The shareholders of the Football Association have voted in a new player pathway.
From the start of the 2014/2015 season, games for U7's and U8's will be of a mandatory 5v5 format of football for U7s and U8s and a 9v9 format for U11's and U12s.
For more on this, please click on http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/NewsAndFeatures/2012/youth-development-review-shareholders.aspx