In olden days

....when England were nowt but fields n firms n streets where we learned t'play our game, long before academies took over, from our mates and the local bullies, churning out suthern softy players for millions a head.

What were the favourite kickabout games of your childhood? Downing 20/20 and losing your virginity behind the youth club toilets doesn't count has to be footy based.

Names and Rules please here's a few to start the ball rolling. I'm sure some of the games will be the same but have different yocal names, happy to get these too.

Knock-si-Outsy:

Rules:

One on One knockout against one goalie in one goal.

Play goes on until one player has failed to score he's the official loser of that round and sits out contemplating self esteem and weight issues until his peers get knocked out too and he doesn't feel a complete knorbb-ed

Rounds continue until the final 1 v 1 game, players have to score 2 or 3 goals to win the final.

Edders n Volleys:

Played in one goal.

Goalie starts on 6, outfield players start on 5.

Players can score only from a volley or header, chipped up by a team mate, outside of the 6 yard area and only from a header in the 6 yard area.

You lose a life every time you're scored against. When in goal if you intercept a cross, save a header/volley or yer mates Jason Lee it and miss you come out and the player who missed, last touched the ball or you saved it from, is in goal.

Spot (or Wall-y maybe???)

Played against a large brick wall somewhere where the dinner ladies and teachers wouldn't ball lock you.

The whole wall is the goal unless it were a reyt biggun then jumpers for goalposts.

Rules:

Game begins with empty wall and tennis ball.

1st Player takes a spot kick everyone lines up behind him/her. remembering the order of shot taking to a tee.

After the spot the game is in play, you have one touch only to hit the ball back against the wall. If you scuff it, miss or your wan quer friends tw.t it somewhere where the rebound is too difficult to get to. You're on the wall.

NB: you don't have to wait for the ball to stop before making your attempt to reach the wall with the owd ball.

Once the first loser misses the next up in the queue has to go back to taking a spot kick. If the muppet on the wall saves it, then t'uther fella is on the wall too and another spot kick for the next in line happens.

If the player scores it's the same as before only the player on the wall has to not get hit by the ball either on the rebound or from the shot. If the to55ers do get hit then they're on for the next game, more if they get hit more than once. The only way they can take part in the next round once hit, is if they save a spot kick that chalks off one of their games they should have been starting on the wall.

Play continues until someone misses or can't make the shot or gets the ball cheekily kicked at them in open play by another player. (Rebounds were good for doing this after the player had taken his shot and was trying to run back into the queue).

If it's a 'spot' the people on the wall try and save the ball, if it's in play the people on the wall try and dodge it.

Eventually the wall fills up and the winner is the last player not to miss, get hit or get their spot saved.

Birthday Balls:

Rules:

On a mates birthday. 6 mates grab one leg, 6 the other, he's dragged one leg either side of the goalposts until his voice goes back to pre-puberty levels.

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