Masters Football is a six-a-side indoor football competition in the United Kingdom, where players over the age of 35 are 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), and there was no offside rule.
The competition ran from 2000 to 2011, live on the UK subscription channel Sky Sports. Following popular demand, in 2022 online streaming platform 360 Sports TV announced they would be reviving the competition. In 2023, the Scottish Masters Cup was held at Braehead Arena, featuring former players representing Celtic, Rangers, Hibernian and Heart of Midlothian. National Masters Honours YearChampionRunner-upGrand Final venueGolden Boot winner(s)2000 Nottingham Forest RangersNational Ice Centre (Nottingham) Ally McCoist (Rangers)2001 Liverpool Bradford CityLondon Arena John Taylor (Bradford City)2002 Liverpool Newcastle UnitedNewcastle Peter Beardsley (Newcastle United)2003 Manchester City RangersTelewest Arena, Newcastle Peter Beardsley (Newcastle United)2004 Chelsea Wolverhampton WanderersHallam FM Arena, Sheffield John Durnin (Liverpool)2005 Leicester City Chelsea M.E.N. Arena (Manchester) Paul Moran (Tottenham Hotspur)2006 Rangers ChelseaNational Indoor Arena (Birmingham) John Durnin (Liverpool)2007 Leicester City Wolverhampton WanderersM.E.N. Arena (Manchester) Owen Coyle (Motherwell)2008 Wolverhampton Wanderers Manchester CityLG Arena (Birmingham) Craig Hignett (Middlesbrough)2009 Tranmere Rovers Bolton WanderersEcho Arena Liverpool (Liverpool) Carbone / Goodman / Hignett2010 Birmingham City Tranmere RoversLG Arena (Birmingham) Graham Stuart (Everton)2011 Rangers Leeds UnitedM.E.N. Arena (Manchester) Darren Huckerby (Leeds United)
Venues VenueLocation Braehead ArenaRenfrew Echo Arena LiverpoolLiverpool LG ArenaBirmingham M.E.N. ArenaManchester Metro Radio ArenaNewcastle upon Tyne National Ice CentreNottingham National Indoor ArenaBirmingham Odyssey ArenaBelfast Planet Ice ArenaMilton Keynes Sheffield ArenaSheffield SkyDome ArenaCoventry Wales National Ice RinkCardiff Wembley ArenaLondon
Referees Two referees are chosen to officiate in each event, from the following list. They are all FA-endorsed except John Underhill, who is an SFA referee.
David Elleray Dermot Gallagher Peter Jones Steve Lodge Kevin Lynch Uriah Rennie John R. Underhill Jeff Winter
Home Nations Champions YearChampion1999 Wales Masters2000 Wales Masters2001 All-Ireland Masters2002not held2003 Wales Masters2004 England Masters2005not held2006not held2007 All-Ireland Masters2008not held2009 All-Ireland Masters
European Masters Cup Champions YearChampion2005 Rangers
International Masters Cup Champions YearChampion2006 Holland Masters
Malaysia Masters Cup Champions YearChampion2008 Liverpool2009 Manchester United
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