Football in the Black Country is on a real high, after West Brom’s recent promotion to the Premier League and Wolves running Sevilla close last night in the Europa League, but now the 6 a side players in the area have even more reason to celebrate after a brand new 6 a side league was announced as kicking off in Stourbridge.
Stourbridge RFC – and it’s magnificent pitch – will provide the venue for the vital fitness fix that the community needs at the moment as we come out of lockdown,…
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Football in the Black Country is on a real high, after West Brom’s recent promotion to the Premier League and Wolves running Sevilla close last nigh…
“Thank You Leisure Leagues!” a simple four words, maybe, but from the heart as Dave Trevaskus celebrated winning some signed Mark Clattenburg gear…
There was plenty of Leisure Leagues’ interest this weekend again, as the qualifying event for the Ireland 6 a side tournament moved to Galway.
This…
At Leisure Leagues we are the innovators, the market leaders, where we lead others follow.
Even allowing for that, though we are delighted to be bu…
The world’s largest provider of 6 a side football sent out a simple message this week as it told the UK and Ireland: This needs to be a summer of we…
As we reported the other week, Leisure Leagues Ambassador Mark Clattenburg, has taken the referees’ top job in Greece.
He confirmed the news on Fac…
The recent High Court ruling between two opposing governing bodies, British Gymnastics and UK Gymnastics, has raised questions across sport generally …
Many Leisure leagues players were on hand as the the Cork hosted the first qualifiers in the Ireland 6 a side Championships – and it was a team from t…
We were absolutely delighted to welcome hundreds of new players into our league network yesterday, as one league started and another extended.
The …
We are delighted to give you the chance to win some signed gear from the best referee in the world in the latest Leisure Leagues competition.
Mark …
Our first brand new league since lockdown ended kicks off this weekend, as 6 a side comes to Faversham.
Hundreds of players have signed up and will…
The world of gymnastics has been shocked to the core with the horrible revelations now on both sides of the World about the way athletes were treated,…
Just recently in the Premier League, Roy Hodgson took charge of his Crystal Palace side against Frank Lampard’s Chelsea, and the commentator talked …
As part of Leisure Leagues’ unwavering commitment to always investing to improve our leagues, we have rolled out a major change to our already indus…
As the government announces its measures to combat the obesity epidemic in the UK, the nations largest provider of small sided football sent out a sim…
We’ve waited four long months to say it, but Leisure Leagues were back up and down the country last night.
Players from Kendal to Weston, from Re…
A children’s charity close to all of our hearts at Leisure Leagues is hoping people can help raise funds and awareness for their cause while abidi…
The Competition And Markets Authority has come in for stinging criticism from two different sports sectors.
The authority, set up in 2014 to replac…
The first International tournament after the pandemic, the Intercontinental Cup in Moldova, has been officially sanctioned by the Leisure Leagues powe…
The news that Leisure Centres are reopening this weekend is a wonderful boost for the 6 a side football players of the UK as it means the football th…
What a start to the new league in Guernsey with goals flying in from everywhere as the new Sunday competition kicked off.
Amigos showed their bond …
Last week in the Leisure Leagues Prize Giveaway, San Smith of Warwick was the grateful recipient of a brilliant table football game.
Now, lucky Sam…
Leisure Leagues Referee Ambassador, Mark Clattenburg, has tonight announced his retirement as an 11 a side official – at the same time that it was …
British Gymnastics announced today that they would step aside to allow Sport England to conduct the review into the ‘culture of fear’ within the o…
The FA have confirmed that new guidance issued by the Football Foundation concerning the use of facilities by small sided league operators should be f…
The new Guernsey Sunday league kicks off this weekend, and it does so with the words of the Match Night Supervisor ringing in the ears: “The playe…
Let the games begin!
That’s the clear message from us tonight after Culture Secretary, Oliver Dowden’s, announcement at the Downing Street Brie…
We are delighted to announce that Leisure Leagues, ‘The World’s Leading Provider Of Small Sided Football’, have announced a partnership with H…
The first Wednesday of the month means only one thing these days – the Leisure Leagues Prize Draw is back on Facebook!
The Prize Wheel is still s…
The ongoing row between gymnastics two governing bodies appears to have resulted in a fierce backlash against the sport’s recognised governing body,…
On the day it revealed a 287% rise in teams looking to join its competitions, the world’s leading provider of community sports has told the governm…
A recent controversial ruling by a judge that effectively left British Gymnastics in sole charge of the sport in this country in the short term, means…
Unreal Madrid kept the pressure on as the 6 a side league in Kilkenny got back underway as the lockdown eased.
