Football tournaments in the South East

Search by postcode when distance matters

Once you know how far your families will travel, a postcode search may be more useful than browsing. A radius looks across county and regional borders to whatever falls inside it, which matters in a region where the nearest suitable event may be in the next county rather than your own.

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

Travel across the South East

Where you are in the region changes which neighbouring areas are practical. Teams in Surrey, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and western Kent may find some Greater London venues within a sensible travelling distance. Teams in Hampshire, Sussex and eastern Kent may need to compare coastal, inland and cross-county routes instead.

County and regional boundaries do not always reflect the quickest journey. Use the postcode search to compare events within the distance your players and families can realistically travel.

If you are close to the edge of the South East, it may also be worth checking the Greater London, East of England, East Midlands, West Midlands and South West pages.

The Isle of Wight is worth planning differently. A mainland tournament may look close on a map, but it requires an island crossing, so check ferry or hovercraft times, availability and costs before you enter and build the crossing into your arrival time. The same applies in reverse for mainland teams looking at island events.

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 South East 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. In a region this size, also work out the travel properly: the drive at that time on that day, parking at the venue, and whether an early kick-off means leaving before dawn.

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 the South East. 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 U12 tournaments within 30 miles of your postcode.

Are you a South East organiser?

Running a tournament anywhere in the South East? Listing it on FindMeFootball is free, and it puts your event in front of teams searching by postcode and age group across the region and the areas 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.