Bromley v Stockport co (you tube to see clip 15mins)

[bester]

How do people deal with wheels on goals at grassroots? The front wheels are often so close to the goal line that they stop the ball going out of play.
Usually try to get them covered as the "axle" is metal.

 

[JamesL]

How do people deal with wheels on goals at grassroots? The front wheels are often so close to the goal line that they stop the ball going out of play.
Usually try to get them covered as the "axle" is metal.

Havent come across any that present that problem. Wonder its a specific make.

I think would have to follow similar process as the cables. If it hits its considered out.

 

[socal lurker]

I've always see the wheels as automatically over the goal line even if it wasn't, just as if there are pointy ball/rugby posts above the soccer goal.

For overhangs, I think the most important thing is to notice them before the game and tell the team what will happen--is it play on or a DB? (USSF used to differentiate between natural overhangs (trees) and unnatural (wires).

The reality is that at lower levels we sometimes just have to roll with things not anticipated in the LOTG. I used to do games on a filed managed by a less-wealthy region in AYSO. The goals they had bought were awful (and a kind I've never see anythwhere else) such that in the top corners the nets and a bar were actually less that a ball diameter in such that the whole ball could not cross the whole goal line in the upper corner without bouncing out first! I only knew one ref who would argue it shouldn't count as a goal . . . technically correct, but living in the ivory tower not the real world. (I was very happy when they finally got new frames.)

 

[PinnerPaul]

Take the weighting but they are normally wheeled so probably weren't weighted. but the mud was a joke as they still kick the posts before kicking

You can 'lock up' the wheels though, maybe these weren't?

 

[RustyRef]

If they can move from a keeper kicking them they aren't safe, without the wheels down they should be very difficult to move.

 

[SpecsSaver66]

Pretty sure that same language has been there forever and pretty sure that it was a safety concern from day one--a crossbar falling on someone's head. Since this happens basically never in games that FIFA pays attention to (can anyone think of any other event like this? I've never heard of one), IFAB is hardly going to pay attention to this when amending the Laws when it can just revise handball again.

There have been serious incidents in childrens football regarding unsecured goals over the years,mainly in the UK and Europe. I think its why most portable goals used in competition are plastic. Mini soccer used to allow metal frames but have now switched to plastic ones. I believe academies and CofE games may still use steel but not sure.

 

[santa sangria]

How do people deal with wheels on goals at grassroots? The front wheels are often so close to the goal line that they stop the ball going out of play.
Usually try to get them covered as the "axle" is metal.

Nearly all my games are on artificial with moveable goals. There are some designs that are problematic that have a raised section in the side netting base bar - close to the post. This can cause a ball that has gone in or gone wide to appear to have hit the post.

Pretty much all our moveable goals do stay in place well - the wheels retract, there is good grip between the posts and ground. Some are weighted.

IMHO there are far bigger problems in football. Maybe one in 309 matches there is a problem with the goal moving.

Futsal is another story. It has specific laws for accidental or deliberate moving of the goal by attackers or defenders.

TBH for countries and environments where moveable goals are common/essential it would quite straightforward to use the futsal laws (the futsal and footy laws are now very closely aligned with only a few oddities, like scoring from a dropped ball).