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Well organised, with excellent referees and facilities, and a new website showing team performance stats and previous league positions.

The football league is well managed and the playing standard high, we have been members of the same league since May 2014. There have been some issues but they are always dealt with quickly and efficiently, for example the floodlights did not work one night but we were paid a full refund immediately. The website is very user friendly and great for checking fixtures, results and your team standings. The pitch we play on is good quality and size, when there has been issues with the surface the pitch has been repaired and at one point completely re-laid. No issues from us which is why we have not moved in so long, exactly what you would want from a kick-about league.

Well-organised league on good pitches, and the teams are friendly enough. The balls are sometimes a little flat though

Incredibly well organised league, friendly staff and great pitch location.

There were no changing rooms and the quality of the pitch's astro turf is really really bad. These should have been mentioned. Apart from this, the organisation of the tournament was perfect, a 5aside referee was always on time and I can say that all of them have been quite experienced.

We've played on a Monday night in Battersea for a few years now and it's been a very good experience. Occasional problems with quality of the floodlights and footballs but these are fairly rare and overall it's been a lot of fun. Keep it going!

We have been playing in a Thursday evening Battersea league organised by 5aside.org for just over a year and we find it to be very enjoyable, of a good standard and well-organised.

League fixtures are dependable and on the rare occasions where our opposition have been a no-show, the league have been really quick to find us a friendly or sort out a refund for that week with no fuss.

We have raised a couple of issues with 5aside.org over the course of our time with them (e.g. balls in need of replacement, league format) but they have always been swift in responding in good faith and very open and approachable with feedback on how participants think they might be able to make improvements - a very welcome characteristic and certainly not one that we have seen from all league organisers we have played with previously.

Overall, a very well run league. Keep up the good work!

Outstanding group to be a part of.

My team have been members of a number of leagues with 5aside.org for almost 7 years and never had a problem.

The only issue we ever raised with them was dealt with immediately.

Only down side worth mentioning is maybe the condition of Battersea Park school blue pitches but I don't believe that is actually 5aside.org's responsibility.

Overall phenomenal company and always a please to interact with.

We've been playing at Newton Prep on a Thursday night since 2002 and are now on our third set of League organisers, with 5aside.org taking over 'the franchise' (if that is the right description) about 18 months ago.

They moved to 7 team divisions in the league before the current one, which is slightly frustrating because each team sits out 2 weeks out of 14 - and you need to be sharp to work out which is the best week to request for a 'rest week' before the fixtures are out based on your player availability.

The last organisers also had quite a nice gimmick on their website which enabled you to load up a club page featuring photos of your squad - but we don't talk about them any more as they tried to hold onto our money when they lost the pitch reservation halfway through a season....

All in all, very happy to confirm that we are satisfied customers.

OLD ROBSONIANS

Great organisation. Very communicative. Thoroughly enjoyed being part of the various leagues. Would recommend.

Very smoothly run 5, 6 and 7 a side football leagues. Standard of pitches and refereeing is very good. Would definitely recommend without any hesitation.

(This is with reference to the Monday evening 6-a-side league at Newton Prep school.)
- The league is well organised. The team that run it have proved very helpful.
- The web site is much improved, and has always included all-important fixture and results information.
- The standard of the pitch is good.
- Changing facilities are fine.
- The balls are generally good, but some older ones could be phased out.
- The refereeing is generally good.
- Opposition teams are on the while competitive but fair.
- The 'ringer' web page is very useful.
- Happy to recommend this league.

A well - run league with a great website. Perhaps most importantly if i have a query around anything my emails are quickly responded to and sorted. Not really anything to complain about - good standard, 7 a side league in a decent 'arena'. My ONLY critique would be the last KO is 9.30 so while there is only a 1/4 chance each week that will be you, if it is it's a bit annoying.

We have been playing in the same league for 5 years now with no problems. Fixtures are very dependable, well run and always played in a competitive yet good spirit. Communication from the league is clear and timely. Our team has blooded almost 50 mates/colleagues in the league, all of whom have enjoyed the experience.

A group of us living in Tooting play 7-a-side football on a Monday night near Clapham North, run by 5aside.org.

Although there are pitches and organised leagues closer to where we live, we choose to stick with this league due to it's great prices (I'm yet to find better in South London), decent standard of football and good facilities. The format of the league means that we are guaranteed a competitive game of football each week.

Where we have had any inevitable problems, i.e. other teams not showing up for instance, the guys have always been really good in re-compensating us by the end of the season or at the beginning of the next; not something I'be experienced at various other leagues down the years.

Overall, I'd say a top organisation run by some decent chaps.

Well organised, kept to schedule, enthusiastic coordinators. Simple and effective. That Nick guy, he was sound.

Well organised fun event. Only criticism is that the ref in the final didn't do a lot for player safety and a couple of players didn't want to be on the pitch because they didn't want to get hurt as they knew if they were through they'd get hacked down

Timings, facilities, refereeing, bibs, cake - everything ran seamlessly and perfectly. And all done with a smile!!!

A great day of football

I also thought the losing finalists were very handsome

Played in this league for just over four months - enjoyable standard of football, good facilities and friendly referees/organisers. Highly recommended.

I have been playing in their 5 and 6 aside leagues for a number of years now and highly recommend then. Very well organised leagues with good refs and very friendly head office staff. They also regularly organise tournaments to support local charities which are great.