What Does a Corporate Five-a-Side League Cost in London?

Why nobody publishes a flat price

Search for corporate five-a-side league pricing in London and you'll notice most providers, Secta included, don't publish a single number. That's not evasiveness; pitch hire alone varies by 30 to 40% depending on which part of London you're in and what night you want to play, and that's before referee availability, season length or whether you need help topping up your squad are factored in. A published 'from £X' figure is either misleadingly low or padded to cover worst-case venues, neither of which is useful to you.

What we can do is walk through exactly what you're paying for, so a quote makes sense when you get one.

What's actually included in a season price

A corporate football leagues season price covers four things: pitch hire for every match night across the season, a qualified referee for every fixture, league management (fixtures, table, results), and, usually, a finals night to close the season out. Some providers price kit bibs and a top-up player pool separately; we include both as standard, since a team turning up two players short shouldn't be your problem to solve on a Tuesday evening.

What it doesn't typically include: your own kit (most teams sort their own shirts), food or drinks after matches, and content coverage, filming a season or a finals night is nearly always a separate add-on, priced per shoot rather than folded into the season fee.

It's worth asking specifically whether topping up a squad is included, too. Teams lose players to injuries, job changes and simple Tuesday-evening reluctance over the course of a season, and a provider who can match you with spare players rather than leaving you to forfeit a match short-handed is worth more than the headline price difference usually suggests.

The four things that move the price

Venue location is the biggest lever. Central London 3G venues (the City, King's Cross, Shoreditch) command a premium over sites further out, purely on real estate cost. If your team is flexible on location, you'll typically pay less than a team that needs a venue within walking distance of one specific office.

Night of the week matters almost as much, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings are the most requested nights for corporate leagues, so they're priced accordingly; Monday and Thursday nights are often slightly cheaper simply because there's more availability. Season length is straightforward: an 8-week season costs less than a 10-week season, though most providers, us included, find 8 to 10 weeks is the sweet spot for a season worth committing to without becoming a slog. And squad size interacts with price indirectly, larger squads mean more people to coordinate but don't change the per-team price, since you're paying for the pitch and referee, not by headcount.

League vs tournament vs friendly: different cost shapes

It's worth comparing shapes, not just totals. A season-long league spreads cost over 8 to 10 weeks of regular play, the best per-match value if your team wants a standing weekly fixture. A one-day tournament concentrates the spend into a single, higher-energy event, which suits a whole-company occasion better than a season commitment. A one-off friendly is the lowest total cost and the lowest commitment, a single match, arranged and refereed, with no season-long admin on either side.

None of these is objectively cheaper per hour of football; they're priced for different shapes of commitment. If you're unsure which fits, that's usually the actual question worth answering before the price one.

How to get an exact number

The fastest way to a real quote is to share four things: your rough headcount or squad size, preferred area of London, preferred night, and whether you want content coverage included. With that, most providers, us included, can turn around pricing same-day, because it removes the guesswork on venue and referee costs from both sides.