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Futsal Rules (Somebody learn this and tell me on game day)

Knowledge of Rules

The laws of indoor soccer that apply at a venue operated by the Albert Park Indoor Sports Centre (APISC) or Beeview Sports are those of FIFA unless a rule of the Centre provides otherwise. In those cases where there is conflict between a general law and a rule of the Centre the Centre’s rule will prevail. It is the responsibility of each player to be familiar with these rules.

Duration of a Game

A game shall consist of two eighteen minute halves. Teams will change ends at half time. There will be a maximum two minute break at half time.

A game is started and finished by the referee’s whistle. Kick off is decided by the toss of a coin.

Unless APISC determines otherwise a competition will be scheduled over a 15 week season. Finals will be played over two weeks.

Fees Payment

APISC shall determine the game fees that it shall receive from time to time. The fees for a match consist of a team’s payment to APISC and a team’s payment to the referee. A team must be paid up at least ten minutes before its game is scheduled to commence. Match fees, including a team’s referee’s fees, are non-refundable.

APISC shall deduct 2 premiership points from a team’s total points if it does not pay its game fees in full on the night of a game. Points will continue to be deducted at APISC’s discretion until full payment is received.

Match fees apply any time a team plays a fixtured match or plays a scratch match.

Registration and Last Game Bond

Upon entering a competition teams shall pay a last game bond and a registration fee as determined by APISC. Both fees are non-refundable. These fees must be paid prior to the seasons’ commencement.

A registration fee is to be paid by the first game of each season, otherwise APISC shall deduct 2 points from a team’s total for each week that the fee is outstanding.

Each team must mark its participating players on the team registration card before each game.

Last Game Bond

Before it commences a season teams must pay a non-refundable last game bond fee equivalent to the team’s fees for a match. The last game bond will be used to pay match fees if a team forfeits during a season; otherwise, if a team has no forfeits, the bond will be used to pay the team’s fees in the last round of a season before the season’s finals. APISC shall deduct 2 points from a team’s total for each week that the fee is outstanding.

Outstanding Money

Any team with outstanding money owing to APISC is not eligible for finals.

Times of Games

The times at which games are fixtured shall be determined by APISC and it may vary them without notice in the event of unforeseen circumstances.

Teams are to be on court at the time fixtured for the start of their game. The clock will be started at the fixtured time to ensure that all teams can play their full game from their fixtured time. Failure to be on court at the fixtured time will result in a one goal penalty. Thereafter teams will lose one goal at three minutes and six minutes for lateness with the game being abandoned after nine minutes has elapsed. Teams who have members running late must take the court when they have the minimum of three players so that the referee can start the game.

An automatic forfeit will apply if a team is not on court within nine minutes of the fixtured start time.

Points

Teams shall be awarded 4 points for a win, 2 points for a tie and 2 points for s bye.

Teams shall lose 4 points for a loss on forfeit and 8 points for playing red card players.

Teams having a win on forfeit will only receive four points if they play an organised scratch match. No points shall be awarded if a team does not participate in a scratch match organised by APISC. If Centre management cannot organise a scratch match, the non forfeiting team shall receive four points.

Forfeit

A team will be regarded as forfeiting a match if, of its own volition, it does not play a match that APISC has scheduled for it in a competition. Forfeiting teams forfeit their last game bond. In addition, teams that forfeit on the day of scheduled play will have to pay a penalty equal to a team’s game fees if a “scratch match” cannot be organized for their opponents. A forfeiting team will have four premiership points deducted and will be required to reinstate its last game bond.

Any fees arising as penalties as a result of a forfeit must be paid prior to the start of the next fixtured game otherwise 2 points may be deducted each week until any arrears are paid.

Finals

All finals dates will be posted on the notice board. These games will not change. Finals times will be given out 2 weeks before finals commence.

A player, who may have played in more than one team in the same division, can only qualify for one team in the finals for that division.

In a 14 game draw, a player must play 5 games to qualify for finals. In a 10 game draw, a player must play 4 games to qualify. In a 6 game draw, a player must play 3 games to qualify for finals. Byes and forfeits may only count for games played if they occur after the date a player plays their first registered game. Then only a maximum of either two byes or forfeits or combination of both will be counted as games played.

