Frequently asked questions

A Monday-night six-a-side football club with a health and wellbeing programme built in. Every match is decided by combined goals — the goals your team scores on the pitch plus the wellbeing goals your team earns from the week its players put in off it: turning up, keeping a food diary and building healthy habits. Win the combined score and your team takes the league points.

No. Wellbeing goals count just as much as pitch goals, so a team that does the week off the pitch can win matches its feet can't. Plenty of players haven't kicked a ball since school.

Sessions are built for people starting out, not athletes. You set your own pace, and your week still scores for your team even when you play little or none.

Adults carrying extra weight who'd rather get fit playing football than dieting alone. There's no entry test, no minimum and no experience needed. If that sounds like you, you're in.

Because it's the simplest honest measure of your own progress, and it's your attendance mark on the night. It's private — between you, the scales and the coach — and it never scores. Weigh in, and the week is judged on what you did, not what you weigh.

The full club rules — your week, scoring, match rules and discipline — are on the rules page.

Each match: pitch goals + wellbeing goals = combined goals. The team with more combined goals wins the match and takes the league points (a draw shares them). The league table ranks teams on those points, with separate pitch-only and wellbeing-only tables so you can see where each team earns theirs.

Three things, Tuesday to Monday: weigh in at the session, log your food diary on at least 4 days, and tick at least 60% of your habit check-ins. All three and your week is Green — worth one wellbeing goal to your team. Two is Amber, fewer is Red, and only Green scores. The club sets the thresholds each season.

Weigh in first, in private, then the six-a-side matches. (Mondays · arrive from 7pm · first kick-off 7:30pm.) Results go in on the night, and that's when your week is judged — so have the diary and habits done before you play. Your weigh-in is between you and the scales; teammates only ever see goals, never your weight.

Only you and the club admin. Team standings show goals and percentages, not weights — your numbers stay private, and our privacy notice covers exactly how your data is handled.

If it's work or family, reply “Can't make it” on the “Are you in?” card before Monday's result goes in and your weigh-in is excused — you can still earn a Green week from the diary and habits. You get 2 excused weeks a season. Miss without replying and you just don't score that week; nothing else happens, but your team feels it.

Membership is £29.95 / month, paid by Direct Debit. That covers your weekly session, your place in the league, weigh-ins and the player portal.

By Direct Debit through GoCardless. You set it up once you're placed in a team — so you can come and try a night or two first. You enter your bank details on GoCardless's secure page — we never see or store them — and you're protected by the Direct Debit Guarantee. Your first payment is collected a few working days after you set up your Direct Debit, then monthly on that same date — GoCardless emails you before each collection.

No — membership runs month to month. To cancel, press I'm leaving on the Membership page of the portal (or email info@footballforfatloss.com) and we'll stop your Direct Debit before your next collection. The full membership terms cover cancellation and your 14-day cooling-off right.

Yes. Members who bring their BMI under 25 after joining and keep it there for four weekly weigh-ins move to the Healthy Range rate, a reduced monthly fee. The membership terms have the detail.

The league holds 60 players (6 teams of ten) — we're pitch-limited. Once it's full, new sign-ups join the waiting list and we get in touch in order as places open up. Sign up here.

We're based in Westleigh Park — Mondays · arrive from 7pm · first kick-off 7:30pm. There's a map and directions on the homepage.

Comfortable sports kit and trainers or boots to suit the surface. No branded kit required.

Mark yourself injured on the “Are you in?” card. Your weigh-in is excused while you're out, so you can keep earning Green weeks from the diary and habits — and keep coming to the session if you can. Tell your captain, and come back to playing when you're ready.

The club runs a draw that spreads players evenly across the teams — you don't need to bring your own team, and solo sign-ups are the norm.