TOCA Social Review: A Must Football Experience In London

We played four games and they were all fun to play. There’s just enough variation in each to make it interesting, but essentially it’s all about accuracy and hitting targets to earn points (I would have loved a game to see who could hit the ball the hardest or a game of free kicks or penalties.

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There are three levels to choose from, beginner, intermediate and advanced. We played intermediate and the balls varied from straight, left, right and chipped to knee height where you control it or volley it so a decent challenge.

TOCA Social have just updated their booking system, which still a little unhelpful. We had three players in our group, which they recommend 30 minutes. We found this was not long enough and felt we had to rush. To play 60 minutes (which I think would have been the ideal time for our group size), we would have had to pay for 6-8 players. Here are the playing durations per number of players:

2-3 players – 30 minutes
4-5 players – 45 minutes
6-8 players – 60 minutes
9 players – 75 minutes
10-12 players – 90 minutes
13+ players – 90 minutes (2 boxes)

30 minutes might be okay for a quick casual game before doing another activity at the O2, but you should be able to choose the amount of time you play for no matter your group size.

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They recommend arriving 20 minutes early to check-in (the check-in desk is on the left at the entrance which I missed). They will tell you which number of pitch you are playing on. After, head to the bar area. There are monitors which will show your name and when you should go to your pitch. Keep an eye on the monitor as there is about five minutes of admin which you don’t want to eat into your playing time (it also gives you time to stretch if you’re over a certain age like me…). The admin consists of watching a safety video and adding names to the board (similar to bowling).

I highly recommend TOCA Social for anyone who likes to play football, whether casual or competitive. I just hope they change their booking system to allow playing longer no matter your group size. If you’re a small group, I would recommend booking twice as I feel 60 minutes should be a minimum to really enjoy your experience.

Address: The O2, Peninsula Square, London SE10 0DX

Website: https://www.toca.social/