five-a-side

British

noun

1. a version of soccer with five players on each side
2. ( as modifier )
  
  a five-a-side tournament

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Ellis Robinson:, external Former Rochdale academy player died following complications linked to a spinal injury suffered in 2016 while playing a five-a-side match.

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The lab, where they are tested, is the size of a five-a-side football pitch with a mesh of multi-coloured wires and deep blue blinking lights.

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"I was playing five-a-side to keep fit and one of the guys was like: 'You've got to play for them'," he recalls.

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Such has been Fishlock's impact on the game itself, a mural covering the playing area of a five-a-side football pitch in Splott, Cardiff, was unveiled in June to celebrate her impact on football, equality and representation.

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But it got to the point where they could have put together an almighty five-a-side team of targets who went elsewhere.

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