With the matches being played for th…
6 a side football might have only been running after lockdown for a couple of weeks, but there is already a second league in Guernsey to cope with …
The Football Family collection has brought people together all over the world, as we start to play our great sport again.
There are few people, tho…
A recent High Court ruling has left a cloud of uncertainty hanging over hundreds of gymnastics clubs right across the UK.
In what has been termed t…
A new stadium in Moldova got the Mayoral seal of approval this week as Ion Ceban, the Mayor of Chisinau City, surveyed the construction that will hous…
A High Court Judge has ruled that gymnastics, a multi-million pound industry operated by it’s Sport England backed governing body, British Gymnastic…
Oliver Dowden and Nigel Huddleston are amongst the Government Ministers who find themselves under the spotlight after a new study highlighted the heal…
300,000,000 fans can’t be wrong can they?!
Think about that for a minute. 300,000,000 is a population that only three countries – China, India …
It feels so good to say this after 15 long, inactive weeks, but 6 a side football is back.Guernsey was the venue for 30 teams, about 270 players and a…
As life slowly returns to normal following this incredible period in world history, we are delighted to say that another of our leagues is ready for k…
The very latest in the Football Family Series, sees our very own Media Executive, Jack Keeling under the spotlight.
As we have seen with the others…
A world class tournament needs a world class stadium. And that’s exactly what is being promised in Moldova for this autumn’s planned Intercontinen…
Assistant Referees are having to adapt to a new role, that’s the verdict of Leisure Leagues’ Head Referee after the so called ghost goal in the As…
Get people active!” That’s the simple message from Leisure Leagues, the UK’s largest suppliers of small sided football leagues, as they urged the Gove…
Football’s Coming Home.
You don’t know how long we’ve waited to say that – and you to hear it, no doubt.
For the first time since March …
Last week we reported on the the Leisure Leagues powered ISF Elite Referees group meeting which saw Mark Clattenburg on hand to offer advice and suppo…
Whilst businesses across the UK struggle to come to terms with the coronavirus pandemic, one leisure company is looking to the future and finding ple…
With the forthcoming Mexico World Cup delayed, the Leisure Leagues powered ISF are pressing forward with their plans to stage an Intercontinental Cu…
The Leisure Leagues powered ISF Elite Referees Group had some elite training this week, as Mark Clattenburg dropped into their zoom call.
Clattenbu…
Leisure Leagues can today announce plans for some new regulations at all our leagues, as we stand ready to start them again as soon as we are able.
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This afternoon we can reveal that talks are underway that will see a brand new small sided football tournament for this autumn.
The Leisure Leagues…
As Leisure Leagues spreads all around the world, bringing our special brand of community football to millions, an integral part of that has been the T…
It was a case of the Price is right, when it came to the Leisure Leagues Prize Draw this week.
Thousands of people worldwide tuned into the Stay At…
After what seems like months of bad news, it is great to have something positive to report on. We have been delighted this week to welcome a brand new…
We have all seen on the news, wherever we are in the world, the awful scenes in Minneapolis, where George Floyd was killed.
A policeman has been ch…
We are delighted that the latest Leisure Leagues Prize Draw is happening tonight.
Another in the Stay At Home Series of Lockdown editons, will see …
We have called this series “Football Family” for a reason. There is so much that connects us, and never is that better shown than with the subject…
The Football Family series has really shown us all how the great sport of 6 a side football has the ability to bring us all together like nothing else…
With lockdown slowly coming to an end following today’s announcement, and as the government announces its War On Fat, the world’s largest sports lea…
In this world right now, its great to have something to rely on.
For us at Leisure Leagues, one of those cornerstones is Steve Hogan. Our longest s…
There were many new teams in the Leisure Leagues Powered World Cup in 2019 as it became the fastest growing sport in the world. All of them brought …
The wonderful weather, as we “enjoy” lockdown in some of the hottest day’s May has offered for years has – literally – been a bright spot in…
The third one in the International Socca Federation/Leisure Leagues lockdown series, designed to bring football together, is a special one for us at L…
The fact it is Mental Health Awareness week has gone a little under the radar this year, with everything else going on. But that doesn’t make it any t…
We make you a hero every week, but footballers are heroes to millions.
