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Walking Football - Unification of Laws of The Game Consultation

Ellie Reid
Walking Football - Unification of Laws of The Game Consultation

As Walking Football continues to grow, The FA and the Walking Football Association have been engaged in positive discussions to explore ways that harness the collective passion for Walking Football and allows the game to truly thrive.

Our shared ambition is to establish a unified approach that enables Walking Football to reach its full potential, in collaboration with key stakeholders across the game. As part of this, we are reviewing the current Laws of the Game, and the possibility of developing a single, unifying set of laws to support future growth.

To inform this work, we have created a short survey to gather views from everyone involved the game. We want to understand your thoughts on the potential unification of the Laws of the Game, and gather further information on what should be taken into account as we continue this process.

Take part in the survey here.

  • It would be better to have a unified set of rules.  In general I feel that the latest FA LotG are better than the WFA’s which are a bit ‘quirky’ in a couple of areas.  For example, the four ‘not walking’ equals a penalty seems to be a far better disincentive to run than the WFA’s three strikes and a blue card approach, from personal experience of reffing matches under both sets of laws.

    Regarding conversations with UEFA, it must be recognised that this form of the game no longer belongs to one person or one club, no matter how instrumental they were in establishing the format for us all.  It is owned by all of the players now, and as such our representative and governing bodies should be having these discussions with UEFA.  I would be very disappointed if the FA hadn’t been consulted in advance.

  • I'm sure 99% of walking footballers would agree that it's way overdue. But the FA and WFA  need to be aware that the creator of walking football who is also our President of Chesterfield Senior Spireites and Chairman of Chesterfield Community Trust John Croot was invited to the launch of UEFA's walking football toolkit in September 2024 in Milan. UEFA have adopted the basics of the original 'Chesterfield rules' and expanded them into 2 parts - recreational play and competitive play. The basis of unification is already one step up the pyramid, so It might be good to have a 3 way conversation between The FA, The WFA and UEFA.. For info :- www.uefa.com/.../

  • Way WAY overdue and Chesterfield Senior Spireites and Chesterfield FC Community Trust would relish to have an input. But here's something that the FA and WFA should be aware of; our president and Walking football creator, John Croot attended a UEFA meeting in Milan in the Autumn of 2024 for the introduction of UEFA's walking football toolkit. The toolkit is in 2 parts, Recreational play and Competitive play, and are based around the original 'Chesterfield Rules'. So, to a certain degree the the basis of unification has already gone up a level in the food chain! Maybe a 3-way meeting involving the FA, the WFA and UEFA would be a better option. 

  • An outstanding development for the game nationwide...