An unsuccessful proposal to remove the possibility of being offside from a direct free-kick was made in 1929.[107] Similar proposals to prevent offside offences from any free-kick were advanced in 1974 and 1986, each time without success.[108][109] In 1987, the Football Association (FA) obtained the permission of IFAB to test such a rule in the 1987-88 GM Vauxhall Conference.[110][111] At the next annual meeting, the FA reported to IFAB that the experiment had, as predicted, "assisted further the non-offending team and also generated more action near goal, resulting in greater excitement for players and spectators"; it nevertheless withdrew the proposal.[112]