Kenilworth 5-A-Side League

What: A 5-a-side football league
Where: Castle Farm
When: Monday nights 8pm-10pm
Cost: £19 per team per game, games last 30min to (2x15mins half)

GAME RULES


Start and end of the game:

Play is started by the referee giving the ball to one or other team
alternately at the start of each half from the center circle.

Game duration is 14 minutes each way.

Where applicable, the referee’s whistle overrules the hooter.

There shall be 9 players maximum per squad in one night.


Penalty

The penalty taker is allowed no more than one step before striking the ball.

The keeper must remain on his line and not move until the ball is struck.


Goal Keeper / Area

After a goal is scored, the goalkeeper shall roll the ball out with an underarm action to restart play.

The goalkeeper must not leave his area.

If the goalkeeper makes a save and part of his body slides out of the area, then the referee shall use his discretion to decide what happens.

The goalkeeper must always roll the ball out with an underarm action or kick from the floor, an penalty shall be awarded if either the ball goes above head height or his roll out is above the level of the shoulder

If a team makes a change of goalkeeper during the match then the referee must be notified before the change is made.

If an attacker kicks the ball near the area the action of the kick must have started and finished outside the area, however the momentum of the kick is allowed to travel in the area.

Attacking players may also enter the opposing area through momentum only however, the referee shall be the sole judge of momentum and the attacker should make every reasonable effort not to enter the area.

No player shall be penalised if, through no fault of their own, they enter the area when they have made a reasonable attempt not to enter the area. This particularly applies to attacking players who may push defending players into the area.

Players, who run through the area and in doing so gain an advantage, will be penalized.


Pass backs

When an outfield player receives the ball from the goalkeeper, another player must touch the ball before being passed back to the goalkeeper. This is punishable with an indirect free kick, 2 yards outside the area. Or when the goalkeeper receives the ball from an outfield player the ball has to be passed to another outfield player, this is punishable with a penalty.

Head Height Rule

The ball cannot be played above head-height

The referee shall decide what constitutes head-height, however, head-height is determined as an infringement when the whole ball passes above the height of the smallest player on the pitch.

When the head-height rule is infringed, the free kick shall be taken where the ball was originally played.

If the ball goes above head-height off the goalkeeper, goalposts, fixed equipment.

The heading of the ball is allowed.


Free Kicks

All free kicks are indirect

On all free kicks, players should be two yards from the ball. When a free kick is on the edge of the area, the ball should be played two yards back.


Cancellation terms and conditions

Kenilworth 5-a-side League would like to remind all teams of the procedure for cancelling games:

Teams must give us 48Hour notice if they want to cancel a game without being charged, if canceled with less time than 48h hours they will have to pay the match fee of £19.

If teams refuse to pay the match fee of £19 there they will be pulled from the league.

Any cancellation whether within 48hours or not, will result in an automatic 5-0 loss.