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Summer Tournaments
ALL TOURNAMENTS/GALAS/FESTIVALS
Our website has all the information on this year’s tournaments, please click here to see what’s happening in and around West Riding.
If you are hosting an event, it must be sanctioned by the County FA to ensure the event is covered by Public Liability Insurance. A simple document is available for you to download, complete and submit to us on the Summer Tournaments page on our website.
Running an event you’d like to promote? Please e-mail the details to info@westridingfa.com and we’ll add it to our website.
U6 Football
The lowest age group that is permitted to play organised fixtures is U7, any events that contain U6 fixtures will not be sanctioned. In accordance with The FA’s Standard Code of Rules (Youth):
Rule 18 (C) A child who has not attained the age of 6 shall not play, and shall not be permitted or encouraged to play, in a match of any kind.
The relevant age for each Player is determined by his or her age as at midnight on 31 August of the relevant Playing Season i.e. children who are aged 6 as at midnight on 31 August in a Playing Season (together with those who attain the age of 6 during the Playing Season) will be classed as Under 7 Players for that Playing Season. Children who are aged 7 as at midnight on 31 August in a Playing Season will be classed as Under 8 Players for that Playing Season, and so on.
Notwithstanding the above, a child is permitted to play up in the age group above his or her chronological age group, irrespective of any changes of format or competition structure, save that a child who attains the age of 6 after 31 August is permitted to play only in the Under 7 age group, and may not play in the Under 8 age group, for that Playing Season.
The age groups that children are eligible to play in are set out in the table below, along with the permitted football formats for each of those age groups. Children shall not play, and shall not be permitted or encouraged to play, in a match between sides of more than the stated number of players, according to their age group:
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Age on 31 August of the relevant Playing Season |
Eligible Age Groups |
Maximum Permitted Format |
Minimum Pitch Sizes |
Maximum Pitch Sizes |
Recommended Goal Sizes in feet |
Ball Size |
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Yards |
Metres |
Yards |
Metres |
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6 |
Under 7 |
5v5 |
30 x 20 |
27.45 x 18.3 |
40 x 30 |
36.3 x 27.45 |
12 x 6 |
3 |
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Under 8 |
30 x 20 |
27.45 x 18.3 |
40 x 30 |
36.3 x 27.45 |
12 x 6 |
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7 |
Under 8 |
5v5 |
30 x 20 |
27.45 x 18.3 |
40 x 30 |
36.3 x 27.45 |
12 x 6 |
3 |
|
Under 9 |
7v7 |
50 x 30 |
45.75 x 27.45 |
60 x 40 |
54.9 x 36.6 |
12 x 6 |
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8 |
Under 9 |
7v7 |
50 x 30 |
45.75 x 27.45 |
60 x 40 |
54.9 x 36.6 |
12 x 6 |
3 |
|
Under 10 |
50 x 30 |
45.75 x 27.45 |
60 x 40 |
54.9 x 36.6 |
12 x 6 |
4 |
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9 |
Under 10 |
7v7 |
50 x 30 |
45.75 x 27.45 |
60 x 40 |
54.9 x 36.6 |
12 x 6 |
4 |
|
Under 11 |
9v9 |
70 x 40 |
64 x 36.6 |
80 x 50 |
73.15 x 45.75 |
16 x 7 |
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10 |
Under 11 |
9v9 |
70 x 40 |
64 x 36.6 |
80 x 50 |
73.15 x 45.75 |
16 x 7 |
4 |
|
Under 12 |
70 x 40 |
64 x 36.6 |
80 x 50 |
73.15 x 45.75 |
16 x 7 |
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11 |
Under 12 |
9v9 |
70 x 40 |
64 x 36.6 |
80 x 50 |
73.15 x 45.75 |
16 x 7 |
4 |
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Under 13 |
11v11 |
90 x 50 |
82.3 x 45.75 |
100 x 60 |
91.44 x 54.9 |
21 x 7 |
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12 |
Under 13 |
11v11 |
90 x 50 |
82.3 x 45.75 |
100 x 60 |
91.44 x 54.9 |
21 x 7 |
4 |
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Under 14 |
90 x 50 |
82.3 x 45.75 |
100 x 60 |
91.44 x 54.9 |
21 x 7 |
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13 |
Under 14 |
11v11 |
90 x 50 |
82.3 x 45.75 |
100 x 60 |
91.44 x 54.9 |
21 x 7 |
4 |
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Under 15 |
90 x 50 |
82.3 x 45.75 |
110 x 70 |
100.58 x 64 |
24 x 8 |
5 |
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14 |
Under 15 |
11v11 |
90 x 50 |
82.3 x 45.75 |
110 x 70 |
100.58 x 64 |
24 x 8 |
5 |
|
Under 16 |
90 x 50 |
82.3 x 45.75 |
110 x 70 |
100.58 x 64 |
24 x 8 |
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15 |
Under 16 |
11v11 |
90 x 50 |
82.3 x 45.75 |
110 x 70 |
100.58 x 64 |
24 x 8 |
5 |
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Under 17 |
100 x 50 |
91.44 x 45.75 |
130 x 100 |
118.87 x 91.44 |
24 x 8 |
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Under 18 |
100 x 50 |
91.44 x 45.75 |
130 x 100 |
118.87 x 91.44 |
24 x 8 |
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16 |
Under 17 |
11v11 |
100 x 50 |
91.44 x 45.75 |
130 x 100 |
118.87 x 91.44 |
24 x 8 |
5 |
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Under 18
|
100 x 50 |
91.44 x 45.75 |
130 x 100 |
118.87 x 91.44 |
24 x 8 |
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Open Age |
100 x 50 |
91.44 x 45.75 |
130 x 100 |
118.87 x 91.44 |
24 x 8 |
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For any further information or queries, please contact info@westridingfa.com or 01132 821222 (option 1 – Football Services).