APPENDIX.
RULES OF THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION. LTD.
These Rules must be read in conjunction with the Articles of Association (see Article 49). Many of the provisions previously contained in the Rules are now embodied in the Articles, and are not therefore repeated in these Rules.
The decisions of the Council are printed as notes at the foot of the page.
1. The Association shall consist of such Clubs and Associations playing Association Football and being otherwise qualified according to the Laws, Rules, Regulations, and Bye-laws of the Association as the Council may approve.
2. In the interpretation of these Rules the words "The Football Association," "The Association," or "This Association," mean "The Football Association, Limited," except where the context requires a different meaning.
3. All Clubs, before being affiliated to the Association, shall satisfy the Council that they are properly constituted Clubs, and playing football according to the Laws of the Association.[1]f the Northern Rugby Union during the same season, and vice versâ.
- ↑ Membership of any Club having a name similar to one already affiliated with the Association, shall not be recognized or accepted. The word "Association'* or "Rugby" is not a sufficient distinction within the meaning of the agreement between the Association, the Rugby Union, and the Northern Rugby Union to enable a Club under one authority taking a name identical with that already held by a Club under the other authority. A professional player under the Rules of the Football Association or the Rugby Union cannot play as an amateur under either Code of Laws. A professional player of the Football Association cannot play under the auspices o
