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Originally Posted by flere-imsaho
Aside from the wholesale introduction of the offside rule, it's complicated, mainly because of all the countries involved and the different style of play in those countries (and leagues, of course).
I'd recommend reading Inverting the Pyramid by Jonathan Wilson for considerably more history on how the game has developed over time.
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Good suggestion, but let's say I'm probably not going to read 464 pages in the next week or two. Is there more of an answer or does "it's complicated" pretty much encapsulate it, as you said.
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