Club Admin

Reporting a forfeit

If a fixture can't go ahead — your own team can't field a side, or the opponent simply doesn't show — either club can report it as a forfeit directly from their own league tab, no need to wait for the league admin. This guide walks through a real fixture from a live season: Oakwood Rovers FC reporting Thornfield United's no-show in the Cambridge Youth Football League.

Who can do this

Any member of either club playing in the fixture can report a forfeit — you're not limited to reporting your own side. You can report your own club as forfeiting (say, not enough players available) or report the opponent as a no-show. The one reason you won't see here is League declared — that's reserved for the league admin to use when overriding or declaring a forfeit centrally.

A forfeit report doesn't decide the fixture by itself. Reporting a forfeit submits it as a pending claim — the league admin reviews it before anything is final. This stops a forfeit being declared unilaterally (by mistake, or maliciously) with no oversight. If the opponent also reports, whether they agree or blame each other, the league admin sees both claims together. See Handling forfeits for what happens next from their side.

Step by step

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Open your club's League tab

From your club's page, go to League, then tap the league you want to report a forfeit for.

Oakwood Rovers FC's League tab, showing the Cambridge Youth Football League under My Leagues

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Expand Fixtures & Results

Under the season, tap Fixtures & Results to see every fixture. A fixture that can still be forfeited — scheduled, in progress, or awaiting a reschedule decision — shows a small whistle icon next to its status badge. A fixture that's already been decided (played out, or already forfeited) won't show one.

Fixtures and Results list showing Oakwood Rovers U10 vs Thornfield United U10, Scheduled, with a whistle icon

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Tap the whistle icon

This opens the Report Forfeit dialog for that fixture.

Report Forfeit dialog just opened, with Which club is forfeiting, Reason, and Notes fields

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Pick which club forfeited

Choose either side — your own club, or the opponent.

Which club is forfeiting picker showing both Oakwood Rovers U10 and Thornfield United U10 as options

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Choose a reason

Pick the closest fit: Host fault, Force majeure, No-show, or Late cancellation. Add an optional note for extra context — it's shown alongside the forfeit record.

Reason picker showing Host fault, Force majeure, No-show, and Late cancellation

Report Forfeit dialog filled in: Thornfield United U10 forfeiting, reason No-show, with a note

Done

Report submitted — awaiting the league admin

The fixture's badge flips to Pending League Decision. Nothing is scored yet, and neither club's calendar is touched — the league admin needs to approve the claim first.

Success snackbar reading Forfeit reported — awaiting league admin approval, with the fixture row now showing an amber Pending League Decision badge

What happens to the fixture afterward

While a claim is pending, the fixture stays visible as normal in both clubs' calendars — it isn't cancelled yet. The opponent can still file their own report on the same fixture if they see it differently (agreeing on who forfeited, or blaming the other side) — the league admin will see every claim together. Only once the league admin approves a claim does the forfeit score get applied and both clubs' calendar copies of the fixture move to Cancelled. If the league admin rejects a claim instead — say, it was reported by mistake — the fixture simply goes back to how it was, nothing changes. See Handling forfeits for the full review flow.