Simplify the following text for a Grade 12 native English-speaking person.
Original: The first recorded mention of football in Ireland was in 1308 , when John McCrocan , a spectator at a football game at Newcastle , County Down was charged with accidentally stabbing a player named William Bernard .
Simplified: The first recorded mention of football in Ireland was in 1308 , when John McCrocan , a spectator at a football game was charged with accidentally stabbing a player named William Bernard .