PLEASE NOTE:

MATCHES CAN BE PLAYED AT AN APPROPRAITE TIME FOR SCHOOLS.

THEY DO NOT HAVE TO PLAYED IN ROUND ORDER.

MATCHES CAN START IN OCTOBER IF YOU WISH.

MATCHES MUST BE PLAYED BEFORE THE DATE TO SEND RESULTS IN BY

 

*Matches will be played as 2 halves of 15 minutes (year 5 and 6) 10 minutes (year 3 and 4).

 

*Substitutions can be made throughout the match, as long as the referee is aware.

 

*The home team will provide the referee. (PASS representatives can assist in training if this is a problem)

 

*Failure to fulfil a legal team will result in a 5 point loss.

 

*Failure to play a fixture by the set date will result in a 5 point loss for both teams.

 

*The first named team is the home team.

 

*Results must be emailed to kerry@passltd.org before the set date on the sheet provided. (attached)

 

 

Winning teams will be awarded 5 points

Drawing teams 2 points each

Losing teams will not receive any points.

 

 

Rules – as in line with the FA

 

*Goal Size

The distance between the posts is 12ft and the distance between the lower edge of the cross bar and the ground is 6ft.

*Players must wear shin guards and goalkeepers must wear a distinguishing playing top. Shin guards must be covered entirely by the socks. Players must wear the appropriate clothing dependant on

the weather.

*Correct footwear must be worn for the surface of the pitch e.g. no metal studs on artificial grass pitches.

*A kick-off is taken at the centre of the playing area to start the game and after a goal has been scored. Opponents must be five yards away from the ball and in their own half of the field. The ball must be played forward. In Mini-Soccer a goal cannot be scored directly from a start or restart of play.

*There is no offside.

*Normal rules apply, as per Laws of Association Football. However, in Mini-Soccer all free
kicks are direct. A free kick is awarded to the opposing team if the goalkeeper:

takes more than six seconds to release the ball from his/her hands

touches the ball again with his/her hands after it has been released from his/her possession and has not touched any other player

touches the ball with his/her hands after it has been deliberately kicked to him/her by a team mate

touches the ball with his/her hands after he/she has received it directly from a throw in taken by a teammate.

For all these offences, the free kick should be taken from the penalty area line, parallel with the goal line, at the nearest point to
the offence.

*For all free kicks opponents must be five yards from the ball.

*A player of the defending team kicks the ball from any point within the penalty area.

Opponents must retreat to their own half until the ball is in play.

The defending team does not have to wait
for the opposition to retreat and has the option to restart the game before should they choose to.

The ball is in play when it is kicked directly out the penalty area.

*Corner Kicks

The opposing players must remain at least five yards from the ball until it is in play.

The kicker may not touch the ball again until it has touched another player. If he/she does, a free kick is awarded against them.

The ball is in play immediately when it enters the field of play.