Football rules from childhood games

[JeMeSouviens]

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Pairs of late comers were chosen by "cock or hen" or "pug or engine".

We played Comby. 3 or 4 outfield players against the goalie. Shots hit by were counted as a goal for the keeper. Only headed goals counted in the pen. box. Shots had to be from outside the pen. box. Everybody changed round one after 6 goals. I've heard this game called by other names but can't remember them.

We called that "10 byes". Headers and volleys were only acceptable goals. The keeper "scored" when it went for a bye kick. First to 10 between outfield players and keeper wins.

[CropleyWasGod]

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We called that "10 byes". Headers and volleys were only acceptable goals. The keeper "scored" when it went for a bye kick. First to 10 between outfield players and keeper wins.

7 byes at my bit.

I mustn't have played as much as anyone else, it seems.

[JeMeSouviens]

Shapes - 1v1 played on the "Shapes ground" which had a big wall at the front and a wee wall at the back. You took it in turns to kick the ball off the front wall. If it reached the back wall or your opponent didn't get it to the front wall, you scored.

[JeMeSouviens]

Getting first pick when selecting teams. 2 captains (acknowledged best players present) would walk toward one another one step at a time, putting their feet heel after toe. The one who's foot overlapped the other when they met won first pick. Can't remember if this process had a name?

[CropleyWasGod]

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Getting first pick when selecting teams. 2 captains (acknowledged best players present) would walk toward one another one step at a time, putting their feet heel after toe. The one who's foot overlapped the other when they met won first pick. Can't remember if this process had a name?

Tic tac.....

[JeMeSouviens]

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Tic tac.....

Of course!

[WeeRussell]

Tic-tac for first pick
Goal aboot in goals.. unless the one guy you knew who was a keeper turned up
Hits it gets it
Play to the real football pitch touchline on one side, and about a yard away from the trees on the other.
Full time when it's dark, unless numbers are ruined with too many folk with strict parents who have to go hame for tea.

Game on.

Oh and in more recent times - keep that egg-shaped baw away from the pitch.

[Firestarter]

5 and a kick in.

Have to score past the goalie on a volley or a header, if the goalie lets in 5 consecutive goals he gets a kick up the arse from all participants. Should an outfield player hit the ball wide or the keeper catches the shot and doesn't drop it that player swaps and becomes goalie.

If the goalie lets in 10 consecutive goals they get 2 kicks up the arse and if unfortunate to let in 15 they have to run the gauntlet which means they have to run through a row of all the players, two of them facing each other, getting kicked and punched below head height.

[One Day Soon]

'Pairs'

Fixed goalie and as many pairs as you could make up from whoever turned up at the park that afternoon/night. I can remember some mental games with seven or eight pairs - we should just have played proper sides.

3 goals from a pair to get through to next round, last pair eliminated each round. Each player in the pair had to touch the ball before you could score.

Played at the top end of Libby Park. Anyone responsible for kicking the ball into the reservoir had to be the one to go get it. Since it had a high wall and plenty of barbed wire it was always a welcome rest after ages of playing in the baking sun.


'Crossbar'

Two players, one either side of the goals. You have to try to hit the cross bar to score a point, first to 15 wins. You're not allowed to control the ball when it comes to you, you only get to touch it one. No pints for goalposts.


'Mr Kickie'

Also known as shapes. Two players or two teams of two. Played in the school playground of St Cat's, Gracemount, against either of the gable ends of the two-floor blocks. As with 'Crossbar' only one touch allowed from wherever the ball ends up (or you could try to take your kick while the ball was moving off the wall rebound). A tricky game because it was on the same space that was used for British Bulldogs (and, later, the much, much more mental British Bullfrogs) and occasionally would take place at the same time as British Bulldogs/Bullfrogs for extra mayhem. Object of the game was to hit the wall from your kick, miss three times and you're out and someone else slots in.

'Seals'

You and your mates are knackered after a long jumpers for goalposts game. The game peters out and you sit on the grass talking crap knowing it isn't going to restart that afternoon/evening. At some point someone grabs the ball and shouts Seals! which means that they can kick the ball as hard as they like at the group of you sitting and lying on the ground. Rules: Only two seal-cullers allowed, everyone else has to be a seal. Once the culling starts the cullers are allowed one touch to control the ball and then one kick, taking it turns about to try to hit you. Seals must remain sitting or flat on the ground and on the same spot. Seals can rotate on the spot toward the culler taking the kick but cannot run away, stand up or hide behind someone else unless they are already naturally in front of them.

