Partially Sighted Football

There are two versions of football for people with visual impairments:

• Blind football: Only B1 classified players can compete (totally or almost totally blind athletes)
• Partially sighted football: B2 and B3 classified players can compete (athletes with some sight)

While the core game remains the same as sighted football, there are a few alterations to make football accessible to people with visual impairments.

Partially sighted football

• Uses a smaller, size 4 football
• Played on an indoor pitch
• 5 partially sighted players per team

Blind football

• 5 players per team
• 4 blind, outfield players and 1 sighted goalkeeper
• Ball bearings placed in the ball and make a noise when moving to allow players to locate the ball
• Partially sighted football (in the Partially Sighted Football League)