The total points that it has received during the course of the competition will determine a team’s position on the ladder. If two or more teams are on the same points at the end of the season, the position on the ladder will be determined by a team’s number of wins at the end of the season. If teams have the same number of wins the ladder position will be determined by the goal difference (amount of goals scored by a team through a season less the goals scored against the team).

In finals, if there is a draw at full time, teams will play until a goal is scored with an extra 3 minutes at each end. When a goal is scored the scoring team shall be the winner. If after the six minutes extra time the score is still level, the result will be determined by a goal shoot out of five nominated team members.

Teams are allotted 7 trophies per team (Premiers and Runners Up) for the Finals Series. APISC will provide at cost more trophies if a team requires.

Teams

A team must have three players for a game to start. No more than five players will be allowed on court at any time. A team may have up to five substitutes.

Mixed teams must not have more than 3 males on the court.

Injuries

The need to minimise disruption for subsequent games means that, except in finals, there is no extra time for time out in this competition. An injured player must leave the court as soon as reasonably possible so that play may continue. Once an injured player leaves the court his or her position may be filled with a substituted player.

If a player is bleeding he or she must vacate the court immediately and cannot return until the bleeding has stopped.

Uniforms

All team members except the goal-keeper must wear the same colour tops. Tops must be numbered. Except for the goal keeper, all team members must wear the same colour shorts. Shorts must be sports or soccer shorts and have no outside pockets. For each incorrect uniform item including no-numbers on tops, teams will lose 1 goal to a maximum of 3 goals for a game. Teams will be given 3 weeks to organise their uniforms before the penalties apply.

Goal keepers who become general field players by substitution are to change to the team’s uniform.

Jewellery is not part of the uniform and is not to be worn during a game. In addition to the penalties attached to the wearing of incorrectly coloured or inappropriate items teams which commence play with a member wearing jewellery will not be permitted to continue play until the team member sheds the item. The penalties that apply to a late start will apply from the moment that the jewellery item is detected until the moment that the game recommences.

The wearing of peaked hats or caps in the course of play shall be treated as the wearing of jewellery.

Except for the goalkeeper, track suit pants are not allowed except by prior written arrangement with APISC management.

Uniform penalties will apply to ‘fill ins’ who are not in the team’s colours. This does not apply to players provided by the Centre as a substitute.

All players must wear non-marking rubber soled shoes. Shoes with raised eyelets are not allowed.

Singlets and tank tops are not permitted.

Unacceptable Language

Swearing, bad language, racist comments are unacceptable at APISC and are treated as red card offences.

A player who uses unacceptable language will not be warned, but will concede a penalty to the opposition and will be asked to leave the court immediately and will not be allowed back on to the court for the rest of the game.

The position of offending player’s sent off court cannot be filled unless the offending player was a goal keeper. One on field player only may change to goal keeper in this instance, but the remaining players may not change position.

The referee will ask spectators (including players not on the pitch) who use unacceptable language to leave the premises. Failure to do so will result in the game being abandoned and the offending team deemed to have lost on forfeit.

Red Card

Two yellow cards in one match denote a red card.

If a player receives a red card, he or she must vacate the court immediately and is suspended from playing in the competition for one week. He or she cannot be replaced for the remainder of the game in which the red card offence occurs.

Should a red card player continue to abuse a referee after being sent off the player will be suspended for two weeks.

If a captain allows or replaces a suspended player on the court, the team will lose 8 premiership points and the captain will be suspended for 2 games.

Any player who receives 3 red cards will be suspended from the competition for the rest of the season. Any player who receives a red card will be automatically suspended from winning any Best & Fairest Award.

GAME RULES

Referee

There shall be one referee per match. The match referee is responsible for all events on and surrounding a court between the end of one game and the start of another.

Referees are independent service providers employed by the teams. However, the Centre expects that referees will not act in a manner contrary to the Centre’s interests. When, in the opinion of Centre management acting reasonably, a referee is acting contrary to the Centre’s interest, management may intervene and do all that is necessary to preserve the Centre’s interest.

If a player abuses or shows dissent towards a referee the offending player will be asked to leave the court and will not be allowed back on the court for the rest of the game. An offending player’s position cannot be filled unless the offending player was goal keeper. One player only may change to goal keeper in this instance, but the remaining players may not change position.

