Football
Organiser/Contact:
Football Section Records:
Mixed League – Graham Charles gcharlessport@gmail.com
Girls’ League – Truan Cothey
(Wolverhampton Grammar school)
Mixed Football 2024-25
Entries for the Mixed and Girls’ Football are now open and can be made either via the link below or by emailing the organisers named above. The closing date for entries to the mixed football is Friday 13th September.
Competition Rules
Teams are 9-a-side and in the mixed league can contain both boys and girls. Full rules apply including offside. All teams both home and away must be accompanied by a teacher, Matches should be refereed by a member of staff employed by either school (either a teacher or support staff or from another school in the authority as schools have often used the experience of other teachers) or a FA qualified referee, if schools are using a qualified referee from outside the school please make your opposition aware of this.
Parents are encouraged to help coach teams and are appreciated in this role but cannot have full responsibility for the conduct and safety of the children or refereeing.
Matches are to be 15 or 20 minutes each way (unless agreed differently by both staff in charge because of light conditions or weather)
If schools wish to they can arrange to play two or three matches on one night as a group to reduce travelling issues.
Matches should only be cancelled by home teams for adverse weather or the condition of the pitch. The home member of staff is expected to ensure the safety of the players.
Substitutes are once again roll-on, roll-off and a size 4 football should be used.
If two schools cannot agree on a date then the match will be recorded as a draw.
The following rules also apply:
If the goal difference between the two teams reaches 4, then the losing team may bring on an extra player.
If the goal difference reaches 6, then the losing team may bring on another additional player.
If the goal difference falls below 6, then the losing team takes one player off.
If the goal difference falls below 4 then the losing team takes a player off so both teams have equal numbers again.
GOAL KICK PROCEDURE
When a player of the defending team kicks the ball from any point within the penalty area, opponents must retreat to their own half until the ball is in play. However, the defending team does not have to wait for the opposition to retreat and has the option to restart the game sooner if they choose to. The ball is only in play when it has left the penalty area.
Mixed Football Winners 2023-24
In the mixed football leagues the winners were:
League 1 - Trinity
League 2 - St. Anthony’s
League 3 - St Stephen’s
League 4 - Castlecroft
League 5 - West Park
League 6 - Bilston CE and Wilkinson
League 7 - Stow Heath
League 8 - Elston Hall and Villiers
In the City Championship Play off Quarter Finals the results were:
Elston Hall 1 St Stephen’s 0
Wilkinson 2 Trinity 7
St Anthony’s 1 Castlecroft 0
West Park 1 Stow Heath 2
In the semi Finals the results were:
Stow Heath 4 St Anthonys RC 1
Elston Hall 0 Trinity 1
The Final between Trinity and Stow Heath saw Trinity emerge as City Champions for the first time since 2007.
Trinity 5 Stow Heath 1
Girls’ Football 2023-24
In the Girls’ League the winners were
League 1 - Perry Hall
League 2 - Bilston CE
League 3- Woodthorne
League 4 - Elston Hall
The semi finals of the City Championship were
Elston Hall 0 Woodthorne 7
Bilston 0 Perry Hall 1
In the Final between Woodthorne and Perry Hall an exciting game saw Woodthorne emerge victorious 2-0 to become City Champions.
Mixed League (9-a-side)
Girls League (9-a-side)
Blakemore Cup 7-a-Side
The Mixed Final was held at Compton Park on March 6th and the girls’ Final was on April 16th at Our Lady and St Chads