SIMON SHELDON recalls when five and six-a-side competitions made a big impression…

SIMON SHELDON
WE HAVE all played a game of five-aside in the school playground, in the park or at one of soccer centres around the country.
So, we can identify with its capacity to make you run around like headless chickens until you get a stitch or argue about the ball going above head height, rush goalie or shooting from inside the ‘D’.
The pros talk about playing fun five-a-side games in training and in recent years there have various tournaments for celebrities and former...