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This is played on a table top and is more rugby orientated than soccer. The "ball" is made from paper folded into a small triangle and manipulated across the table by flicking with the fingers.  The principal object of the game is to send the 'ball  so that it comes to rest with part of it extending off  the end of the table adjacent to the opponent. Points are awarded for this and extra points can be obtained by conversion, where the opponent forms goal posts with two hands. See Wikipedia for more background, rules etc In England we play this game with an empty matchbox and call it Table Rugby.
 		  
According to Official United States Paper Football Association  (PFA) game's origins are believed to date back to its creator Beau "Big Daddy" Kazaam who first played the game in the confines of his Philadelphia, Pennsylvania domino parlour during the Prohibition Era of the early 1930's.

The PFA was founded in 2007 by Jeff Patterson for the purposes of administering United States Paper Football Tournament Series events and is dedicated to promoting the sport competitively. Currently there does not appear to any organisations organising competition in other countries!
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 The Ball. Folding the paper from Art at Work
                   Written directions from Paper Football Zone
                   6 folding steps

  The Rules  How to Play  from the PFA
                       Scoring a touchdown - an example
                       photo from Paper Football Zone

  Tournaments  Let us know when the big ones are!
           The Sites to watch
  The United States Paper Football Association   for playing the game and tournaments; how to organise one.
Paper Football Zone  though selling NFL tickets is also important!
Wikipedia provides its usual helpful information
There are several commercial sites selling versions of the game
 
  Matchbox Rugby.  There does not seem to be any information on this on the web (corrections welcomed), so here are a few hints from the editor. The table can be of any dimensions, but you need to be able to mark try-lines at each end, wide enough for the matchbox to fit between - the narrower the try-lines, the harder the game. The 'Ball' is flicked as in paper football, but the objective is to land the ball within the try line without overlapping in any way.
 
One a try has been scored, the matchbox is angled towards the same two-hands goals put up by the opponent as in paper football, using a finger of one hand to vary the angle and then flicked with the other hand between the posts. The distance can be varied to suit the players skills.
 
Perfect on that long distance train ride or the kitchen table!		  

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