U13 Friday Night Football Rules

Monaghan U13 Friday Night Football Under Lights

Playing Rules:

• 7 a side – Panel of 10.
• Players to pull sock up on non dominant foot, wear a band on non dominant hand.
• 2 touch rule , 2 solos or 1 hop 1 solo.
• Whoever is fouled takes the free.
• Players can be substituted at any time, however they must enter / leave the field of play from area marked out at side of pitch @ midfield.
• The goalkeeper has to be wearing a distinctive jersey.
• 45’s can be taken from the ground or hand at the half way point on the pitch.
• Encourage clubs to rotate players to play in different positions at half time and start of each new game.
• All other full rules apply.
• Top team from each group goes into Semi Final.

Scoring System:

• All Goals are equal to 1 point.
• Points kicked/fisted with dominant Foot/Hand are worth 1 point.
• Points kicked/fisted with non dominant Foot/Hand are worth 2 points.
• Points kicked with either foot from outside marked area (25m)  is worth 3pts

Regulations:

• The age limits are: over 11 and under 13 years of age on January 1^st of the year of the competition.

• In the Group stages: 2 pts for a win.
• The width of the pitch should be 40 metres and the length of the pitch is from one sideline to the other. 
• Size 4 Footballs must be used.

• Top team from each group goes into Semi Final.

• Discipline

A)    A player dismissed for 2 yellow card offences will not be eligible to play for the remainder of the game but will be eligible to play in following games.  A player dismissed for the second time in the competition having received 2 yellow cards cannot play in the rest of the competition and will be dealt with under the normal GAA disciplinary procedures. 

B) A player dismissed following a straight red card offence cannot play in the rest of the competition and will be dealt with under the normal GAA disciplinary procedures.