Laws of the Game

The link below takes you to the official FIFA web site. FIFA is the world organizing body for soccer, and you can consider this to be the most official way to find the current rules of the game.

This is a big file in PDF format. There are excellent illustrations to explain offside and automatic red-card offenses.

http://www.fifa.com/en/regulations/regulation/0,1584,3,00.html

We have some special rules for Acton’s house league, especially the mini-soccer ages (U5 to U9). For the 11-a-side age groups, there are special Acton rules. Examples are:
The length of the games (we play 45-minute halves at the Under-15 level and older, U11 and U13 play shorter games) .

Special rules about substitutes (we allow unlimited substitutions so players who go off can come back on later).