This summer marks the 30th anniversary of the backpass law being introduced, following FIFA’s successful experiment in Italy a year earlier. It is arguably the most significant — and the best ...

It is now 28 years since the backpass law was introduced. The vast majority of Premier League players wouldn’t recognise a time when goalkeepers could pick up the ball after it was passed to them.

Jaedyn Shaw was assisted by a puddle as she found the target in the USWNT’s W Gold Cup clash with Canada, with the ball getting stuck in the pitch.

It's not very often you see the backpass rule deployed in a game of professional football. But that's exactly what happened during Chelsea's game with Aston Villa in the Premier League as ...

His underhit backpass allowed jet-heeled winger Bennett time to charge down Fielding's attempted clearance and the ball looped back into the net.

Bayern Munich is really missing Manuel Never in goal, and his replacement, Sven Ulreich, gave a prime and painful example of why. Neuer is among the most comfortable and best at playing the ball ...

As for Van Ewijk’s disastrous backpass, Lampard simply said: “Yes. I don’t need to go through and explain it.” He added: “I’ll speak to him. This is football.