Five a side after work
Needs 10 people
Ten players, one pitch, one hour. Book the same slot every week and it runs itself.
Football
How to organise a football match with friends
Football is a numbers problem. Ten people for five a side, fourteen for seven. The person who organises it usually ends up sending forty messages, and the week they stop, the game stops with them.
Let the number do the chasing
Say how many players it needs, share one link and let people say yes on their own time. The moment enough are in, the match is on and everyone is told, including the ones who forgot they said yes.
Keep a waiting list instead of a headache
Set the maximum to the size of the pitch. When it is full, the next person joins the queue and gets in the moment somebody frees their place, which happens every week.
Same pitch, same hour, every week
The weekly slot is what turns a one off into a group. Tick every week and the next match opens by itself, so nobody has to be the organiser twice.
Fixed slots also fix the money. A pitch split ten ways is a few euros each, and everyone knows the amount before they say yes instead of after the final whistle.
Set the level in words, once
Half the people who quit a weekly match quit because it was harder or softer than they expected. One honest line in the invitation, like friendly pace, mixed abilities, no slide tackles, keeps the right people coming and lets the wrong ones out politely.
Say what happens with the sides too. Picking teams at the pitch is fine when everybody knows everybody, and it is miserable for the new person. Two captains, or shirts and skins decided by who arrives first, is enough of a system.
4 ideas, and what each one needs
Tap one and the form opens with the activity and the number of people already in it. Share the link, and it's on once your people are in.
A weekend kickabout in the park
Needs 8 people
No booking, no fee. Say the hour and the corner of the park, and bring the bibs.
Seven a side on a big pitch
Needs 14 people
More people, more substitutes, fewer cancellations. Set the minimum honestly or you will be four short at kickoff.
Watch the match, then play
Needs 6 people
Two halves: the pub for the game, the pitch after. People can join either one.
How it works here
Nobody has to be the first to say yes.
- 1.Pick the idea and say how many people it needs.
- 2.Send one link to your people. They tap "Count me in".
- 3.It's on once enough of them are in. Everyone gets the invite, the place and a reminder.
If too few people join, it quietly does not happen. Nobody shows up alone, and nobody has to cancel anything.
Set up a matchOr pick another activity
Twenty to choose from, or name your own. The form opens with it already picked.
Other guides
Questions people ask
How many players do you need for five a side?
Ten to play, twelve to be safe. Set the minimum at ten and the maximum at fourteen, so late dropouts do not kill the match.
What happens when somebody drops out?
Their place goes to the first person in the queue automatically, and everyone can see the number. Nobody has to send the message asking who is still coming.
Pick one and send the link.
Free, nothing to install, and it's on once your people are in.
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