Soccer board game

A game having a soccer field layout, goals at each end thereof, player pieces to represent two soccer teams, a ball piece and a shooter disc for propelling one of said players against the ball piece to move the ball piece toward the goal whereby the rules of play of said game are designed to instruct in the rules of soccer and to entertain.

A principal objective of this invention is to provide a game that actually 
represents play on a soccer field and, at the same time, has mechanics of 
operation well within the skills of players sufficiently old enough to 
understand the rules of play. 
Another objective of the invention is to provide a rugged and simple means 
for moving a ball piece forward and back between other players wherein 
skillful attempts at same will place the ball piece in the other team's 
goal. 
Another objective of this invention is to provide shooter chip operating 
members of such a design that when skillfully utilized against a specially 
designed player piece, accurate movement is obtained without damage to the 
members or to the board itself. 
A further objective of this invention is to provide a board game wherein 
the players are of a size to simulate and approximate the freedom and 
control of movement as in an actual soccer game.

Referring now to the drawings, wherein like numerals indicate like parts, 
the board or field layout of this invention is indicated by the numeral 
10. The layout is elongated, with a planar surface 11 which can have a 
plurality of openings 12 formed therein to receive leg members 13 of goals 
that will hereinafter be described. The board game is surrounded by a 
peripheral wall 14 slightly higher than the height of the moving members 
of the game. 
At each end of the elongated board 10 is a goal 16 which can best be seen 
in FIGS. 2 and 3. The goal has an open front 18 and is closed at its top 
and back by webbing material 18. The openings of the goals face each other 
as in regular soccer. 
A first set of eleven player chips 20 are disposed in a manner selected by 
the player who is awarded these player pieces. A second set of eleven 
player pieces 22 is so arranged at the other goal. A ball chip 24 is 
disposed on the playing surface. Each member of set 20 is of the same 
color or pattern and each member of set 22 is of the same color or pattern 
but distinct from the color of set 20, just as members of soccer teams are 
clothed. The player who is given set 20 is equipped with a shooter piece 
26 having the same color as the pieces 20. The player who is awarded the 
team set 22 is awarded a second shooter disc having the same color as the 
team set 22. 
An individual player chip 30 is shown in FIGS. 4a, 4b and 4c. The chip is 
formed of an upstanding edge 32 having a concave upper surface 34. The 
chip is normally made of metal and is hollow, as seen in the cross-section 
of 3a. The hollowness of the chip reduces friction against the player and 
the board surface. 
The ball chip is similar in design to the player chips but much smaller. A 
ball chip 40 is shown in FIG. 5a. The ball chip is formed with a side wall 
42 having a height approximately that of the edge 32. The ball chip has an 
upper concave surface 43. As can be seen in FIG. 4c, the ball chip 40 is 
also hollow so as to reduce friction against board game surface 10. 
A shooter chip 60 is shown in FIGS. 6a, 6b, and 6c. The shooter chip is 
formed of a relatively, thin, circular member 62 having an enlarged 
periphery 64 formed with a semicircular outer edge 66. 
As seen in FIGS. 7a and 7b, a player grips the disc 60 between his thumb 
and forefinger and presses the edge 66 at about the apex of the concave 
surface 30. By drawing, pressing, and pivoting the chips between his 
forefingers in the manner shown in FIGS. 7a and 7b, the player chip 30 
will be caused to move in the direction of the arrow 70 and strike the 
ball chip 40, causing it to move in the direction of the arrow 74. 
With practice, a great deal of skill is gained in controlling the movement 
of the players and the ball, in much the same fashion as skill is 
developed in billiards. A player in control of the ball retains possession 
thereof with a series of shots as long as he does not strike the 
peripheral edge 14 which represents "out of bounds" or one of the opposing 
players. The skill and excitement of a real soccer game is achieved and 
the tactics and rules of play are readily learned by players of all ages. 
In a general manner, while there has been disclosed an effective and 
efficient embodiment of the invention, it should be well understood that 
the invention is not limited to such an embodiment, as there might be 
changes made in the arrangement, disoposition, and form of the parts 
without departing from the principle of the present invention as 
comprehended within the scope of the accompanying claims.