The order of picking of sides is strictly adhered to. The unwritten rules clearly state that the wheezing fat kid with specs shall be picked last.
Last pick don't play
Chance keeper meaning anyone could attempt to save (seldom used ) next goal wins it.
We used to pick two teams at the beginning of each school year, and they would stay the same. Each lunchtime the amount of goals scored were recorded and totted up at the end of the year. I seem to remember final scores (across 200 lunctimes) of 1537 - 1292.
Last one to kick it retrieves it from tree, roof etc
For some reason 'rush goalie' is now referred to as 'Monkey rush' Im not sure what the difference is, but having coached under 8's for 2 seasons I'm still unsure why the change.
In the summer when we could play on grass, the level of tackling on a Friday was much 'meatier' due to it being the weekend and your trousers would be washed anyway, so going home looking like you'd had a rough day in the Somme was acceptable.
Often called 'Fouling football Friday' when things got out of hand.