u/Huddld

I’ve just moved back from New York and the difference is painful, we always seem to be behind on simple things like this in the UK as a whole until London builds the solution, I play American football and it’s crazy how there isn’t a centralised platform to connect and play instead of relying on facebook groups and WhatsApp gcs. I’m building a fix lmk if anyone has had the same struggle (this is not London slander)

Long time player, London based.
For years the answer to “how do I find a pickup session near me” has been the same.
Know someone. Get added to a WhatsApp group. Hope the information is accurate. Show up and find out.
It’s mad to me that in 2026 this is still how it works. The community is bigger than people give it credit for, BAFA clubs across the whole country, thousands of players, but there’s no central place to see what’s actually happening near you on any given weekend.
So I started building something. It’s called Huddld. Mobile app, map-based, shows you every pickup session near you in real time. You see a spot, you join, you show up. No group chat chaos.
Still pre-launch but the waitlist is open.
Not here to spam, genuinely just want to know if this resonates with people in this sub. How do you currently find games? Is the WhatsApp thing a problem for you or have you found ways around it?
Would love to hear how other people are dealing with this