This article covers the Trial in Series 1-2. For Series 3's Robotic Soccer competition, see Robot Wars: The Third Wars/Robotic Soccer
- "Violence has largely been eradicated from football, but tonight....we're going to put it back."
- — Jeremy Clarkson
Football was one of the Trial events that featured during the first two series of Robot Wars. It was a robotic version of the popular sport. It was one of only two Trial events to feature in both series, the other being Sumo, and was essentially a robotic version of the popular ball sport.
Five competitor robots entered the arena together with the aim of pushing the ball into the goal, which was defended by the House Robots. After a competitor scored, it would be removed from the arena and the rest would be left to continue. In the event of a House Robot scoring an own goal, the competitor which touched the ball last would be awarded the win. The last robot left in the arena by the end of the Trial would be eliminated from the competition. If time ran out with robots still yet to score, the least active robot would be eliminated.
In Series 1, the goalkeeper was Dead Metal, who was modified to have a large ball on his arm to steer the ball away, in place of his circular saw. In Series 2, he and Sergeant Bash shared this role, with the latter or Matilda also being used as defenders.
The football after being set alight by Sergeant Bash in Series 2, Heat H
Appearances
- Robot Wars: The First Wars/Heat C
- Robot Wars: The Second Wars/Heat D
- Robot Wars: The Second Wars/Heat H
Football returned as a side competition in Series 3, known as Robotic Soccer. It also features as one of the Battle Types for the video game Robot Wars: Extreme Destruction.
Trivia
- Shunt appears outside of the Football ring in the corner of the goal during the Series 1 trial.
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