On a 3 sided pitch 3 teams of 6 compete 3 thirds of 6 minutes for the prestigious Mike Shields Shield*.

“The key to the game is that it does not foster aggression or competitiveness. Unlike two-sided football, no team keeps a record of the number of goals they score. However they do keep a tally of the goals they concede, and the winner is determined as the team which concedes least goals. The game deconstructs the mythic bi-polar strcuture of conventional football, where an us-and-them struggle mediated by the referee mimics the way the media and the state pose themselves as “neutral” elements in the class struggle.”

The game will include teams from various publications, as well as performers, venue staff and members of the public. It’s free to spectate, of course.

* Mike Shields is COMMUNITY PARKS OFFICER , SOUTH EDINBURGH LOCAL OFFICE. He is instrumental.