FootballSSG - Sydney's favourite small sided soccer football competition

Sydney’s fastest growing sport and favourite spring/summer small-sided football competition

Playing 5-a-side or 6-a-side soccer football is a brilliant way to keep fit and have fun

By playing FootballSSG you will notice the difference in your playing ability when the next Manly Warringah soccer season comes around

Enjoy your soccer football more - play Manly Warringah's favourite summer soccer/summer football competitions - play FootballSSG Small Sided Games

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FootballSSG competitions are held at Pittwater Rat Park, North Narrabeen and Brookvale Oval, Brookvale

FootballSSG are Manly Warringah summer soccer competitions run mid-week, on your choice of Tuesday or Thursday afternoons and evenings

We created the FootballSSG to aid in the ongoing growth and development of the game of football, and in particular, to aid in the natural development of player’s technical skills

The basics of FootballSSG and futsal are very similar. Most of the rules are similar including: the size of the field; the non-contact nature of play; and the length of the matches. The key and fundamental difference between FootballSSG and futsal is that we play on turf and use a turf ball (like you would use in your full-sized-field winter competition). This is because we want our players to improve their technical football skills, something we feel is best done using the ball and the surface they will experience in their regular winter competition.

You might just want to have fun. You might want to improve or enhance your fitness. All of these are valid reasons to play FootballSSG, Manly Warringah summer soccer.

The key and fundamental difference between FootballSSG and futsal is that we play on turf and use a turf ball (like you would use in your full-sized-field winter competition)

FootballSSG aids in the ongoing growth and development of the game of football, and in particular, aids in the natural development of player’s technical skills

Small sided football helps to improve technical skills such as ball control, short passing and dribbling. And it helps to improve tactical skills such as using space, passing and moving and playing a through ball.

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Site updated November 15, 2024

Welcome to Sydney's favourite and fastest growing small sided football competitions

For the most up to date competition information, including WET WEATHER information ...

If you like the way FootballSSG is organised and operated, the next time you need IT assistance you'll be pleased to know that Stuart runs Remex Consulting too (it's his ACTUAL job!)

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The best summer football competitions - Football SSG "Small Sided Games"

15th November - Results and Tables updated

Results of all games played this week are entered and competition tables updated.

13th November - Results, Tables and Fixtures updated

Results of all games played Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th November are entered and competition tables updated. Games postponed on 13th November have been rescheduled and fixtures updated.

8th November - Results and Tables updated

Results of all games played this week are entered and competition tables updated.

1st November - Results and Tables updated

Results of all games played this week are entered and competition tables updated.

25th October - Results and Tables updated

Results of all games played this week are entered and competition tables updated.

18th October - Results and Tables updated

Results of all games played this week are entered and competition tables updated.

15th October -All postponed games have been rescheduled

All games postponed on 14th and 15th October have been re-scheduled and the fixtures have been updated.

11th October - Results and Tables updated

Results of all games played this week are entered and competition tables updated.

4th October - Results and Tables updated

Results of all games played this week are entered and competition tables updated.

27th September - All postponed games have been rescheduled

All games postponed on Thursday 26th September due to the heavy rain and frigid temperature have been rescheduled and the fixtures have been updated.

26th September - Results and Tables updated

Results of all games played this week are entered and competition tables updated. Thursday’s postponed games will be re-scheduled with fixtures updated in the next couple of days.

20th September - Results and Tables updated

Results of all games played this week are entered and competition tables updated.

16th September - The 2024 Spring season starts this week

Our 2024 season kicks off this week ... here’s hoping that every SSGer has an absolute ball of a season!

Sub Junior Coaching Handbook

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Developed over many years and used by many coaches of sub junior and/or inexperienced players of any age who have a “weaker foot” or who are looking to improve their spacial awareness.

I’ve personally used many of the drills with ages including Under 6, Under 7, Under 8, Under 9, Under 10, Under 12, Under 13, Under 14, Under 15, Under 16, Open Age Men and Over 35 Men and Women with great success.

Authored by Stuart Cole and available completely free of charge to anyone that wants some new ideas on coaching football ... download our Sub Junior Coaching Handbook for free.

What else do you get when you play FootballSSG ?

FootballSSG is the Northern Beaches’ longest-running, best organised and most fun 6-a-side football competition.

Included in your registration fee is, well, pretty much everything. We provide every player with a full playing kit (jersey, shorts and socks) plus a goalkeeper jersey for each team. We provide referees for every game, plenty of match footballs on every field for every game, official time keepers, on site assistance and the best, clear, accurate, relevant and timely communications that you’ll experience in a community-based sporting organisation.

You simply need to organise your team of 8-10 players and a manager. We look after everything else.

The role of the manager at FootballSSG is very, very simple. Your tasks are:
- at the advised time before the season starts, collect (or have someone else collect) your team’s player kits
- distribute your team’s player kits to the players
- before the start of each game, complete the team’s details on the Match Record Sheet
- during the game, organise (or have someone else organise) the player substitutions such that every player gets a fair go
- at the conclusion of each game, sign the Match Record Sheet to confirm your agreement with the score as recorded

When we established the competition back in 2007, we wanted to create a place where players could just come and have fun, where parents could enjoy themselves and not feel pressured to ‘volunteer’ and where the referees and field officials felt safe and supported as they learn to be the best they can be. All these years later, with various ‘tweaks’ along the way, we’re confident we’ve got things just about as right as they can be.

NSW Active Kids Voucher Redemptions

FootballSSG is proudly not-for-profit and is a registered NSW Active Kids Provider

My favourite YouTube video ... have you got a FootballSSG video that you would like us to share?

If you’ve got 9 minutes spare, check this out (video produced by Matt Leiper in 2012 ... honestly I get a buzz every time I watch these superstars of the future)

Have you liked us on Facebook yet ?

We’re the most liked small-sided football competition in Sydney ... and we want to be the most liked community football-related Facebook page in Sydney too.

Why not check it out and, if you like FootballSSG ... show it on Facebook by liking us and sharing our Facebook page with your friends ... because we want EVERYONE to know about FootballSSG

We have NEVER missed a game due to wet weather

This is a claim that we can no longer make. After twelve years and almost 20,000 games scheduled, in our Spring 2019 season we were unable to re-schedule and play 49 games that we chose not to play on the day that Sydney was placed under a State Of Emergency due to extreme heat and bushfire activity/threat. The weeks that followed that day we were affected by rain and so we lost those 49 games.

We really were not happy about it, but the fact is that after our 2023 season we can only claim that over sixteen years and 30,000 scheduled games we have only missed 0.1% of games due to extreme weather events.

We still know you just want to play, so we only use the best quality fields with the best irrigation and drainage systems, so you get to play. After all, that is what you want, isn’t it? When you register to play, you just want to be able to play!

STILL Sydney’s favourite small-sided football competition

- 760 players in 2008 (our first year) -
- Over 2,500 players in 2013 -
- 4,500 players in 2017 -
That’s 35% growth, year on year!

Be a part of the best organised and best fun small sided football competition in Sydney. We’ve got something for everyone:

- Boys, Girls, Men’s & Ladies’ competitions -
- All age groups from Under 6 to Over 35 -

We’re the best, because we’re the most fun!