If a player persists in abusive behaviour after being asked to leave the court the player will be asked to leave the premises.

Any queries that players may have about rules and their interpretations are only to be asked of the referee at half or full time. In the course of play a referee’s decision is final.

If a player becomes too aggressive on court, at the referee’s discretion and in lieu of a red or yellow card, he or she may be sent from the court for a cooling off period of 5 minutes. The team will be penalised by playing 4 players only until the cooling off period is finished. The player may retake the court immediately after this cooling off period.

Fighting

Should a fight occur between teams during a game, the game will automatically be stopped. No points will be awarded. There will be no appeal and both teams may be asked to leave the competition.

Kick Off

At the kick off the ball must go forward.

A goal can not be scored directly from kick off.

Area of Play

Players may score goals from anywhere on the court including the goalkeepers D. There are no restricted areas.

Local Playing Conditions

If the ball hits the roof or a light, the game will be restarted by a kick in from the sideline by the non-offending team or by an indirect free kick if the impact occurred as a result of an indiscriminate kick.

If in the opinion of the referee a ball is kicked indiscriminately an indirect free kick shall be awarded to the non-offending team.

Substitution

An on court player may substitute at any time, provided the substitution occurs at the centre line of the court. The on-coming player may not enter the playing court until the on-court player is over the side-line. Goalie substitution can only occur if the goalie has the ball and the referee is notified.

Slide Tackles

Sliding in order to reach the ball to stop it or to tackle a player increases the risk of player injury, sliding is a red card offence. A penalty will be awarded to the opposition.

A goalkeeper may slide in the defence of the goal if he or she begins the slide inside the goalkeeper’s D. If a goalkeeper’s slide continues outside the D the goalkeeper must not make contact with an opponent.

A goalkeeper’s slide must not be reckless, careless or made in a manner that uses excessive force.

Five Metre Rule

This rule applies for all kick ins and free kicks. A defending player must be 5 metres back from where the kick is taken. Any infringing player will receive one warning, then a yellow card. If a quick free kick is taken no defending player who is within 3 metres from the spot can obstruct the kick. This is a yellow card offence and a 3 metre advance free kick.

Players must stand back five metres from the ball when it is brought back into play from:

1. a Kick in, or a Kick off
2. a corner kick
3. by the goalie
4. a free kick

Failure to do so will result in a free kick.

Out of Court

When the ball goes out of court a player must kick the ball back into play by placing the ball on the outside line. The player taking the kick in must be outside the court. Failure to do so will result in the decision being reversed

No goal can be scored with a direct kick from the outside line.

A player has 4 seconds to kick the ball back into the court. Failure to do so will result in a free kick to the opposition.

Penalty Shot on Siren

A penalty shot, awarded on the siren (marking the end of the half or the game) must be played.

In a mixed game where the goalie is female only a female may take a penalty shot.

Goalkeeper

In order for the goalkeeper to handle the ball, the ball and the goalkeeper must be inside the goalkeepers D. The goalkeeper may roll or throw the ball out of the goalkeepers D , or place the ball on the ground before kicking it. The goalkeeper may throw or kick the ball in over half way. If the goalkeeper kicks the ball from his or her hands or drop-kicks the ball, a free kick outside the “D” will be paid against them.

The goalkeeper has 4 seconds to get rid of the ball from the goalkeeper’s area. Failure to do so will result in a free kick outside the “D”. The goalkeeper, once outside the “D”, will be treated as an on field player.

If the goal keeper steps outside the “D” while handling the ball, the opposition will be awarded a penalty kick.

Once the goalkeeper has thrown or kicked the ball back into play they may only touch the ball with their hands if there is a shot on goal by the opposition or the ball has gone over half way.

Highball

Highball is not allowed at the Pit buildings. Highball is allowed at other venues under APISC control.

Highball is defined as a ball being kicked one foot higher than the tallest player on court. A free kick shall be awarded against the team that kicked the highball, from where the kick or header occurred.

Players may not lift their legs above knee high when playing a ball.

