Rules for the UK Bubble Chamber Football Tournament

General

   * No studded boots may be worn; astroboots, trainers or plimsoles only.

   * Teams will nominally contain 5 players. However, if both sides agree,
     the game can be 6-a-side.

   * When squads of 5 play squads of six, one substitution per game is
     allowed - to give everyone a game. Further blood substitutes are
     allowed for injuries.

   * Transfer between squads is only allowed as a result of injury.

   * Rules as Association Football except

        o Back-passes to goal-keepers are allowed.

        o There is no offside.

        o Only the goalkeeper is allowed in the D. A defender entering
          concedes a penalty, one yard back from the edge of the D.

        o An attacker entering the circle concedes a free kick from inside
          the area, to be taken by the goal-keeper.

        o Goal-keepers get rid of the ball (goal-kicks and after a save or
          pass back) by rolling it underarm (it should reach the ground
          within 2 yards); in addition, except for goal-kicks, they may
          place it on the ground and kick it.

        o Throw-ins must be rolled underarm, the ball reaching the ground
          within 2 yards.

        o At free-kicks, the opposition must drop back 3 yards (except near
          the goal area where the attacking side may choose to drop back).

Ladies vs Gentlemen Games

   * No (excessive) bodily contact.

   * Men may run (jog-canter!) when moving forward in attack.

   * Men can score with any part of their bodies other than the front and
     sides of their feet.

   * Men can only touch the ball twice without another player touches it
     more than twice, a free kick is awarded to the Ladies.

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Julian Shulman, Zeus, High Energy Physics group, Dept of Physics &
Astronomy, UCL, 20-Mar-1996