Step-by-step

How The Arena works from reservation to Season One.

Reserve a digital founding seat for £0 today, then wait for the mobile web launch. When Season One opens, paid membership starts at £7.99/month and eligible players can enter scheduled football skill challenges.

Reserve your digital founding seat 18+ UK only. Final terms and rules before launch.

The simple version

The Arena is currently in pre-launch reservation mode. The most important thing to understand is that reserving today does not take payment today.

1. Reserve a founding seat

Join the founding cohort before the 5,000 digital founding seats are gone. Earlier reservations receive lower digital seat numbers.

2. Wait for web launch

The Arena will launch as a mobile-first web app. Final paid membership terms and full competition rules will be published before Season One opens.

3. Enter challenge windows

Eligible members enter scheduled skill challenges, compete on the leaderboard and follow the published prize structure for that competition window.

What happens in a challenge

Challenge windows are planned for twice each week. The Saturday challenge is positioned as the main winner prize at full capacity, while the midweek challenge rewards the top 10 leaderboard positions.

Play the challenge

The web app presents football skill scenarios. Your score and completion details feed into the competition leaderboard according to the final rules.

Follow the leaderboard

The leaderboard shows competition position during the window. Prize outcomes are determined at the end of the window after any required verification.

Founding membership in context

A digital founding seat is an early membership marker. It is intended to reserve your place for Season One and give your profile a founding badge when The Arena goes live.

Founding seats
5,000
Today
£0
Launch
£7.99/mo
Capacity
25,000

For more detail, read the founding membership page and the FAQ.