Fouls: the one thing you cannot avoid in any sports game. It's when one player purposely tries to attack or stop an opposing player using force (or magic, in the case of Quidditch.) At the Department of Magical Games and Sports, they have a long list of 700 fowls. This list was never made available to public so as not to give anyone ideas. Kennilworthy Whisp, author of Quidditch Through the Ages also agreed with this. Despite that, The Wizard Wireless Network now has the opportunity to present them to you.

   Now, some of these fowls may seem a tad absurd, but that was because in the first World Cup match (1473), in which all 700 fowls took place, players were allowed to use their wands. A ban was put up, stopping players from using their wand against opposing teams in 1538, but players are still allowed to carry their wands on them due to a rule placed by the Internation Confederation of Wizards in the 1600s, when the persecution of wizards and witches was at their height.

  90% of the fouls cannot take place if the teams respect the no-magic rule, and as for the remaining 10%, even most of the dirtiest players would stoop to that level. Or so says Kennilworthy Whisp. Yet they all did happened once, why not again?

 Name

 Applies to

 Desciption

 Axe Wagging

All Players  
  Attackig an opponent with an axe.

 Blagging

 All players
   Sticking any portion of the anatomy through a goal hoop to punch quaffle out. The Keeper is supposed to block the goal from the front rather the rear

 Blatching

 All Players
  Flying with the intent to collide

 Blurting

 All Players
  Locking broom handles with a view to steering opponent off course

 Boaring

 All Players
  Conjuring wild boars with wings with the intention of chasing away opponents

 Bumphing

 Beaters Only
  Hitting Bludgers towards crowd, necessitating a halt of the game as officials rush to protect bystanders. Sometimes used by unscruptulous players to prevent an opposing chaser scoring.

 Clubbing

 All Players
  Attacking an opponent's broom with a club

 Cobbing

 All Players
  Excessive use of elbows towards opponents

 Haversacking

 Chasers Only
  Hands still on Quaffle as it goes through goal hoop (Quaffle must be thrown)

 Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-ing

 All Players
  Purposly mocking opponents by writing rude phrases on your forehead.

 Newtering

 All Players
  Transfiguring opponents and/or opponents' brooms into newts.

 Pyrotechnics

 All Players
  Setting fire to an opponents broomtail

 Quaffle-pocking

 Chasers Only
  Tampering with Quaffle, e.g. puncturing it so that it falls more quickly or zigzags

 Snitchnip

All players but Seeker 
  Any player other than Seeker touching or catching Golden Snitch.

 Stooging

 Chasers Only
  More then one Chaser entering the scoring area.

Do you have any foul ideas? Then submit them! Let's try and make it to 700!
We'd also love to have some of these plays illustrated and made into a handbook.. anyone interested?

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