Masters Football was a six-a-side
indoor football competition in the United Kingdom, where players over the age of 35 were chosen by the Masters Football Selection Committee to represent a senior club for which they played. Regional heats were held, and the winners of each progressed forward to a national competition. Events were contested over the course of a single evening (usually on Saturdays or Sundays), with games played in two halves of eight minutes each. The pitch was by (the size of an international
ice hockey rink
An ice hockey rink is an ice rink that is specifically designed for ice hockey, a competitive team sport. Alternatively it is used for other sports such as broomball, ringette, rinkball, and rink bandy. It is a rectangle with rounded corners a ...
), and there was no offside rule.
The competition ran from 2000 to 2011, live on the UK subscription channel
Sky Sports
Sky Sports is a group of British subscription sports channels operated by the satellite pay television company Sky Group (a division of Comcast), and is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It ...
. In 2022, online streaming platform
360 Sports TV announced they would be reviving the competition.
National Masters
Honours
Venues used
Referees
Two referees are chosen to officiate in each event, from the following list. They are all
FA-endorsed except from John Underhill, who is an SFA referee.
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David Elleray
David Roland Elleray, (born 3 September 1954), is an English former football referee who officiated in the Football League, Premier League and for FIFA. As of September 2021 he held the position of Technical Director at the IFAB.
During his ca ...
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Dermot Gallagher
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Peter Jones
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Steve Lodge
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Kevin Lynch
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Uriah Rennie
Uriah Rennie (born 23 October 1959 in Sheffield, England) is a retired top level English football referee.
He was the first black referee to officiate in games of the Premier League.
Career
Rennie began refereeing in 1979 in local leagues, then ...
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John R. Underhill
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Jeff Winter
Jeff Winter (born 18 April 1955 in Middlesbrough, England) is a former Premier League referee.
Refereeing career
Winter took charge of the 2004 FA Cup Final between Manchester United and Millwall, his final game as a professional referee before ...
Home Nations
Champions
European Masters Cup
Champions
International Masters Cup
Champions
Malaysia Masters Cup
Champions
References
External links
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Indoor soccer competitions
2000 establishments in the United Kingdom
Recurring sporting events established in 2000