Football tournaments in Greater London

Search by postcode across London

In London, a postcode search often works better than browsing by borough. The city is dense and the borders sit close together, so a team on one edge of the capital may reach an event in a neighbouring county as quickly as one several boroughs away. Enter your postcode, set a radius that matches your Saturday, and FindMeFootball shows what falls inside it, wherever it lands.

For the full location-first experience, go to the tournament search near you.

Looking just over the boundary

Depending on where you are in the capital, a suitable event may sit just outside it. That can mean Surrey and Kent to the south, Essex and Hertfordshire to the north and east, and Buckinghamshire or Berkshire out to the west.

A radius search from your postcode picks these up automatically, which is why it often works better than browsing London on its own. If you would rather look area by area, the neighbouring county pages and the wider South East and East of England pages are all a click away.

Filter by age group, level and format

The same filters help whichever way you arrive at a list. Filter by age group from U7 to U16 and by the organiser-declared level.

From the 2026/27 season, the standard pathway in England is 3v3 at U7, 5v5 at U8 and U9, 7v7 at U10 and U11, 9v9 at U12 and U13, and 11v11 from U14. Tournaments sometimes use alternatives such as 6v6, so check the individual listing. The level is set by the organiser, not assessed by FindMeFootball, so treat it as a guide and confirm before entering. Our guide to choosing the right level has more.

When London tournaments happen

Many outdoor grassroots tournaments take place from late spring through the summer, with particularly strong availability between June and August. Timing varies by organiser and venue, and some tournaments using indoor or artificial pitches may run at other times of year.

Popular summer tournaments often take entries months in advance, so it is worth looking early or setting an alert for your age group.

Choosing and entering a tournament

Before you commit, check the organiser-declared level against your squad, the playing format and squad size, the number of guaranteed games, the date and kick-off time, and the wet-weather and refund policy. For London venues, also check parking, public transport and how far families will need to travel from the station or car park.

Our team manager checklist runs through the main questions in order, while the parent guide explains what the day itself may involve.

Fixtures, results and tables on the day

FindMeFootball helps on the day, too. Where a tournament uses it, organisers can publish fixtures, results, group tables and knockout brackets, so families can check the next kick-off, the table and their next opponent from the sideline rather than a printed sheet. You will see these tools on the listing where they are available.

Get alerts for new tournaments

Set an alert for your area and age group, and FindMeFootball will email you when an organiser lists a matching tournament in or near London. We need your email address, the age groups you follow and how far you will travel. We do not ask for a child's name, date of birth or personal profile. For example, alerts for U10 tournaments within 10 miles of your postcode.

Are you a London organiser?

Running a tournament in or around London? Listing it on FindMeFootball is free, and it puts your event in front of teams searching by postcode and age group across the capital and the counties next to it.

You can add fixtures, results and tables too, so teams follow the day on their phones instead of chasing you for scores. List a new tournament or claim an existing listing to keep the details right. If you want more detail first, read our guide to listing a tournament.