World’s Newest Sport Launched By Prolific Brit Entrepreneur

The prolific inventor and entrepreneur Tom Mackenzie first conceived his new game of football while filming his sons football games. “I was only recording 25mins of video of when the ball was in play for a 50-minute game and wanted to increase the time the football was in play,” says Mackenzie.

After checking his footage, the ball is out of play so much due to goal kicks, corners and throw ins. This was confirmed by Premier League analysis which showed on average the ball was in play less than 50 minutes and in some cases as little as 44 minutes out of a 90-minute game. That is a lot of time the ball is out of play!

To improve the amount of time the ball is in play Mackenzie came up with OneGoal.Football. Instead of the goals being at either end of the pitch, the goals are centrally located back to back. Valencia train using back to back goals.

The advantages of Onegoal.Football are numerous with the ball in play more with no goal kicks or corners. This results in players getting more touches which is great for their development and with less stoppages is better for their fitness. There is no longer offsides which eliminates those controversial decisions and more goals are scored.

OneGoal.Football can be played simply with just two cones or anything to define a goal or with a purpose-built goal available from OneGoal.football. This brand-new sport is based on normal football rules. Once players and coaches have played OneGoal.Football Mackenzie wants them to send in their suggested rules. This is the first time in the World that a sport will have its rules crowd sourced. Mackenzie has suggested only two rules to start with. 1. To start the game or if someone scores the keeper kicks or throws the ball into play in their own half. This prevents the ball from being thrown over the goal. 2. When a goal is scored the keeper picks the ball out of the net and play restarts. This ensures a quick restart.