Among the changes resulting from the conference were:
The
throw-in had to be taken from over the head with two hands (the FA had previously allowed the ball to be thrown in with one hand).
The use of a crossbar was made mandatory (the FA had previously permitted either a tape or a crossbar to be used).
The kickoff had to be kicked forwards (not previously required by the FA).
The award of an automatic goal for handball by an opponent that prevented a goal (adopted by the FA earlier that year) was eliminated.
It was no longer possible to be offside from a corner-kick (previously allowed by the FA).
The boundary of the field of play should be marked by a touch line as well as by flags.
The new laws were used in the international matches of the 1882-83 season (with the exception of the first, England v. Wales, which still used the old rules).[3] They took general effect in the
Laws of the Game at the beginning of the 1883-84 season.[4]