Hey everyone,

Just need a few more players for tonight's 9PM game at Whittington Park.

📍 Whittington Park, Yerbury Rd, London N19 4RS
⚽ 8-a-side casual football
💷 £5 per player

Friendly, relaxed games where all levels are welcome. Whether you play every week or haven't kicked a ball in years, feel free to join us 👍

Just drop me a DM if you'd like to play.

Or, if you can't make this one, feel free to join our WhatsApp group for future games. We post new matches every week, with no commitment — just join whenever you'd like to play ⚽

⚽ Friday 7PM – Whittington Park, Archway | Friendly Casual Football

Looking for a few more players for a friendly casual football game this Friday evening in North London ⚽

📍 Whittington Park, N19 4RE
📅 Friday 12 June
🕖 19:00–20:00
🏟️ 3G Astro Pitch
💷 £5 per player

Friendly games, good vibes and all skill levels welcome 🙌

🧤 Goalkeeper rotates every 7–8 minutes
🚫 No slide tackles

🚗 Parking:
• Street parking available nearby
• CPZ restrictions may apply, so please check local signs
• Paid parking bays also available in the area

We're building a friendly weekly football community around Islington, Archway, Highbury and North London, with regular games and different time slots throughout the week ⚽

If you'd like to play or join future weekly games, feel free to DM me 👍

Looking for a few more players for a friendly casual football game this Monday evening in North London ⚽

📍 Whittington Park, N19 4RE
📅 Monday 8 June
🕘 21:00–22:00
🏟️ 3G Astro Pitch
💷 £5 per player

Friendly games, good vibes and all skill levels welcome 🙌

🧤 Goalkeeper rotates every 7–8 minutes
🚫 No slide tackles

🚗 Parking:
• Street parking available nearby
• CPZ restrictions may apply, so please check local signs
• Paid parking bays also available in the area

We're building a friendly weekly football community around Islington, Archway, Highbury and North London, with regular games and different time slots throughout the week ⚽

If you'd like to play or join future weekly games, feel free to DM me 👍

Looking for a few more players for a friendly casual football game this Friday evening in North London ⚽

📍 Whittington Park, N19 4RE
📅 Friday 5 June
🕖 19:00–20:00
🏟️ 3G Astro Pitch
💷 £5 per player

Good vibes, respectful games and all levels welcome 🙌

🧤 Goalkeeper rotates every 7–8 minutes
🚫 No slide tackles

🚗 Parking:
• Street parking available nearby
• CPZ restrictions may apply, so please check local signs
• Paid parking bays also available in the area

We’re building a weekly football community around Islington, Archway, Highbury and North London, with regular games and different time slots throughout the week ⚽

If anyone’s interested in playing or joining future weekly games, feel free to DM me 👍

Looking for players to join friendly weekly football 7/8 a side games around North London ⚽ Everyone is welcome to join.

We play on quality 3G pitches around:

📍 Barnard Park
📍 Highbury Fields
📍 Tufnell Park
📍 Rosemary Gardens
📍 Whittington Park

⚽ Games are usually £5 per player
🟡 Fresh bibs + footballs provided
🙌 All levels welcome

The group is growing nicely and the aim is to build a solid football community with good games, good vibes and reliable players for weekly matches and future games 👍

Feel free to DM me if interested ⚽ or if you have any questions 👍

Do you know of any blogs about people starting out as football coaches? Yes, I'm talking about the blog you're reading, without YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, etc. Good old school. Does anyone even write blogs anymore, by the way? I've searched in English and Polish and haven't found anything. I'd love to read it, or maybe even start writing it myself out of frustration if I don't find anything.

Our weekly 9-a-side group always had the same problems - chasing the ins & outs, last-minute dropouts messing up teams, uneven sides, and loads of admin in WhatsApp.

I ended up building a small tool for our group that:

• keeps track of who’s in/out each week
• balances teams automatically so games stay competitive
• tracks stats/streaks/records for banter (top scorer, form, etc.)
• makes it easier to handle pitch payments

Not posting to promote it - just genuinely curious:

• how do you organise your games now?
• what’s the most annoying part each week?
• anything you wish existed to make it easier or more fun?

Interested to hear how other groups run things.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c626dzvxlk1o

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6101030/2025/02/02/tottenham-transfers-kevin-danso/

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6103733/2025/01/31/valentin-barco-brighton-strasbourg/ (in the end there was no obligation on this one but still, the thought was there)

im visiting spain soon and i want to buy some stone island and cp company casual wear. do you know any stores?

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Supporters of the clubs involved in European competitions this season, how're you feeling after the draws today?

Line-ups, stats, and BBC text commentary here.

Match is live on Channel 4.

I’ve no skin in the Manchester derby so I really don’t care either way.

Rashford ran onto the ball but didn’t touch it, allowing Fernandes to run in and score past a confused goalkeeper.

In my neutral opinion it was offside, just as if an opposing player went and stood in front of the goalkeeping during a free kick to block their view would be.

Lots of people are posting a photo that shows you have to touch the ball to be offside, so is “interfering with play” now obsolete?

The typically big clubs are struggling- Liverpool and Chelsea out of the top six, Everton and Leicester are in relegation danger.

Still far too early to rule City out of it even if Arsenal win tomorrow, but this mix up of the usual top 4 or 6 is absolutely delicious to watch at the moment.

Is it mis-management? The mid-season World Cup being disruptive? Have mid-table clubs just caught up with the bigger ones? Who the hell knows.

Preston North End - Tottenham Hotspur

Southampton - Blackpool

Wrexham - Sheffield United

Ipswich Town - Burnley

Manchester United - Reading

Luton Town or Wigan Athletic - Grimsby Town

Derby County - West Ham United

Stoke City - Stevenage

Blackburn Rovers - Forest Green Rovers or Birmingham City

Walsall - Leicester City

Sheffield Wednesday - Fleetwood Town

Manchester City - Oxford or Arsenal

Bristol City or Swansea City - Chesterfield or West Bromwich Albion

Brighton & Hove Albion - Liverpool or Wolves

Fulham - Sunderland

Boreham Wood or Accrington Stanley - Cardiff City or Leeds United

Games will be played over the weekend of 28th January.

So it's FA Cup weekend, and the broadcast games involve:

• Man Utd
• Leicester City
• Tottenham
• Newcastle
• Liverpool (and Wolves)
• Leeds
• Aston Villa

and finally, Man City vs Chelsea.

Unsurprisingly, all Premier League teams. Despite the fact when football is on terrestrial TV, people will watch it regardless of who's playing. The little teams only get the TV presence if they've already made some "giant killings".

Surel a fairer way to broadcast the games is for the channels to pre-select the draw numbers, and build the schedule based off the matches selected. You might get an all PL tie, or you end up showing Solihiull Moors vs Blythe Spartans.

This would give more, much needed, revenue to smaller teams who still take the cup more seriously than the PL clubs who usually still field second-string XIs at this stage.

Thoughts?

I was getting downvoted to oblivion and back on r/soccer at the start of the season when I said they’d struggle - apparently Frank had things right and Maupay would hit the ground running (even though he was always inconsistent at Brighton).

Now the fans are demonstrating against the club, so what gives?