The copy of the Rules, Regulations, and Laws of the Sheffield Foot-Ball Club is expected to sell for more than £50,000Football may yet come home — to a town south of Sheffield. The world’s oldest independent football club has launched a bid to buy back a rulebook said to be the first official guide to the modern game. SponsoredIts guide to the game, Rules, Regulations, and Laws of the Sheffield Foot-Ball Club, was printed in 1859. Every member was given a copy after the club’s committee met to draft the laws the year before. In 2011 the club sold what it thought to be the only copy of the rulebook as part of a package of memorabilia to raise £891,000

Source: The Times July 13, 2021 16:03 UTC