Some competitions employ replays, otherwise there are three procedures permitted by Law 10 to determine the winner of a drawn match:[1] Normally these are applied in the order listed above — i.e. for a two legged match, extra time is played if the away goals rule does not determine a victor.
This "touch down" had similarities to the "rouge" used in the Eton field game and Sheffield rules, and also to the try in today's rugby codes.
The match "resulted in a victory for the Civil Service by three touches down to none, no goal being obtained by either side".
[14] Between 1867 and 1970, the laws of the game said nothing about the means by which ties should be broken in a tournament which required a definitive result.
The most common practice, as seen in the 1928 Olympics "consolation final" and the semi-final of the 1968 European Championships, was to use a random procedure such as drawing of lots or tossing a coin.
[15][16] The use of drawing of lots was "discontinued" by the International Football Association Board at its 1970 meeting, to be replaced by the penalty shoot-out.