Gone are the days.. When boys were boys
I no fit laugh

Rules of football when we were kids

1. The fat kid was always the goalkeeper
2.The owner of the ball decides who plays
3. If you didn't participate in repairing the ball you were given a match ban
4. The guy who's never picked was to fetch the ball from the trees or bush when it got stuck, under the car or tunnel to play in the next game
5. When the owner of the ball got annoyed, game over
6. When you hit your toes against a stone and you notice blood, you quickly cover the area of injury with sand as a form of first aid and play continues
7. You can't dribble the owner too much, this may lead him to stop the game by taking away his ball.
8. No matter how many goals you scored, the winner would be determined by the last team to score
9.No offsides.
10.There is no referee.
11.There is fault only if the fault is serious .
12.The 2 best players can not play in the same team so everyone chooses their players.
13.If you are chosen last it is a humiliation and you will remain in defense.
14.If there is a penalty the goalkeeper is replaced by the best player of the team.
15.The best player on the field is always in the same team as the owner of the ball.
16.To distinguish the teams, one of the teams pulls off their shirts .
17.3 or 5 corner kicks in a row equal to a penalty.
18.There is always a house where when the ball fell there, we knew that the game was over. so be careful !!

19.Game over when its dark and we can barley see the ball, we all disperse in groups teasing one another until we get home to face another punishment from our parents.
Also....

A. 2 stones respresnt d goalposts.
B. It's always referred to as overstone when d goal is not clean
C. If d ball goes to hit an elderly person d ball is seized and all players must beg prostrating.
D. Head or tail when we toss d coin for which team would skin
E. Punctured felele ball is repaired with hot cutlass and rubber.
F. Later we started contributing money to buy balls to stop personal ownership.

However, you have forgotten that 11th commandment that says 'if you miss the ball, don't miss the leg'.

@19B, pls wat did we knw as overstone den?? oberstone ko, ovatine ni..

Over na over!!!

And also, if d owner takes away d ball, there is relatively an alternative wich is to bindle some pieces foam and nylon inside another pure water nylon which serves as membrane (pure water nylon was always larger den dan we have it now) den we would tie it, round leather ball don start b dat

lol. no 19 though. happened to me regularly.

You cannot play if the owner of the ball doesn't like you. Lol

Na team we shout pass dey get foul

Ehen. You fit arrange small kind 3D logo for yourself oh.
If you already get logo, send am come make i Knack you 3D version for just 1k. Yeah. 1k.

If you no get, carry yaself come make we yarn den follow arrange ya own for only 2k.

Na so, there are so much sense in all these proverbs.
I'm speaking from the angle of Yorubas as a Yoruba myself. Not been trabalistic here, that's what I have good knowledge about.

"Ogun omode o le se re fun ogun odun"

Twenty children can not play for twenty years.

It is not possible.

Oh those times
I remember when I accidentally scored an own goal, they mock me like hell, and even nicknamed me a name I still feel ashamed of

More like Football rules during Pele's era

Na to play ball inside rain dey sweet pass, esp on slippery ground, where dribbler and d dribbled dey slip.

Does anybody remember OGIRIGBAMILA? where u pass d ball to d wall and retrieve it behind ur marker.

3 corners make one penality....

Also, not a rule, but if your mate had this good pair of shoes, you asked to 'borrow me one leg'..so that your game might improve.

What about this.
No medical care when you get injured, you go home and ask your mum to boil water for you so you can put it on the wound.

Once the ball enters that wicked neighbors' crib, no need knocking.

That's the final whistle

Big throwback to those days

brb

am coming

Don’t forget the part where if you get seriously injured, you can’t tell your parents because they told you not to go outside to play football.
4-5 leg remains the official goal post size

6. When you hit your toes against a stone and you notice blood, you quickly cover the area of injury with sand as a form of first aid and play continues
7. You can't dribble the owner too much, this may lead him to stop the game by taking away his ball.

I cant just stop laughing.You taking me to old memories.Weldone

the good old days

You got these right... Wow.... Just like yesterday. I atill love my childhood days

zidek:
Gone are the days.. When boys were boys
I no fit laugh

Rules of football when we were kids

1. The fat kid was always the goalkeeper
2.The owner of the ball decides who plays
3. If you didn't participate in repairing the ball you were given a match ban
4. The guy who's never picked was to fetch the ball from the trees or bush when it got stuck, under the car or tunnel to play in the next game
5. When the owner of the ball got annoyed, game over
6. When you hit your toes against a stone and you notice blood, you quickly cover the area of injury with sand as a form of first aid and play continues
7. You can't dribble the owner too much, this may lead him to stop the game by taking away his ball.
8. No matter how many goals you scored, the winner would be determined by the last team to score
9.No offsides.
10.There is no referee.
11.There is fault only if the fault is serious .
12.The 2 best players can not play in the same team so everyone chooses their players.
13.If you are chosen last it is a humiliation and you will remain in defense.
14.If there is a penalty the goalkeeper is replaced by the best player of the team.
15.The best player on the field is always in the same team as the owner of the ball.
16.To distinguish the teams, one of the teams pulls off their shirts .
17.3 or 5 corner kicks in a row equal to a penalty.
18.There is always a house where when the ball fell there, we knew that the game was over. so be careful !!

19.Game over when its dark and we can barley see the ball, we all disperse in groups teasing one another until we get home to face another punishment from our parents.
Also....

A. 2 stones respresnt d goalposts.
B. It's always referred to as overstone when d goal is not clean
C. If d ball goes to hit an elderly person d ball is seized and all players must beg prostrating.
D. Head or tail when we toss d coin for which team would skin
E. Punctured felele ball is repaired with hot cutlass and rubber.
F. Later we started contributing money to buy balls to stop personal ownership.

However, you have forgotten that 11th commandment that says 'if you miss the ball, don't miss the leg'.

I wish I never had to grow up...Life was very sweet as kids

The good old days when men were boys

7. You can't dribble the owner too much, this may lead him to stop the game by taking away his ball.

For real?!

Hosting competition during holidays.
Bleach Rubber bottle design as 1st place cup, wrapped with Benson cigarette Gold foil.
Milk tin with bulb design as 2nd place cup, wrapped with Rothmas cigarette Silver foil.

It was really a great moment way back.

'Overstone' dey wella.

It was a technical way of disqualifying a goal where the ball is alleged to have flew accross the stone used as post and not on through the goal space.

OlawaleBammie:
@19B, pls wat did we knw as overstone den?? oberstone ko, ovatine ni..

Over na over!!!

And also, if d owner takes away d ball, there is relatively an alternative wich is to bindle some pieces foam and nylon inside another pure water nylon which serves as membrane (pure water nylon was always larger den dan we have it now) den we would tie it, round leather ball don start b dat

No wonder Pele scored a lot of goals

Nothing like childhood, no matter how wealthy you are now those memories is forever

Great reminder.

RillJ:
'Overstone' dey wella.

It was a technical way of disqualifying a goal where the ball is alleged to have flew accross the stone used as post and not on through the goal space.

yeah there is overstone

This is so true. Especially 5,12,15. Chai i miss those days ooooo