Baller League UK: Dates, format, squads and how to follow new competition featuring John Terry and Gary Lineker

A brand new football Event Initiates Subsequent week as some of the sport’s legends combine with famous faces for six-a-side action.

The Baller Division was founded in Germany and is a six-a-side indoor football Event, with this being the Primary season in the UK. 

A new era is about to Begin

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A new era is about to BeginCredit: Getty
The Baller Division began in Germany but now it's in the UK

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The Baller Division began in Germany but now it’s in the UKCredit: Getty

KSI is the president of the British Division that is going to include some Premier Division legends, celebrities, futsal stars and forgotten names.

Chelsea icon John Terry is a manager along with Luis Figo, Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Numerous Arsenal ‘Invincibles’, who all make up the Sun-studded line-up. 

Here’s all you need to know about the unique Event…

Baller Division: Dates and how to follow

The Baller Division officially Initiates on Monday, March 24. 

It is being Kept at the Copper Box Coliseum in London. 

That will be the Primary night of 11 weeks of Division action, with every event Seizing place on a Monday night until the end of May. 

The semi-finals and Last will then follow once every Club has played All other once, with the top four in the Division progressing. 

Fans can follow all of the action live on Sky Sports and NOW TV, with every single Game of the inaugural Event being broadcast. You can find out more here

talkSPORT and talkSPORT.com will also keep you up to date with all the latest. 

To tune in to talkSPORT through the website, click HERE for the live stream. Listen via the talkSPORT app here, or on DAB digital radio, through your Intelligent speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.

The Event takes place inside on a six-a-side pitch

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The Event takes place inside on a six-a-side pitchCredit: Getty

Baller Division: Rules and Arrangement 

There are a total of 12 Squads involved in the Baller Division and they will all Relocate All other once, with every side in action All Monday.

All Club has 12 players to choose from in their squads and their players were picked in a draft. 

Contests are played on a six-a-side indoor pitch and they last 30 minutes – two 15-minute halves – but in the Last three minutes, there is a twist. 

In the last three minutes, different rules will be added and those include: A 3v3 Arrangement, long-range goals Calculating as double, goalkeepers not being allowed to use their hands and more.

Those twists will be randomised during All game after the 12th minute of All half. 

Offside are in the rules but there are no corners – instead, if the ball goes off an opposing player and behind the Target three times, a penalty is given. 

And if a penalty is awarded, it will see a player take on the goalkeeper 1v1 with only six seconds on the clock to try and Tally.

Managers also get two wildcards per game week, which means they can bring anyone to feature in their Club for that Game. 

The MVP of All night wins a legend for their Club’s Subsequent game. 

KSI and members of The Sidemen are fronting the Event

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KSI and members of The Sidemen are fronting the EventCredit: Sidemen

Matchday 1 fixtures

  • Yanited v N5 FC
  • FC RTW v MVPs United
  • SDS FC v 26ers
  • Trebol FC v Santan FC
  • M7 FC v Wembley Rangers FC
  • Deportrio v VZN FC

Baller Division: Squads and managers

As mentioned, there are some huge names involved.

Terry, Figo, Lineker and Shearer are all managers, along with Robert Pires, Freddie Ljungberg, Jens Lehmann, Ian Wright, Chloe Kelly and Micah Richards. 

Social media stars Miniminter, TBJZL and AngryGinge are also involved, with rap sensation Dave and TV/radio host Maya Jama part of the manager line-up too. 

Here are all the Squads, their managers, and the squads that include some names you may recognise…

26ers – Manager: John Terry 

  • Club: J’ardell Stirling, Bilal Sayoud, Sak Hassan, Kojo Apenteng, Marcel Lewis, Jordon Ibe, Matt Chizzum, Emmanuel Rowe, Justin Dass, Spike Stegel, Vladislav Platinov, Jack Crook.

