Football Association shareholders to vote on youth football reforms Proposals include under-sevens and under-eights to play five-a-side while nine-a-side will become mandatory for under-11s and under-12s and an option for all ages up to under-16s. "Nine v nine is snowballing massively,"" said Nick Levett, the FA's national development manager for youth football. Leagues are finding their kids gain better techniques and game understanding. There are small minorities who say: "11 v 11 is the proper game, get kids into that as early as we can." Some don't want to acknowledge teams like Barcelona who grew up playing small-sided games. The Germans changed their whole player pathway system after 2000, including seven v seven and nine v nine, and are now bearing the fruits of a very good under-21 team coming through into the seniors. It's a 10- to 15-year programme. We have to remember they are kids. We had under-10s in one tournament and two of them had teddy bears in their luggage. Former international Sol Campbell, meanwhile, has warned England fans to avoid travelling to Euro 2012 because of the threat of racism and violence. He said Uefa was wrong to choose Poland and Ukraine to host the tournament as it put supporters in danger. The former Arsenal and Tottenham defender told the BBC's Panorama: "Stay at home, watch it on TV. Don't even risk it... because you could end up coming back in a coffin. His warning came as the families of two black England players said they would not go to Euro 2012. The brother of midfielder Theo Walcott tweeted that he and his father would not be flying out to support the star because of "possible racist attacks."