Fouls

Red cards will be given and a penalty awarded to the non offending team for:

• Second yellow card offence
• Serious foul play
• Swearing, foul or racist language
• Slide tackling of any nature
• Kicking or charging the goalie
• Professional foul
• Deliberate handball
• Striking

Yellow cards will be rewarded for:

• Shirt pulling
• Tackling from behind
• Pushing
• Pushing from behind.

Yellow cards shall be given if the umpire deems that a player commits any of the above offences and a warning is appropriate. A free kick shall be awarded to the non offending team

Five Direct Free Fouls

Teams may only accumulate five free fouls per half. After and including a sixth foul occurs within a half, a direct free kick shall be awarded outside the D with no wall allowed. If the offence occurs within the Goalie’s D the free kick will be given two metres outside the D.

The player taking the free kick must have a shot at goal. No other players are permitted to touch the ball other than the goalie and the person taking the free kick during this passage of play. Other players may touch the ball once the goalie has returned the ball to the field of play or the ball has rebounded off the goal posts.

Time Wasting

Time wasting will be determined by the referee and will result in a yellow card and a free kick.

Kicking the ball away from the designated play position after the whistle has gone will result in a yellow card and a free kick to the opposition.

Advantage

An advantage may be played at the referee’s discretion even though a prior foul may have occurred.

Equipment

Major interference with the goal in any way shall result in an automatic goal against the offending players team. Additionally, a player hanging on the goal shall be sent off for the duration of the game.

If equipment is damaged through vandalism the player responsible shall bear the cost of repair or replacement.

Miscellaneous

APISC is not affiliated with FIFA or any other group.

No pets are allowed in the building. No bicycles or roller blades are allowed on the courts.

Strictly no smoking in the area of the courts.

Teams are to provide a minimum of three team contacts with home, work and mobile telephone numbers and e-mail address.

Only size 4 indoor soccer balls, as used by APISC can be used on court.

It is the responsibility of team captains to make sure that all players know the time of their games and that team members arrive on time.

During the Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park APISC will make every effort to locate other suitable premises for the conduct of the competition. If APISC cannot find any suitable indoor venues for a competition, games will be fixtured outdoors and the competition conducted outdoors.

Players play at their own risk. APISC accepts no liability for any injury that a player might receive in the course of a game.

Persons who have been asked to leave the Centre and who do not do so immediately will be treated as trespassers.

A game will not be stopped for a player to do up his or her shoelaces.

Ignorance of the rules is no excuse.

Management has the final discretion on any matter connected with the conduct of the Centre.

First Game of the New Era...

6PM SUNDAY DECEMBER 2ND.

Address:
Princess Hill Secondary College
Cnr Paterson St & Garton St,
Carlton North

Getting There:
Melways 29 H11

More details to follow.

What the Hell?! When are we playing Futsal I need my fix ...

Former GSE Captain Ads tells Les Murray: "You're a Bitter Cunt"

Let me jump on the bandwagon and agree with some of the lot that has been said about the Dick Advocaat betrayal and where to from here.

:: Advocaat is a scoundrel. (Come on Les now you sound like a jilted lover, I’m sure you can find someone else’s asshole to lick)

:: Australia needs now to recruit someone who is internationally experienced and respected but doesn’t see the Australian job as his cash yielding retirement gig (not at all like Guus. I hear that he has a real interest in Russian soccer not dirty dirty Abromovich roubles).

:: The new national coach must spend the bulk of his time in Australia and embrace the national ‘mission’, supervising and writing the blueprint for all our national teams, including the women (what the fuck for? Female soccer is liking watch a stripper with one leg you can’t helping watching for a bit but in the end you get bored and feel sick).

:: The Hiddink-sparked Dutch technical method and ideology, adopted by the senior Australian national teams over the past two years, must remain in place in the interests of continuity.

On the first point there is little argument and not much more needs to be said. Advocaat, a Dick by name and character, (lets not start talking about dicks Les) reneged on a word of honour (boo hoo its not the fucking 15th century either sue him for breach of contract or fuck off). Indeed Zenit must be run by buffoons if they are prepared to put under contract a man with such form, who so easily and willingly backed out on previous deals, at least twice. (Yeah they must be fucking idiots. Its not as if he broke the Moscow domination of the Russian domestic lead and took the title to the old Tsarist Capital….ooooh wait he did do that.)

