goals are ...

Queen's Park Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Championship, the second tier of the Scottish football pyramid.Queen's Park is the oldest association football club in Scotland, having been founded in 1867, and is the oldest in the world outside England and Wales.. The club was fully amateur for …

The Tunisia national football team (Arabic: منتخب تونس لكرة القدم; French: Équipe de Tunisie de football) is the national team that represents Tunisia in men's international football, since it played its first match on 2 June 1957 against Libya, which ended with Tunisia winning 4–2.It is a member team of the FIFA internationally and the Confederation of African Football ...