<P> The annual Shrove Tuesday game was first played in 1762 in the streets of Alnwick, and similar games were popular in many towns and villages at the time . The games were typically played in the streets which caused damage to property . A law was passed in 1818 banning street football . This law was ignored in Alnwick until 1827 when the Duke of Northumberland provided a field for the game to be played on legitimately . </P> <P> James I of Scotland decreed that Na man play at the fut ball, in the Football Act of 1424; a further act of parliament was passed under the rule of James II in 1457 which banned both football and golf . </P> <P> The French game La soule is another mass participation ball game similar to the English and Scottish mob football . It was banned by Phillippe V in 1319, and again by Charles V in 1369 . </P> <P> In 1440 the bishop of Tréguier threatened players with excommunication and a fine of 100 sol, saying that "these dangerous and pernicious games must be prohibited because of hatred, grudges and enmities which, under the veil of recreational fun, accumulate in many hearts". </P>

Who banned football because it was too dangerous