The games
Depending on which league you are in games will last 30 or 40 minutes. Fixtures are always sent out in week 1 of the season and you will see what pitch and what time you are on for the upcoming season.
For 30 minute games half time is at 15 minutes and for 40 minutes half time is at 20 minutes, there is a brief 1 minute changeover.
Referees have the ability to send players to the sin bin for general unsportsmanlike behaviour or any overly aggressive play. A player can be sent to the sin bin for between 2-5 minutes and for this period that team will be a man/woman down. Refs will also be equipped with red cards which will be shown for something like a two footed tackle, the player will be banned for the next game. Slide tackling is not allowed.
Goal scorers will be noted by the referees and who in their opinion is man of the match. Once a goal is scored if the player can go to the referee and tell him/her their name so everything can be noted and the fluidity of the game isn’t broken, when a goal is scored it will restart from the centre of the pitch.
The D BOX
No player aside from the goalkeeper is allowed into their goalie area (D BOX). If a defender enters the area to block a goal or shot, a penalty or indirect free kick will be given based on their intent. If an attacker enters the area to attempt to score it will simply be goalies ball or advantage played. If a goalie handles outside the area the result is a penalty or indirect free kick (referees decision).
The goalkeeper
The goalie can only roll out or pass out along the ground.
Passbacks
Passbacks during normal play are allowed, however:
If a goalkeeper is in possession and passes to a defender who then passes back to the keeper immediately, this is seen as time wasting and possession will switch to the other team.
Other rules
You may shoot from kick off.
There are no out of bounds i.e. if a shot comes of the backboards or off the walls play is still active. No throw in’s or corner kicks
Overhead height is allowed
Subs
During the game the team can roll their substitutes. All players that are part of the team that are not playing on the pitch (substitutes) will have to wait outside the cages and if a substitution is called the substituted player must step off the pitch and the new player on the pitch. PLAY WILL NOT STOP Rotations are allowed to continue throughout the game
After the games.
Within 24 hours an email will be sent to you or you can log onto www.playfiveaside.com to find the results of your games with a full match day report. Any comments can be posted on the players corner.
