All
football games will be played on pitches 60 by 30
metres and surrounded by perimeter boards.
Each match will be eight minutes each way.
Each football team can use a squad of nine players
for each game, with a maximum of six on the pitch
at any one time. An unlimited number of substitutions
can be made by each team at any time during the
game.
At least one footballer must be in the opposition's
half at all times or a free-kick will be awarded
to the opposition on the halfway line. This rule
does not apply to a team which has had a player
sent off.
There is no offside.
All free kicks must take place within five seconds
or the decision is reversed. The opposition must
be five metres away at free kicks.
No minor injuries will be treated on the pitch.
The clock will only be stopped for serious injury
or time wasting.
Sin bin will be used in an unofficial capacity for
yellow card offences. The referee will suggest the
player leaves the pitch for two minutes.
Any player who receives a red card will be sent
off immediately, cannot be replaced and will be
banned for the next match. In the most extreme of
cases, players will be banned from playing Masters
football indefinately.
Emergency loans
Emergency loans can be used in extreme circumstances
when, due to a last minute withdrawal, no other
available player can be found who represented the
club in question. In order to qualify as an emergency
loan player, a player must have held a professional
contract during their career and no club for which
he played can be represented in that year's Masters
competition.
