Across
- 5. To be given a yellow card to show a serious foul
- 7. A person who watches a game
- 10. to challenge a player for the ball
- 12. When a team does very well during a season, they’ll play in a higher category next time.
- 13. to replace one player with another player; also a player used to replace another
- 17. When a team does poorly in a season, they are placed in a lower division.
- 18. When the game begins
- 22. law requiring at least two defenders to be between an attacker and the goal line when the ball is passed to the attacker
Down
- 1. The person who reports every move of the game while it’s happening.
- 2. to deliberately fall over when tackled in order to deceive the referee into awarding a free kick
- 3. a free kick taken 11m form the goal
- 4. When the goalkeeper allows a goal to be scored.
- 6. an instance of kicking or heading the ball and scoring
- 8. a player whose role is to score goals
- 9. The shirt that the player wears. It usually has their name and number on it.
- 11. player whose role is to stop the ball from entering the goal
- 14. two periods of 15 minutes each played when a game ends in a draw after normal time
- 15. means to guard a player and to try and stop them from receiving the ball from their teammate.
- 16. the playing field
- 19. an illegal action punishable by a free kick
- 20. a player whose main role is to prevent the opposition from scoring
- 21. to kick or head the ball to another player on one's own team.
- 23. finish a game with an even score