Outfield players use loftstrand (forearm) crutches, and play without their prostheses.

[1] The game which is played today, was created by Don Bennett, who was inspired from his accidental kick of a basketball on crutches in 1982.

[2] Through exhibition matches in the 1980s, the sport attracted media attention and gained popularity.

[2] In 2023, Marcin Oleksy from Warta Poznań, Poland became the first amputee footballer to win the FIFA Puskás Award for "most beautiful goal of the year" at The Best FIFA Football Awards 2022 ceremony.

The England Amputee Football Association states their main goal on their website as: "The England Amputee Football Association's aim is to provide all amputees, people with congenital limb deficiencies and persons with restricted use of limbs, with the opportunity to play football locally, nationally and internationally.