I hope he walks out on them (meeeow, bitch), as he has done on the UAE and Australia, and he probably will at the first sign of crap weather, and there is plenty of that in St Petersburg (fuck you Les, now you’re just bagging a city’s weather. On that premise I don’t think anyone would manage any team in England).

On the second and third points there are surely no arguments either: Australia does need a pedigree coach but it also needs someone who believes in the grander national purpose and who is willing and able to leave a lasting legacy. No quick-buck opportunists need apply.

But the most critical, at least in the immediate sense, is the last point.

Guus Hiddink, remarkably given his short reign, turned the technical culture of our national team on its head. So deep is his imprint that our two most senior national teams, the Socceroos and the Olyroos, 17 months after his departure, insist on playing his way, the ‘Dutch’ way (what the fuck does that mean? Do the play in a red light district smoking pot and giving up and turning coat everytime they play against the Germans).

We saw this in the way the Olyroos overcame Iraq in Gosford and how the Socceroos, in a superbly impressive way, outplayed Nigeria in London.

We have gone Dutch. In both games there was crisp passing, an emphasis on ball possession, the use of wingers (the wingers were in a 4-4-2 formation dipshit. Total Football all the way with that one), sweet movement off the ball and a collective understanding. They were joyous sights and rarely, in both games, did Australia look like losing.

This is a serious legacy of Hiddink and, though he is now gone, it should not be allowed to slip. There is the evolution of a definable technical direction underway, already governing the top end of our football and it should be made to last.

And it is unmistakeably Dutch.

Australia’s technical director is Dutch (no you don’t say. With your wonderful powers of detection why are you wasting time writing articles for the world game when there are thousands of unsolved murders for you to solve. Run Les run). Rob Baan had a huge hand in laying the foundations of the recent Olyroos campaign, bringing a flowing unity to a bunch of youngsters in whom, frankly, not too many of us had much faith.

Graham Arnold, a Hiddink disciple who spent years in Holland as a player, is now continuing Baan’s work.

And it appears that Baan will also have a big hand in authoring the substance and philosophy of our grassroots development, as foreshadowed in the FFA’s recently released national development plan.

The Dutch train is steaming and has reached top speed. It would be crazy to now derail it. And a case of derailing it would be if the new man was of a different technical culture, like a German, or an Italian, a Brazilian or even a Frenchman (proof that Les Murray is a racist).

It would be a case of starting again from scratch and going back two years.(racist)

So who are the Dutchmen the FFA could or should target in the interests of continuing this Dutch semester?

There is no shortage of candidates with reasonable profiles and good credentials. And most of them are available.

The rest of this article is bullshit I have chosen to right no more about it except: Johan Cruyff are you fucking joking? Frank Rijkaard, you must be fucking joking. I can see it now:

“I would like to resign from Barcelona because I would prefer to work with Luke Wilkshire instead of Leo Messi.”

JOHAN CRUYFF
Now steady on. I am not saying the great man would come out of retirement for this gig. But his name cannot be avoided. He is the embodiment of the ‘beautiful game’, as both player and coach, and having steered Barcelona to a European Cup win and four straight Primera championships makes his choice just about unchallengeable.

Downside: Never coached a national team. Has no knowledge of Asia.

FOPPE DE HAAN
Steered Holland to two successive European Under 21 championship wins in 2006 and 2007. Took Holland into the finals of the Beijing Olympics next year. Coached SC Heerenveen between 1985 and 2004, the longest spell by any coach with a Dutch club. Took them into the Champions League in 1999. Graham Arnold is a huge fan.

Downside: Virtually unknown in Australia. Currently under contract as Holland’s Olympic coach. No experience in Asia.

WIM JANSEN
Successful former coach of Feyenoord, Glasgow Celtic, Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Urawa Reds. Coached Celtic to their first championship in ten years. Has a decent handle on Asian football through his time in Japan.

Downside: Not a ‘big name’ in Australia.

MARTIN JOL
Nicknamed Tony Soprano because of his appearance, the recently sacked Tottenham boss’ main credits are having once saved RKC Waalwijk from relegation and taking amateur ADO Den Haag from the third division to the first.

Downside: Not an impressive enough track record.

