Drop In Sessions
What’s Drop-In football?
We almost always have spaces every Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday for footballers to play. We have 48 spaces in total. We have filled up 6 times in 8 years.
If you are over 35, have £10 for a game, are willing to communicate via WhatsApp and Spond (the app we use for signing in) and will sign up to our player-club contract and constitution then you will be made very welcome to come and play with us, as long as you sign in by 9am on the day you wish to play.
Timings of sessions are as follows:
Tuesday/Wednesday - 8:30pm until 10:15pm
Friday - 8:00pm until 10:00pm
How do I sign in?
Download Spond from your phone’s app store and create a free account
Use this link here to sign-up and request to join the Lewes FC Vets Drop-Ins Spond group
Our membership secretary Chaz will get in touch with you, confirm your sign-up and then add you to the Drop-In WhatsApp group
Tick in on Spond before 9am the day you want to play. If you do not sign in, you cannot play
Members take priority - if there’s not enough spaces, the last Drop-Ins to sign in will be the first to be told they can’t play. Sorry in advance, it sucks but we have to manage numbers somehow
Watch for the announcements in the Drop-In WhatsApp group to confirm you are playing
Don’t hesitate to message Chaz on 07792414518 with any questions!
What do we expect of you?
Sign in on Spond before 9am the day you want to play
Bring a black top and a yellow top to play in, as well as shorts/socks/shin pads/water and appropriate footwear (scroll down to find out what that is). The two different colours are to help the 1 in 12 male footballers who have issues with discerning colour!
Warm up before you come! It will be physically challenging the first time!
Relax into the game, you have nothing to prove, enjoy your football: we want you to come back, not get injured within twenty minutes of being on the pitch
Respectful, caring behaviour, including showing up on time, helping out with setting up, getting the ball straight away if you kick it out of the 3G, collecting and putting equipment away at the end, no goalhanging/try to stay onside at all times, no slide tackles
What should I expect?
There’s always a facilitator running the evening. They will be outside the 3G.
They will welcome you, introduce you to some of the group and let you know what else to expect.
At the start of the evening, we bring everyone together to hear our poem, then team announcements, usually followed by a series of matches although facilitators can get more creative with the format.
Come and join us. If you are old enough you are good enough!
