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 * Finalized football rules!**[[image:http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:wN9OtcfqkhvamM:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a3/Cambridge_University_Crest_-_flat.png width="240" height="240" align="left" caption="Cambridge's Crest"]]


 * Ever sinc****e the e****pic match between Cambridge University and the townspeople of Cambridge in 1579, people have been waiting for an official set of rules: Now, they’re finally here. Last night, football representatives from all over the country came up with a set of rules. Hopefully, we will see professional f****ootball very soon!**

Up until this day, all football played has been matches set up between the common people versus common people, or university versus university. There have been no common rules, no system, and no rankings to see who’s the better. Now, with common rules in place, it will be a matter of time before we will see the rest, if all goes as according to Mr. Hithring’s plans, president of the Football Association, we will have it all in few years time!

He urges unprofessional teams to send in a request to join the official league system, arguing that it will be much easier to get matches and he even implied that some day in the future there would be more than just prestige in winning the league, there would be money too! He says that as much as 5£ can be won the first year, and hopefully with increased sponsor money, the prize will be increased the next year.

These rules are also seen as a great way to distance football from rugby, as one of the biggest changes (and maybe most controversial) is rule number eight, “When a player catches the ball directly from the foot, he may kick it as he can without running with it. **In no other case may the ball be touc****hed with the hands, except to stop it**.” This has been a great concern for the football council, Hithring told the Victorian Gossip. Many of the council members voted against, arguing that playing with the foot would be impossible and the game would end up as really slow and boring. But, Mr.Hithring proved them wrong, showing numerous things you could use a ball for. Clearly noting, that in passing the ball to a teammate instead of running the ball to him, the game will have more speed than rugby as well as more skills involved.

The Victorian Gossip believes football has potential, and it has lots of it. Though, if they can’t organize it quickly Rugby or Cricket might end up as being the most popular sports, as they’re already spread across the world due to the Commonwealth.

So far, only universities are official members of the Football Association, but Hithring believes that in a few years teams consisting of common-folk from both cities and workplaces will start join up. “Us at Cambridge must fight hard to grab a title when we can, because I don’t believe any universities will survive in the top flight for long when the cities start appearing with their own teams.” Quite interesting, Cambridge is set to have their first shot at the University cup this week against Oxford university. The Victorian gossip gives you all the details from that game, of course!

Hithring’s last words in this interview must be called controversial at best, **“**One more thing before you go, reporter. I just want to say to those sexist fools out there who are afraid of us football players “showing too much leg” to actually wake up and take a look around them. Let them see what us humans actually are born with!”

PS: The whole rule set can be seen on last page.