Welcome back to another Matchside weekly roundup!
This Sunday is a big one for sport in London — a national league playoff final at Wembley, a basketball semi-final at the Copper Box, and the table tennis world championship finals all on the same day. There's also cricket at Lord's, rugby, hurling, and motorsport. Read on for picks, details and ticket links.
🔥 This week’s top picks:
World Team Table Tennis Championships — quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final all taking place at OVO Arena Wembley through to Sunday.
Boreham Wood vs Rochdale in the National League Promotion Final at Wembley, Sunday 3pm.
London Lions in the SLB Playoff Semi-Final at the Copper Box, Sunday 4pm.
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👀 What’s on this week 👀
Coming up: table tennis finals, Wembley playoffs, basketball semi and the start of the cricket season
Before diving into the day-by-day, this week is your last chance to see the World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals at OVO Arena Wembley through to Sunday 10th May. The quarter-finals are on Thursday and Friday, the semi-finals on Saturday and Sunday is Finals Day. Tickets are selling out quickly - grab them here, from £26.
Thursday 7th May
1. 🏏 Oxford vs Cambridge — The Varsity Cricket Match (11am)
📍 Lord’s | Tickets £20 (students £5)
Saturday 9th May
1. ⚽️ National League South Playoff Final: Hornchurch vs Torquay (3pm)
📍 Hornchurch Stadium | Tickets go on general sale Wednesday 9am
2. 🏉 Men’s Champ Rugby
3. 🏎️ British Touring Car Championship (Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th)
📍 Brands Hatch | Tickets from £23 (kids go free)
Sunday 10th May
1. ⚽️ National League Promotion Final: Boreham Wood vs Rochdale (3pm)
📍 Wembley | Tickets from £35
2. ⚽️ Women’s FA Cup Semi-Final: Chelsea vs Man City (3.30pm)
📍 Stamford Bridge | Tickets from £17
3. 🏀 Men’s Basketball: London Lions vs Leicester Riders, SLB Playoff Semi-Final (4pm)
📍 Copper Box | Tickets from £18
4. 🏉 Rugby League: London Broncos vs Midlands Hurricanes (3.30pm)
📍 Plough Lane | Tickets from £18
This is a ladies day double header — the ticket includes London Broncos Women vs Salford at 1pm.
5. ⚾️ Hurling: London vs Antrim, Joe McDonagh Cup (1pm)
📍 McGovern Park, Ruislip | Tickets £13
Into Next Week
1. ⚽️ Women’s Football: Arsenal vs Everton (Wednesday 13th May, 7pm)
📍 Emirates Stadium | Tickets from £17
British Touring Car Championship
🔔 Ticket alerts you need to know about 🔔
On sale: Vitality Blast T20 Cricket
1. 🏏 Surrey and Middlesex T20 Matches This Summer
T20 season is almost upon us with the first games kicking off on Friday 22nd May, and running through to July. Anyone who’s been before knows these matches are an absolute ‘blast’, especially on a Thursday or Friday evening when everyone’s in great after-work spirits.
Surrey games are at the Kia Oval in Kennington — grab tickets here from £30.
Middlesex games are divided across Lord’s (tickets), and a couple of out-grounds — Old Deer Park in Richmond and Merchant Taylors' School Ground in Northwood (tickets).
Vitality Blast at Kia Oval
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Away day to the Swindon slugs
This weekend, four Matchside subscribers — Henry, Scott, Adam and Danny — had a little away day to catch Swindon vs Chesterfield on the last day of the regular football league season and sent in this photo from the stands. Love to see it.
And Sam saw Arsenal Women smash Leicester 7-0 in the WSL last week to continue their winning streak.
If you get to a game you spotted in the newsletter, let me know and send me some photos — I'd love to feature you in a future edition.
P.S. Bonus points if you get the slugs reference 🐌
Swindon vs Chesterfield
Arsenal Women vs Leicester
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That’s your week of sport sorted.
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Louis