VENUE: WHITTINGTON PARK FOOTBALL PITCH
7-a-side football league Archway, North London is organised twice a week. We have a 7-a-side football league Archway organised every Monday evening and a separate on which is played every Thursday evening. 7-a-side football league Archway is played at an amazing 3G football pitch. Whittington Park football pitch is located inside the park which is a walking distance from Archway (London Underground) and Upper Holloway (London Overground) stations.
- Postcode: N19 4RS (Google Maps link)
- Get there: 7 minutes walk from Archway station, 2 minutes walk from Upper Holloway station
- Great 3G artificial grass all weather surface, sidelines
- Changing rooms and showers available (Subject to COVID restrictions)
- Can park at the streets around the park, Pay & Display ticket
7-A-SIDE FOOTBALL LEAGUE ARCHWAY GENERAL INFORMATION
- Type: 7 a-side
- Matchdays Monday 7s: Every Monday
- Matchdays Thursdays 7s: Every Thursday
- Kick-Off times: 7pm, 7.40pm, 8.20pm
- Game length: 40 minutes
- League duration: 10-20 weeks
- Game rules: Normal 11 a side rules (No slide tackles)
- Number of teams: 6-8
- League format: Teams playing against each other twice
- Online league table and fixtures
- Fully qualified FA referees
COST & PAYMENTS
- NO Registration Fee!
- Deposit to secure your spot: £100.00 (refundable upon successful league completion; see terms here)
- Cost: £63 /per team, per game (Paid every week)
ABOUT THE VENUE
7-a-side football league Archway is hosted at Whittington Park Football Pitch. Whittington Park Football Pitch is an amazing space to enjoy your football games in North East London. The football pitch is located inside Whittington Park. This is an amazing 3G, all weather, outdoors 11 a side pitch. The pitch is ideal to play 7 a side as can be used as thirds or 11 a side football games using the full pitch. Sidelines make this venue ideal to play normal 11 a side rules football, without head heigh restriction. Also during the winter, when days are shorter, floodlights are available for amazing football nights.
Changing rooms and shower facilities are also available at the venue. Use is restricted due to COVID protocol from Islington Parks.
If you are walking from Archway station (Northern Line) you just turn follow Holloway Rd and you will see the park entrance on your right hand. If you are using the bus rather the underground you can jump on bus lines: 17, 43, 263, 271.
ABOUT FOOTY ADDICTS
Footy Addicts is active for more than a decate on organising football games in London. Footy Addicts has been working closely with LondonFA to keep people active on playing small sided football in the capital. Our aim is to build healthier and more sociable communities through football.
We thrive to provide the best possible experience to all players involved. Check out an efford we did back 2022 to provide game highlights to all our football league games.
BENEFITS OF SMALL SIDED FOOTBALL GAMES
There are loads of benefits playing small-sided football games such as 7-a-side football league at Archway. Players get lots of touches in small-sided games, which is beneficial for their mastery of the ball. Also, small-sided games are a fantastic way of getting players to work together by scaling down tactical game. Every single player having a big part to play as they face match-relevant situations, as groups of players have to work and cover each other in all areas of the pitch. What players learn most from small-sided games is individual skills, like improving their first touch, and also how to make decisions in 2v1 and 1v1 situations. There has been lots written about the amazing number of touches players get in small-sided games, which is beneficial for their mastery of the ball, but there are other aspects of small-sided games that can help player development. It can be very enjoyable watching players react quickly when they win the ball and swarm forwards, creating overloads in the middle areas, so that if the attacker loses the ball and the team works quickly they can go 4v3 against their opponents. This opens a whole avenue of possibilities for players to see how they can quickly make use of the overload before the attacker gets back to help.