'Long Bangers'

Two guys, shots at each other's goals across the width of a pitch with only one touch and then a kick allowed. Played until you were too knackered to carry on.

[Mr White]

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5 and a kick in.

Have to score past the goalie on a volley or a header, if the goalie lets in 5 consecutive goals he gets a kick up the arse from all participants. Should an outfield player hit the ball wide or the keeper catches the shot and doesn't drop it that player swaps and becomes goalie.

If the goalie lets in 10 consecutive goals they get 2 kicks up the arse and if unfortunate to let in 15 they have to run the gauntlet which means they have to run through a row of all the players, two of them facing each other, getting kicked and punched below head height.

And we wonder why Scottish football has been left behind by other smaller nations

[One Day Soon]

After you've done tic tac toe and picked sides any other guys arriving later get allocated on the basis of either: a negotiation as to the new arrival's ability relative to the current teams and therefore involving fantasy football league style trading of players in the existing teams or on the basis of two wee guys for one big guy.

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When playing English teams it was always Man Utd V Liverpool.

Nah - we had Spurs and Arsenal. There was a lad Jim from Berwick-on-Tweed who supported Spurs, and some of the Hibees among us supported Arsenal - their strip looked exactly like a Hibs strip on B&W TV. There was one fanatical Liverpool supporter but we just hit him till he shut up.

Sometimes we'd play a series of games 5 minutes each way - quarter-finals, semis and then 10 each way for the final either Scottish or FA Cup, choosing teams for each 'tie'. Anyone suggesting Leeds Utd in the FA Cup either had to withdraw the suggestion, play on his own against the rest of us, or leave. Everybody especially one guy from Yorkshire HATED Leeds Utd.

Accrington Stanley won the FA Cup twice - can't remember who they beat, but Jim and I were stars for them on both occasions.

[-Jonesy-]

"Heiders and Volleys"

Everyone against one goalkeeper. Ball Crossed in corner style and players can only score with a header or volley, but only counts if struck outside the arbitrary 6 yard(more like 10) line. If inside the 6 yard box, a goal would only count if scored with a "fancy" i.e. Overhead, scissors kick, back heel volley or diving header. Player who misses or is saved with three attempts takes next turn in goal. If keeper catches, not punches, cross it counted as a save against the crosser. The ball could also be kept "alive" between outfield players so long as it didn't touch the ground, which led to some sublime keepy uppy skills.

Quality game

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'Pairs'

Fixed goalie and as many pairs as you could make up from whoever turned up at the park that afternoon/night. I can remember some mental games with seven or eight pairs - we should just have played proper sides.

3 goals from a pair to get through to next round, last pair eliminated each round. Each player in the pair had to touch the ball before you could score.

Played at the top end of Libby Park. Anyone responsible for kicking the ball into the reservoir had to be the one to go get it. Since it had a high wall and plenty of barbed wire it was always a welcome rest after ages of playing in the baking sun.


'Crossbar'

Two players, one either side of the goals. You have to try to hit the cross bar to score a point, first to 15 wins. You're not allowed to control the ball when it comes to you, you only get to touch it one. No pints for goalposts.


'Mr Kickie'

Also known as shapes. Two players or two teams of two. Played in the school playground of St Cat's, Gracemount, against either of the gable ends of the two-floor blocks. As with 'Crossbar' only one touch allowed from wherever the ball ends up (or you could try to take your kick while the ball was moving off the wall rebound). A tricky game because it was on the same space that was used for British Bulldogs (and, later, the much, much more mental British Bullfrogs) and occasionally would take place at the same time as British Bulldogs/Bullfrogs for extra mayhem. Object of the game was to hit the wall from your kick, miss three times and you're out and someone else slots in.

'Seals'

You and your mates are knackered after a long jumpers for goalposts game. The game peters out and you sit on the grass talking crap knowing it isn't going to restart that afternoon/evening. At some point someone grabs the ball and shouts Seals! which means that they can kick the ball as hard as they like at the group of you sitting and lying on the ground. Rules: Only two seal-cullers allowed, everyone else has to be a seal. Once the culling starts the cullers are allowed one touch to control the ball and then one kick, taking it turns about to try to hit you. Seals must remain sitting or flat on the ground and on the same spot. Seals can rotate on the spot toward the culler taking the kick but cannot run away, stand up or hide behind someone else unless they are already naturally in front of them.

'Long Bangers'

Two guys, shots at each other's goals across the width of a pitch with only one touch and then a kick allowed. Played until you were too knackered to carry on.

