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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.

Parents

  • 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.

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  • 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.

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