Deportrio – Managers: Alan Shearer, Micah Richards and Gary Lineker

  • Club: Bakary Sako, Adam Dawson, Francis Gerald Mapolo, Zach Fagan, Marvin Sordell, Charlie Kuehn, Tommy Scott, Raphael Gas, Alex Dyer, Ruben Singale, Tristan Goodridge, Leo Serri.

FC Rules the World – Manager: Clint 419

  • Club: Michael Ndiweni, Josh Harrop, Tareiq Holmes-Dennis, Kevin Gonzalez, Oliver Bosworth, Karim Kamhouri, Erghis Pepy, Onuchi Oki, Yusuf Shentu, Alamiji Oluma, Sandro Kamara, Festus Chalet.

M7 FC – Manager: Miniminter

  • Club: Jesse Waller-Lassen, Femi Akinwande, Stefan Ilic, Jean Belehouan, Toby Bull, Sam Fitzgerald, Arjun Youthful, Ramez Gonzalo, Arin Zaha, Lewis Garcia, Henry Wise, Zion Nditi.
Terry has a new Role as a manager in Baller Division

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Terry has a new Role as a manager in Baller DivisionCredit: Getty

MVPs United – Managers: Alisha Lehmann and Maya Jama

  • Club: Lorenzo Spinelli, Ashton Peltier, Jake Chambers Shaw, Ross Derham, Josh Misoki, James Canton, Alfie Matthew, Declan McCarthy, Jay Beckford, Joe Edwards, Dwayne Suel, Esteban Salgado.

N5 FC – Managers: Jens Lehmann, Robert Pires and Freddie Ljungberg

  • Club: Owen Locke, Adrian Mariappa, Brian Ly, Charlie Wakefield, Dayo Adekayo, Chris Arba, Imran Kahani, Michael Class, James Alabi, Troy Molunda, Freddie Berrati, Callum Charlton.

Santan FC – Manager: Dave

  • Club: Michael Hill, Richard Kesey, Dominic Voss, Erick Kenco, Ranell McKenzie Lowes, Jamell Abou-Bakare, Rico Okinari, David Upu, Abdullah Gervardi, Jack Wilson, David Solidemi, Luka Valentine.

SDS FC – Manager: Sharky

  • Club: Bruno Andrade, Bayley Brown, Ody Alfa, Cole Da Silva, David Marques Castanho, Calvin Dickson, Big John, Camillo Astreppo, Finley Chadwick, Michael Felibe, Hussein Mahdi, Tyler Edmundson.
Arsenal 'Invincible' Pires is a manager along with Ljungberg and Lehmann

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Arsenal ‘Invincible’ Pires is a manager along with Ljungberg and LehmannCredit: Getty

Trebol FC – Manager: Luis Figo

  • Club: Montel McKenzie, Vani Da Silva, Ciaran Clark, Isaac Modi, Ethan Oke, Reggie, Emi, Ryan Gorwell, Jordan Brown, Shani Omed, Aaron Steven, Nathan Bowen.

VZN FC – Manager: TBJZL

  • Club: Henri Lansbury, Kurtice Herbert, Jerome Sinclair, Remy Mitchell, Montel McKenzie, Florian Kastrati, Michael Olive-Wigan, Barrell Mensah, Ethan McClear, Diego Dombaboni, Jami Kheresi, Luka Barusic.

Wembley Rangers – Managers: Ian Wright and Chloe Kelly

  • Club: Domingos Pires, Check Fayum, Ben Long, Stuart Cook, Oliver Cannon, Juan Pablo, Ruben Junior, Luke Gambin, Kaylen Kofi, Braden Shaw, Joseph Diomande, Nabid Eshari.

Yanited – Manager: Furious Ginge

  • Club: Kadell Daniel, Michael Hector, Mohammed Mahyoub, Remy Clerima, Percy Kiangebeni, Medy Elito, Max Pitman, Harry Cain, Henry O’Shea, Daniel Thompson, Daniel Woods, Pharrel Mensah.

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