JOHAN NEESKENS
The legendary ex-team mate of Cruyff is well acquainted with the Australian players and culture, having served as one of Hiddink’s assistants. Currently in a most beneficial environment, assistant to Frank Rijkaard with probably the most admired club team in the world. Could do worse.

Downside: No track record as a senior national coach, nor any experience in Asia.

HANS OOFT
His name hasn’t surfaced in the recent bout of speculation, yet could be one of the most qualified. Coached Japan for two years in the early ‘90s when Japan won the Asian Cup for the first time and missed out tragically, by one goal, on qualifying for the 1994 World Cup (which would have been Japan’s first). Ooft, 60, was also a successful coach in the J-League, with both Jubilo Iwata and Urawa Reds. Currently in retirement, living in Holland.

Downside: Has been inactive since 2003, low profile.

FRANK RIJKAARD
Now here’s a name, but would he come? Already a European Cup winner with Barca and a European Championship semi finalist, his playing methods are the role models to which all teams should aspire, including the Socceroos.

Downside: Under contract to FC Barcelona. No experience in Asia.

PIM VERBEEK
If experience in Asia is a core essential, he could be our man. He spent many years in Korea, as assistant to both Hiddink and Advocaat and then as national coach with this year’s Asian Cup bronze medallists. He has already said he is keen and ready to come and, at 51, is among the younger of the candidates.

Downside: Considered ‘middle-tier’ in profile, probably not high enough for Frank Lowy

Former GSE Captain Ads tells England: "You're Shit and You Know You Are"

Wow, Just Like Lord Of The Rings
Imagine Lord of the Rings with all the heroes acting and performing like our England team.

It would be f*cking chaos.

Aragorn would be a complete pussy. He'd talk a fair game but would be a crap hero. He'd panic and fall off the bridge on the way out to meet the Orcs and splutter around in the ditch until it was too late. The elf and that dwarf thing would attack each other or cower in different parts of the castle/battlefield.

The villagers would NOT join in but turn on their leaders and make them feel even worse, bitching about their lack of heroism without giving them the one thing they need: support.

Boromir would sulk if the local rags dissed his performance, and get on his high horse if they praised him.

Gandalf the Grey, sorry White, sorry no Blue, or actually no Green, would have no clue what was going on. The plans would be a mess, no one would know who was doing what, where or why, and the trilogy would have been over before it was even a bilogy.

The point is, our culture seems to have forgotten what values are. We talk about heroism and courage but we don't really know what it means any more. Balls. Commitment. Doing things you don't want to do. Doing things you're afraid to do. Supporting a lost cause. Acting without fear. All very alien to us, except in movies and fantasy tales.

Instead we know the values of money, fame, and good looks. The Sun is our cultural beacon. Which is why a country with nothing to play for can win away from home, and our flailing 'heroes' can't even muster up a concerted effort.

Perhaps our talent pool and our league will continue to give us places in most international competitions, but I'd rather be a Scotland fan any day. At least I'd have some values to shout for.

I'd like to say we could learn from this, but I doubt it. Shame. We coulda been contenders.

New Direction for the GSE

As of December, GSE will be moving to the new establishment of Albert Park Indoor Sports Centre (APISC). Captain Desmond made the decision in consultation with other players, and it was decided the GSE needed a change of scenery if it were to succeed. Despite what seems like an embarrassing retreat from Action Indoor Sports Centres, GSE have vowed to return one day to continue their quest for an elusive Grand Final victory and trophy.

The APISC also have slightly varying rules, with bigger courts, a requirement of 5 players (including keeper) to take the field, and no restrictions on keeper movement/shooting inside "keeper's circle". APISC also has outs, allowing for brief respites for certain asthmatic players.

The move will also signal a wave of agressive recruitment for the team, something that has worried established/bitter/older players (Ads) worried about their position of dominance in the side. One target includes a former second XI captain of country schoolboy side, St Paul's.

Season to commence the weekend after the demise of John Howard - 2nd December.

Guitar Queero

Merrick to make long awaited changes

Melbourne Victory's newly proposed squad for the rivalry clash against Sydney FC

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--------------Pace---------Chook

---Muscat----------------------------Kemp


---------------------Ads

---Desmond-------------------------Caceras

------------------Hernandez


------------Allsopp------Thompson