Welcome to the Northern League Website

The Great Britain Floorball Federation (GBFF) Northern League is the league in which floorball teams based in Scotland compete in.

The Northern League has again expanded for the coming season with two news teams joining the league, however last seasons champions - Glenrothes - have had to pull out due to a combination of circumstances. They intend to come back in season 2008/9 though as they take time to recruit more players. Aberdeen Oilers - who participated in the Nationals and Spring Cup in 2007 - are joined by the new team from Central Scotland - Forth Phoenix. Forth will comprise a few players who played for Balwearie Thunder last season and some of whom are returning the sport to the Boness area from whence they came.

So the full list of teams for season 2007/8 are:

Aberdeen Oilers, Balwearie Lightning, Balwearie Thunder, Chapel, Dundee Northern Lights, Forth Phoenix, Glenrothes Grrrowl, Hawick, RBS Linlithgow

What is Floorball?

Floorball is an indoor team sport played using composite sticks with a plastic vented blade where the aim is to put a light plastic ball into the opponent's goal. Floorball is most popular in Sweden, Finland and Switzerland, and is also played in several other countries, such as Norway and the Czech Republic. It is gaining popularity in many other places as well, including some countries outside Europe, such as Canada, Singapore, Japan, Australia and the United States.

Floorball is played in a court by six players per side. The objective of the game is to score goals by playing a plastic ball into the opponent's goal net, which is placed at the opposite end of the rink. The players may control and redirect the ball using a stick with a blade that is often curved at one end. Players must not use their hands, arms or head to play the ball on purpose. One may use other body parts. It is also allowed to play (especially stop) the ball once by foot, but not to score goals or pass to teammates.

A floorball team consist of 5 field players and one goalkeeper, whose primary job is to stop the ball from entering the net, and who is permitted unique gear towards that end. The goalkeeper is not permitted a stick. The playing field is 40 x 20 metres and enclosed by a board with rounded corners (50 cm tall). The goal cages are 1.60 x 1.15 m and 65 cm deep. The sticks are made of plastic or carbon and a bit over 1 metre long. The shaft is no longer than 99 cm and a blade of a different kind of plastic is attached to its end. The ball is made of plastic, is 72 mm in diameter, has a maximum weight of 23 grams, and has 26 holes in it.