Football Injury Claims

With nearly 2 million people playing football every week in the UK, it’s common that injuries occur. Whether due to a reckless challenge on the pitch, or even an assault — it can be a life-changing occurrence. That’s where we come in. We help clients win football injury compensation claims on a no win, no fee * basis.


Claim for Football Injury Compensation – If you have been injured whilst playing a sport in the last 3 years, then you can make a claim for personal injury. To get started, phone us on 01252354433^ to speak to a specialist in sports injury claims, who will be able to offer you free guidance.


How Do Football Injury Claims Happen?

No matter how much care and attention you take on the pitch, accidents can happen. Sometimes it’s through no fault of your own, but from time to time you could be the victim of a malicious challenge that might have been unintentional to hurt you. Or, in worse cases, a deliberate action. If this has happened to you, then you have every right to claim football injury compensation.

We will fight your corner and have won countless cases already for those playing football.  We have partner solicitors ** who understand the game, the passions, and the injuries that can occur whilst out on the pitch. We know what action to take and the legal processes that are involved to have the highest chance of success – usually without the need to go to court either.

If you have been injured whilst playing football and feel you have a compensation case, whether it was a Sunday league game, semi-professional, or in a professional footballer capacity, then we are here to help you. Provided it was through no fault of your own.

What Types of Football Injury Compensation Can You Claim For?

Whilst we all understand that playing football comes with its inherent risks, nobody should have to suffer mentally, physically, or financially from someone else’s recklessness. It’s not always a tackle that can cause a football injury, though. Here are some examples of where we have helped people to claim football injury compensation:

  • Badly maintained pitches leading to injuries, typically to ankles
  • Glass on the pitch leading to a cut or more serious damage
  • Reckless and dangerous tackles, resulting in broken legs or fractures
  • Chemicals on the pitch which have left burns on the skin
  • Injuries as a spectator in a poorly maintained stadium, such as slips, trips, and falls
  • Violent behaviour, assault, and riots from opposing players or fans

As you can see, football injury claims can happen in varying circumstances, all of which we are more than happy to help you resolve financially.

Making a Compensation Claim for a Football Injury

Basically, the process is just the same as any other personal injury claim, and you don’t need to be playing professionally in order to start the legal process. If you were injured due to another football player’s negligence, malevolence, a late tackle, or the state of the pitch, then you may be able to make a claim for football injury compensation.

Our personal injury solicitors ** are familiar with sporting injury cases, and know all about the inherent risks involved in playing contact sports. Having said that, football injury claims can be very complex from a legal perspective, which is why we suggest that you work with our specialists on a claim.

Collect as Much Evidence as Possible

If you’ve ever used a personal injury solicitor ** before, you will know that they like to have as much evidence as possible. So as an example, if there’s video of the event, make sure you provide it. Take photos of your injuries, gather witness statements, get a photo of the pitch if that was to blame. Put in simple terms: the more evidence you have, the more chance of winning the compensation claim.

Football Injury Claims: Example Cases

Below are a small selection of example personal injury claims cases resulting from injuries whilst playing football.

Example Case #1 – Player Slips on Water During 5-a-Side Match

The client was playing five-a-side football indoors at the local sports centre. The sports centre was aware that they had an issue with water dripping onto the court from pipes in the ceiling, although the players were not. As a result, there was a pool of water on the indoor football pitch.

During the game, the client was running down the pitch with no other people anywhere near him when he hit the water patch. Because he was wearing grip trainers, his leading foot slipped in the water, whilst his back foot remained static… he ended up with a fractured tibia and fibula. He was admitted to hospital and had plates inserted to support the fractures, and was unable to walk for some time.

Due to the injuries, pain, suffering, and time off work involved, the player was able to successfully claim for football injury compensation.

Example Case #2 – Sunday League Player Assaulted

In the second case, a client was assaulted in a Sunday league match by an opposition player, resulting in a fractured eye socket and severe facial injuries. The opposing player was sent off, the client was hospitalised for treatment.

Due to video evidence and witness statements, a football injury claim was processed against the opposing club and player, as well as criminal proceedings.

No Win, No Fee Football Injury Claims

As this is one of the most common injuries in sport, we have many compensation requests due to the sheer amount of people in the UK who play football. Many clients have come to us to make football injury claims, and we have a very high success rate in helping people to get the money that they deserve for these types of injury.

You need to work with an accident claims team who understand the sport and have a track record of winning cases of this nature – and that’s us to a tee. We assess each case individually, and then look to claim for loss of earnings, injuries, emotional hardship, and any other costs and expenses you might have incurred. We do all this on a no win, no fee * agreement so you have no financial risk.

A personal injury claim for football is far more common than you might think, so get in touch with us today to claim.


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