Xbox live gamers are in for a treat as Xbox has announced an Xbox Live Football Free-For-All (sponsored by Adidas) that begins on Monday, 8th May and ends Monday 15th May 2006.

Do you live, breathe and dream football? Do you love playing games with your friends, winning prizes and getting loads of stuff for free? If your answers are all 'yes' then you should take part in the Xbox Live Football Free-For-All, announced today by Xbox and sponsored by adidas.

The Xbox Live Free-For-All starts Monday, 8th May at 08:01 and ends Monday 15th May at 07:59.

Xbox Live is the world's first, fully connected gaming service with more than two million members. It lets you find friends, play with them through a broadband internet connection and chat with them through a headset as you play. The Xbox Live Football Free-For-All will celebrate all things football in a non-stop, connected world. You can play EA's 2006 FIFA World Cup - in stores from 28th April - with or against your friends over Xbox Live and if you feel like some tougher competition you can register to qualify for the Xbox Cup - taking place right now.

Multiplayer, fully connected gaming action, and the ability to take part in tournaments, is usually only available to Xbox Live Gold members. However, during the Free-For-All, Xbox will flick the switch, giving gamers all over the world full access and the chance to see what everyone, including the football pro's, are talking about. English football star, Ledley King said: "The Xbox Live Football Free-For-All Week is a great chance for everyone to take on their friends over Xbox Live and I'll certainly be looking out for some of my team mates online to give them a game!"

As well as enjoying multiplayer game play, the Xbox Live Free-For-All will keep the excitement coming each day in the form of free downloadable content like trailers for new games, game demos and exclusive gamer pictures - all of which will only be available to Gold members during this period. Plus there's the chance for you and a team of ten friends to win 11, limited edition, 'Xbox 360 - 2006 FIFA World Cup^TM Edition' consoles as well as 11 free subscriptions to Xbox Live. The consoles come with an exclusively designed faceplate, a copy of the 2006 FIFA World Cup game by EA and a voucher for the adidas Match Ball of the 2006 FIFA World Cup^TM

But it's not just about football - there are hundreds of titles available for the Xbox 360 that you can try out over Xbox Live, including Project Gotham Racing 3, Top Spin 2, Perfect Dark Zero, Kameo: Elements of Power plus easy to play, retro style Xbox Live Arcade games.

To make sure you can access Xbox Live during the Free-For-All, all you need to do is plug a broadband cable into the back of your Xbox 360 console. This will give you the standard Xbox Live Silver membership which will be upgraded automatically on the 8th May.