Terms of service
Last updated: September 2026
These are the rules for using LeagueMate. By creating an account you agree to them. LeagueMate is run by Noah Short. Questions go to noah@noahshort.me.
What LeagueMate is — and isn't
LeagueMate helps groups of friends run the side of their fantasy football league that happens off the pitch: the wooden spoon, who owes what, the group acca, prize splits.
We never handle money. We don’t hold, take, move or pay out anyone’s money. Amounts in the app are a record your league keeps for itself; any actual payment is between you and the other members.
We’re not a betting service. We don’t take bets or offer odds to bet on. Odds shown in the app come from third parties and are there for your league’s own game, which is open only to people aged 18 and over. You’re responsible for making sure whatever your league agrees is lawful where you live, and you mustn’t use LeagueMate to run a commercial betting or gambling operation.
Who can use it
You must be 13 or over. The group acca is for people aged 18 and over only: we ask for your date of birth before you can use it, and you mustn’t give a false one. If you’re under 18, the rest of LeagueMate is yours to use.
One account per person, with an email address you use. Keep your password to yourself — you’re responsible for what happens on your account.
Leagues and admins
Whoever creates a league is its admin and can make other members admins. Admins set the league’s rules and keep its records — for example, marking an entry fee as paid.
LeagueMate records what the league decides; it doesn’t enforce or guarantee it. If members disagree about money or results, that’s between them, and we can’t settle it.
What you put in
Names, league names and photos you add stay yours. You let us store them and show them to the people in your league so the app works. Don’t add anything that isn’t yours to share, that’s unlawful or offensive, or that pretends to be someone else.
Using it fairly
Don’t:
- try to get into accounts or leagues that aren’t yours
- interfere with the app, test its security without our permission, or overload it
- copy the app’s data in bulk or resell it
- harass other members
- post anything hateful, threatening, sexual or illegal, in chat or anywhere else
We can suspend or close accounts that do.
The same rules apply in league chat. Anyone can report a message or block its sender from the message itself; we review what’s reported and remove what breaks these rules.
Fantasy Premier League and other data
LeagueMate isn’t made, endorsed or connected with the Premier League or Fantasy Premier League. Scores, fixtures, results and odds come from third parties. We work to keep them right, but they can be delayed or wrong, and a league’s results are only as accurate as the data behind them.
Paid features
Some features may be part of a paid plan. Before you’re charged anything you’ll see the price and what it covers, and you’ll have to agree to it. Free trials and promo codes work as described when you use them.
Availability and changes
We’ll try to keep LeagueMate running smoothly, but we can’t promise it will always be available or free of mistakes. We may change or remove features; if a change takes away something you rely on, we’ll try to give you notice.
Our responsibility to you
If you use LeagueMate as a consumer, you have legal rights these terms don’t affect. Beyond those, we aren’t responsible for money arrangements between league members, for losses caused by third-party data being wrong or late, or for losses that weren’t foreseeable. Nothing here limits our responsibility for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, or for fraud.
Ending things
You can stop using LeagueMate and delete your account at any time from the Account page. The privacy policy explains what happens to your data when you do.
Changes to these terms
We may update these terms. If a change matters, we’ll tell you in the app before it takes effect. If you keep using LeagueMate afterwards, the new terms apply.
The law that applies
These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales. If you live in Scotland or Northern Ireland, you can also bring a claim in your local courts.