Soccers original rulebook up for auction; can be yours for a cool $5 million

Content Published Originally by NBC Sports on Sunday, June 12, 2011.

And which are the pages that instruct one how to flop?

The world’s oldest known rulebook for Soccer is being put up for sale by Sotheby’s, and if you’re reading this blog right now instead of playing polo on a yacht made of gold, you most likely can’t afford it.

“The book that launched the world’s biggest sport 153 years ago could fetch more than $5 million on the auction block, the highest price ever paid for sports memorabilia, experts said.

Among likely buyers of the oldest known rule book governing soccer are a group of oil sheiks in Qatar — eyeing the treasure as a centerpiece for the World Cup games there in 2022.”