You were a bit young for PINTS, weren't you? The bar staff in our village knew all our ages ...

[Firestarter]

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And we wonder why Scottish football has been left behind by other smaller nations

[Smartie]

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And we wonder why Scottish football has been left behind by other smaller nations

Surely it's because in Scotland you've gone all snowflake whereas other nations are still allowed to use the aforementioned character-building, behaviour-shaping techniques?

T.Butcher

Ipswich

[HoboHarry]

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You were a bit young for PINTS, weren't you? The bar staff in our village knew all our ages ...

Bar staff in my local knew our ages as well but they turned a blind eye if you were a good darts player.......

[Roxyhibee]

A goalie who could come out and play if that team was a man short was called a 'backie ann' .

Playing crossing with just maybe 3 of us - the 2 strikers could only score with a volley or 'fancy flick' - or set up a Willie Carr.

Knockout - 5 have turned up and 2 pairs play against each other with one goalie stopping.

Everything else has been brilliantly covered here and I recognise it all.

Great thread.

[Smartie]

Donkey

Game often reverted to finish off once the players had got fed up with any one of the above games.

Players stand in a circle doing group keepie-uppies. Whenever the ball is allowed to touch the ground, the player most culpable for it touching the ground (as decided by all the other players) is allocated a letter from the word "donkey". When a player accumulates enough letters to spell the word "donkey" every other player gets to aim a free shot at the donkey's backside whilst they are bent over.

Negative reinforcement that did wonders for my first touch.

[lyonhibs]

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Tic tac.....

No ladders!!! That was a shout when tic tac was ongoing but I'll be damned if I can remember what it referred to..........

[MyJo]

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No ladders!!! That was a shout when tic tac was ongoing but I'll be damned if I can remember what it referred to..........

Was that not when you could try for lying down keeping your feet in the same position to reach the other persons feet with your hand?

[Hibernia&Alba]

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"World Cup". A game where each player was designated a different team in the World Cup, usually based on age (oldest got Brazil, youngest got El Salvador), you had 1 set of goals and the goalie would boot the ball as far as he could and all the other players would compete to score. Magic

We used to have 'every man for hisel' and 'doubles'. Singles was one goalie and knockout rounds; score to go through, last man eliminated. Same rules for doubles. We didn't call it World Cup though.

[Hibernia&Alba]

Eating your dinner like a starving hyena so you had an extra ten minutes of play, as your maw commented on your table manners

[lord bunberry]

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5 and a kick in.

Have to score past the goalie on a volley or a header, if the goalie lets in 5 consecutive goals he gets a kick up the arse from all participants. Should an outfield player hit the ball wide or the keeper catches the shot and doesn't drop it that player swaps and becomes goalie.

If the goalie lets in 10 consecutive goals they get 2 kicks up the arse and if unfortunate to let in 15 they have to run the gauntlet which means they have to run through a row of all the players, two of them facing each other, getting kicked and punched below head height.

We had a similar game, you had to score three volleys or heeders. If you scored three the keeper had to bend over and the other players were allowed to have a free shot at kicking the ball at the keepers arse. If one of the players put a shot wide they had to go in goals and the counter was reset.
Great days

[Firestarter]

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We had a similar game, you had to score three volleys or heeders. If you scored three the keeper had to bend over and the other players were allowed to have a free shot at kicking the ball at the keepers arse. If one of the players put a shot wide they had to go in goals and the counter was reset.
Great days

Hot ass I believe great way of practicing precision.

[NORTHERNHIBBY]

Can remember telling a boy that Argentina had a star player called Fray Bentos. He chose him when someone else had chosen to be Pele.

[JeMeSouviens]

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We used to have 'every man for hisel' and 'doubles'. Singles was one goalie and knockout rounds; score to go through, last man eliminated. Same rules for doubles. We didn't call it World Cup though.

I remember it at first got called world cup singles and world cup doubles by us (around the time of the 78 world cup I think) but just ended up as singles and doubles after that.

[JeMeSouviens]

Remember trying to ping the ball off the "no ball games" sign attached to the school fence to wind up the grumpy bugger whose garden backed on to it.

Getting the ball back from in there was an SAS style mission.

[-Jonesy-]

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Was that not when you could try for lying down keeping your feet in the same position to reach the other persons feet with your hand?

We called that a lamp post

[IlDiavola]

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Can remember telling a boy that Argentina had a star player called Fray Bentos. He chose him when someone else had chosen to be Pele.

My dad told me that there were two teams from Turin - Juventus and Fray Bentos

Worst bit is, I believed him.