1. Swindon Town FC Academy
U10 Indoor Competitive Festival
When:
Sunday 28th January @
Swindon PlayFootball Arena, SN2 8HB
Time:
10am – 1pm

2. Swindon Town FC Festival
U10
Arrival: 9.30am
Kick Off: 10.15am
Depart: 1pm
Bristol Rovers, Swindon, Plymouth, Cheltenham, Exeter

3. Intended Outcomes Challenge the players in tight areas under pressure.
Challenge the players to deal with quick & competitive games with different scenarios.
Pressurised environment with stress put on decisions for the players (emotional control, resilience & stress)
Variety, fun & challenging for the players & staff.
Physically testing the players with high tempo games.

4. U10 Teams
Plymouth Argyle
Green Kit
Bristol Rovers
Blue Kit
Cheltenham
Town
Yellow Kit
Swindon
Town
Red/white Kit
Exeter City
Black kit?
MATCHKIT – BRFC, CTFC & STFC to try and arrive already kitted to play. Changing rooms are limited. Try to make sure you wear the colour listed to help with no kit classes on the day.

5. Festival Organisation
2 x 5aside teams per club. Squad sizes upto clubs.
Each game will be 8mins straight through and all games will kick off at the same time. All teams will play a minimum of 9 games.
Competitive Festival ( 3 points win, 1 point draw, 0 points lose)
In event of a draw in the group stage (1. goal difference, 2. goals scored 3. head to head result)
Matches will have no official referees. Coaches will make decisions if players are unable to do so. Score to be collected at end of each game.
No offside's will be played.
Non Spectator Festival – Due to space inside the arena.
All clubs to try and bring physiotherapist’s. STFC medical staff member on site for our players and emergency.

6. Game Rules
Once GK passes the ball out (hands or feet) it must go to another player before back to the GK.
From the side-lines the ball needs to be placed directly on the line before passed in, balls passed onto the pitch not from the line will be given to opposition. (ball will be given to other team if not placed on the line)
No offside’s will apply.
Players/GKs have 4 seconds to get the ball into play.
Players must be 3metres away from dead ball situations (corners, kick ins etc)
Corners will apply as normal.
Centre applies as normal when goal scored.

7. 1 2 3 4 KO Time 5v5 Including a GK Resting Club 10.15 10.25 10.35
(Futsal)
10.15
Swindon v Exeter
Town v Grecians
Bristol v Cheltenham
Rovers v Robins
Plymouth
10.25
Swindon v Plymouth
Grecians v Rovers
Exeter v Bristol
Town v Argyle
Cheltenham
10.35
Exeter v Plymouth
Grecians v Argyle
Town v Robins
Swindon v Cheltenham
Bristol Rovers
10.45
Argyle v Robins
Plymouth v Cheltenham
Swindon v Rovers
Town v Bristol
Exeter
10.55
Cheltenham v Exeter
Robins v Grecians
Argyle v Rovers
Plymouth v Bristol
Swindon
11.05
Bristol v Robins
Town v Exeter
Cheltenham v Rovers
Swindon v Grecians
11.15
Swindon v Argyle
Grecians v Bristol
Town v Plymouth
Exeter v Rovers
11.30
Swindon v Robins
Argyle v Exeter
Town v Cheltenham
Plymouth v Grecians
11.45
Swindon v Bristol
Robins v Plymouth
Town v Rovers
Cheltenham v Argyle 12
Bristol v Argyle
Plymouth v Rovers
Grecians v Cheltenham
Robins v Exeter

8. (All teams around the pitch)
Game Schedule
Play-Off & FINAL
PLAYOFFS
FINAL
12.20KO
12.40KO
Pitch 1 (3G)
10 v 9
Pitch 2 (3G)
8 v 7
Pitch 3 (3G)
6 v 5
Pitch 4 (Futsal)
4 v 3
1 v 2
(All teams around the pitch)