Everyone reading this had a favourite player growing up – you might still …
Last week we began our new series designed to bring the world together with 6 a side football.
We started at the top, with ISF Chief Exec, Thanos P…
The Leisure Leagues powered Socca World Cup. There are many superlatives for it, but only two countries know what its like to win it. Germany and Russ…
6 a side football, your weekly Leisure Leagues fix, brings us all together like nothing else on the planet.
The unique atmosphere of the matches,th…
We are proud of the fact that the Leisure Leagues powered World Cup brought the world together in a way that nothing else can. Players from all around…
Ok. It’s Tuesday night. You’ve watched all the good stuff on Netflix, you can’t face another quiz on Zoom, and your liver would probably thank y…
The Leisure Leagues powered International Socca Federation is delighted to reveal that they have added another premier league whistle blower to their …
Get Ready to unleash your inner beast. We’re Ready to let you, that’s our message to you today as the UK prepares for a relaxation of the lockdown…
If you played in it, you know.
If you were there, you felt it.
If you were one of the millions watching around the world on one of the 70 channe…
Leisure Leagues’ Senior Referee, Mark Clattenburg has weighed into the row over the resumption of 11 a side football and asked: Why is no one thinki…
Many teams throughout history, from Brazil in 1970, to the Real Madrid of Eusébio and the rest, can claim to be the Greatest Of All Time. In more mod…
At Leisure Leagues, since the outbreak of Cornonavirus began to hit this country particularly hard in the middle of March, we have done everything we …
A couple of weeks ago, England 6 a side world cup star Henry Muggeridge made the national news for his goal earlier this season.
Today, the former …
Earlier this week, we showed you a special video explaining just how much the Leisure Leagues driven 6 a side football World Cup brings nations togeth…
That week in Crete. That unforgettable seven days that saw the world’s eyes on Rethymno for Socca World Cup 2019.
Leisure Leagues are the driving…
We’re all missing football – it’s been over a month since a game was last played, but one team from our Chippenham league took it one stage furt…
Arjun’s Army. They lit up the world cup in Crete with their songs and their flags and their unwavering support for the UK teams. So, we could not th…
Well, what a night that was!
The Leisure Leagues Stay At Home Special of the Prize Draw proved a huge success – and we hope that the thousands of…
The prize draw Stay At Home Special is happening tonight – and it gives YOU a chance to win whether you are in one of the entered teams or not.
A…
Last week, Henry Muggeridge, one of the stars of the Leisure Leagues Powered Socca world cup last Autumn, made the national media, for a goal he score…
With the lockdown continuing for at least another three weeks following the announcement made on Thursday by Dominic Raab, we all need something to lo…
“He’s one of our own” – for once, that is not just the song of Tottenham Hotspur fans to Harry Kane.
No, today it belongs to the whole Leis…
“We’ll be ready!” That is the message from the largest organiser of the 6 a side leagues in the world, as they begin to plan for the end of the …
Everyone at Leisure Leagues would today like to pay tribute to the thousands of our players who are frontline workers, in many cases doing dangerous …
Last week, we carried the story of Florian Potter, who as the Senior Match Official, for the the Leisure Leagues driven ISF, had a unique perspective….
I saw a tweet this morning that summed it up from someone who supports a Championship team.
“I should have been at football tomorrow and Monday, …
Although our leagues are not currently running due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, don’t worry, we are still here to be contacted with any quer…
Last year, in happier times, Leisure Leagues was the driving force behind the utterly incredible Socca World Cup. The tournament in Rethmyno that capt…
Leisure Leagues competitions might be shut at the moment, but their franchise team have been fielding calls for the last fortnight, as ordinary peopl…
At Leisure Leagues, we’ve innovated since the 1990s.
One of our adverts in the past used to say we were the benchmark that all others followed.
…
It’s fair to say that our brand new Player Cards feature has been a massive hit since we announced it on Monday.
Thousands of you – doubtless l…
As you’re sat at home on lockdown – wishing your 6 a side league was on at the moment, no doubt – we can at least brighten up your day in other …
After the announcement on Monday that the UK was going into a partial lockdown for three weeks, and our leagues being forced to close as a consequence…
After Covid-19, there will be football.
That’s the simple message from the World’s Largest Provider of Small Sided Soccer, as the country tries…