SSF Referees

Capalaba Football Club are looking for SSF Referees for the 2010 season.
Become a referee and get paid by the club to referee at Capalaba.

• All training provided free of charge.
• Parents education for basic rules.

Enquiries can be made to Chris Hindes on 0437 110 056 or email chris@sigjam.com

Please select from the left hand menu for SSF Referee Allocations.

Below is a memo from Football Brisbane regarding consistency in Small Sided Football.

Memo 

To:              Club Secretary 

Date:           27/04/2010 

Subject:      10-22 – SSF Consistency 

Dear Clubs, 

Goalkeeper: 

The goalkeeper is allowed to handle the ball anywhere in the penalty area. To restart play after a 

save or gathering the ball with their hands, the goalkeeper is not allowed to kick or drop kick the 

ball directly from their hands. The ball must be thrown or rolled from the hands or played from the 

ground with their feet, within 6 seconds. Opponents must be at least 5m outside the penalty area 

and cannot move inside the penalty area until the ball is in play. The ball is in play once it moves 

out of the penalty area. 

Players other than the goalkeeper inside the penalty area (U8-U10): Players are allowed to enter 

the penalty area during a game.  

Football Brisbane encourages clubs to implement the following recommendation: 

When an individual player is completely dominating the game and has already scored three goals 

and their team is winning by a three-goal margin, he/she can only score another goal when one of 

their team-mates has scored a goal. This is to encourage good players to include other members 

of their team and to force them to create opportunities for others.  

Ball crossing the touch line: 

U6 – U7: There is no throw in. A player from the opposing team to the player that touched the ball 

last will place the ball on the touch line and pass or dribble the ball into play. Opponents must be at 

least 5m away from the ball until it is in play. The ball must touch a team mate before a goal can be 

scored. 

U8-U10: Throw in: Player faces the field of play, has part of each foot on the ground either on or 

behind the touch line, uses both hands and delivers the ball from behind and over their head. The 

thrower must not touch the ball again until it has touched another player. Opponents must be at 

least 5m away from the ball until it is in play. The ball is in play once it enters the field of play. A 

goal cannot be scored directly from a throw in. 

Offside – There is no offside in SSF.

Please note the following: 

In the Under 8 – 10 age groups, team coaches and managers should strongly discourage children 

from permanently standing in blatant offside positions. In the Under age group children should be 

made aware of the offside rule during training and be encouraged to adopt this philosophy during 

the game at all times. Instructing referees should direct players permanently standing in blatant 

offside positions to move into onside positions.      

The start of play and restart after a goal: 

Pass forward to a team mate from the middle of the half way line. All players must be in their own 

half of the field of play. Opponents must be at least 5m away from the ball until it is in play. The ball 

must touch a team mate before a goal can be scored. 

Regards

Reuben Robertson 

General Manager