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  • UK: Child footballers banned from reading results

    09/17/2008 9:24:18 PM PDT · by bruinbirdman · 36 replies · 235+ views
    The Telegraph ^ | 9/18/2008 | Jon Swaine
    Children have been banned from reading their football results in local newspapers because it makes them too competitive. Football Association laws dictate that from this season, the results of matches between children aged seven and eight must not be published, league tables must not be kept and prizes must not be given out. Some local associations have chosen to extend the regulations even further, it has emerged, banning league tables and trophies for 9, 10 and 11-year olds as well. Scott Ager, who last season managed Priory Parkside under-9s 'A' team in Huntingdon, was sharply reprimanded after declaring that his...