Competition: Year 2 Football
Scheduled For: Wednesday 2nd April 2025Competition Description: Purpose of event: Compete - An opportunity for schools to select a team of young footballers to play competitive matches against other schools.
Team Criteria
Year 2 / Mixed gender
5 a side (Maximum number per team on the pitch, including goalkeeper )
Squads of no more than 8 players
Any number of substitutes, without being named, may be used at any time with the permission of the referee. A player who has been replaced may return to the playing area as a substitute for another player.
Playing Equipment
Size 3 Ball
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.
The Authority of the Referee
Each match is controlled by a referee who has full authority to enforce the Laws for Mini-Soccer in connection with the match to
which they have been appointed.
Start & Restart of Play
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.
Special Circumstances
A dropped ball to restart the match, after play has been temporarily stopped inside the penalty area, takes place on the penalty area line parallel to the goal line at the point nearest to where the ball was located when the play stopped. No goal can be scored direct from a dropped ball.
Ball in & Out of Play
Normal rules apply, as per Laws of Association Football.
Offside
There is no off side.
Fouls & Misconduct
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.
Free Kicks
For all free kicks opponents must be five yards from the ball.
Penalty Kicks
Normal rules apply, as per Laws of Association Football.
Goal Kick
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 Kick
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.
Note: To book on this competition you will need to have a Booking Access Code. You can get this from your PDM or by contacting the Partnership Office.
