In 2013, marking the 150th anniversary of the FA, the rule book was displayed at the British Library alongside Magna Carta and works of Shakespeare.

"Very weak" play by Barnes resulted in a loss by two goals to nothing, with Morley narrowly escaping being "garrotted".

[11] In 1863, Morley wrote to Bell's Life newspaper proposing a governing body for the sport, with the power to set common rules.

[14] A further meeting was scheduled in order to finalise ("settle") the laws, based on the draft created by Morley in his role as secretary.

During the meeting, however, Morley brought the delegates' attention to a recently published set of football laws from Cambridge University which banned carrying and hacking.

[13][16] A number of representatives who supported rugby-style football did not attend this additional meeting,[17] resulting in hacking and carrying being banned in the laws that were published later that month.

He also objected to FA member clubs playing under any other rules,[19] and made an unsuccessful proposal to abolish the offside law.

Membership had fallen to ten clubs,[20] and founding president Arthur Pember needed to be replaced.

[22] This increased membership to thirty by 1868, but did not prevent the association from running out of money, with the officers having to cover expenses out of their own pockets.

[5] When the FA celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1913, Morley, the most prominent founder of the association who was still living, was a notable guest at the festivities.

He was presented with a silver cigar-case at a dinner held at the King's Hall, Holborn in central London.

[30][31] Morley was the agent of the Radical Member of Parliament Donald Nicoll, who represented the constituency of Frome from 1857 to 1859.