The terms, in plain words.

Last updated: 30 September 2026

• 1. About these terms
• 2. Who we are
• 3. The editions
• 4. The full edition
• 5. Using FORM fairly
• 6. Our content
• 7. Accuracy and AI
• 8. Odds and betting
• 9. Our liability to you
• 10. Ending your subscription
• 11. Changes
• 12. Law and disputes

01About these terms

These terms apply when you use the FORM website or subscribe to the FORM newsletter. By signing up you agree to them, so please read them. Our privacy notice and cookies page form part of these terms.

Nothing in these terms takes away your legal rights as a consumer. If anything here seems to, your legal rights win.

02Who we are

FORM is published by Joshua Shaw, [[TRADING NAME OR COMPANY NAME AND NUMBER]], of [[POSTAL ADDRESS]], London, United Kingdom. Email: [[CONTACT EMAIL]]. [[VAT NUMBER, IF REGISTERED; OTHERWISE DELETE]]

03The editions

The free edition

The free edition is one email each Monday, written around up to three picks from our list. It costs nothing. To receive it you must be 16 or over, give a working email address that belongs to you, and confirm your subscription from the email we send.

We aim to send every Monday at 7am UK time, but the free edition is offered as it is, and we may change what it contains, skip an issue, or stop it altogether. If we stop it for good, we will tell you first.

The full edition

The full edition, at £5 a month, is not open yet. When it opens, section 4 will apply to it, and we will update these terms before anyone is charged.

04The full edition

• Who can buy. You must be 18 or over and live in [[the UK / any country: CHOOSE]].
• Price. £5 a month, including any VAT, charged in advance on the same date each month until you cancel. The price and what it includes are shown before you pay.
• Payment. Payment is taken by Stripe through Buttondown, our newsletter provider. If a payment fails, we may pause the full edition and move you to the free edition.
• The contract. Your contract with us starts when we confirm your subscription by email. We will also send you a copy of these terms.
• Price changes. We will give you at least 30 days' notice by email of any price rise. It will apply from your next payment after the notice ends, and you can cancel before then if you do not want to pay the new price.
• Cancelling. You can cancel any time. How cancelling works will be set out here before the full edition opens.

05Using FORM fairly

Please do not:

• sign up anyone else without their permission, or use an address that is not yours;
• republish, sell or systematically copy issues, or pass off our writing as your own;
• use automated tools to scrape the website or the newsletter, or to feed our writing into an AI system;
• try to get into parts of the website or our systems that are not meant for you, or interfere with how they work;
• send us anything unlawful, abusive or harmful.

If you break these terms, we may stop sending you FORM.

06Our content

The writing, design and name of FORM belong to us or the people we licensed them from. You are welcome to read your issues, keep them, and forward the occasional one to a friend. You may quote a short passage, for example on social media, as long as you credit FORM. Anything more needs our permission.

FORM quotes sportspeople and other publications for the purposes of reporting and comment, and credits the source. Club, league and tournament names are used only to identify what we are writing about. FORM is independent and is not connected with, or endorsed by, any club, player, league, governing body or bookmaker.

If you believe something in FORM uses your work unfairly, email [[CONTACT EMAIL]] and we will look at it promptly.

If you send us a reply, a comment or a suggestion, you allow us to use it to improve FORM. We will not publish your name or words without asking you first.

07Accuracy and AI

FORM is drafted with AI tools, using research from live web sources, and edited by Joshua Shaw before it is sent. We check facts carefully, but sport moves quickly, sources can be wrong, and mistakes can slip through. Scores, fixtures, injuries, transfers, rankings and quotes may have changed by the time you read them.

FORM is for information and enjoyment. It is not professional, financial or betting advice, and you should not rely on it when making decisions that matter. If you spot an error, reply to the issue and we will correct it in the next one.

08Odds and betting

Our writing sometimes mentions bookmakers' odds, because they are part of how sport is discussed. We do this only as news. We do not give tips, we are not paid by bookmakers, and we do not link to betting sites. If you choose to gamble, please do so responsibly and only if you are 18 or over. Free, confidential help is available from GamCare on 0808 8020 133 and from BeGambleAware.

09Our liability to you

• We are responsible for loss or damage you suffer that is a foreseeable result of our breaking these terms or failing to use reasonable care and skill. Loss is foreseeable if it was obvious it would happen, or if we both knew it might happen when you subscribed.
• FORM is for personal, non-commercial use. We are not liable for business losses, such as lost profit or lost business opportunity.
• We are not liable for losses from decisions you make in reliance on what FORM says, including bets, beyond what the law says we cannot exclude.
• For the free edition, which you receive at no cost, our total liability to you is limited to £100. For the full edition, it is limited to the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim, or £100 if that is more.
• We are not responsible for delays or failures caused by events outside our reasonable control, such as a failure at our email or hosting provider. We will tell you and do what we can to limit the effect.
• Nothing in these terms limits or excludes our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for anything else that cannot be limited or excluded by law, including your rights under the Consumer Rights Act 2015.

10Ending your subscription

You can leave at any time using the unsubscribe link at the foot of every issue.

We may stop sending FORM to you if you break these terms, if your address keeps bouncing, or if we close FORM.

11Changes to these terms

We may update these terms, for example when the full edition opens or the law changes. We will change the date at the top, and tell you by email before any change that affects you significantly takes effect. If you are a paying reader and do not accept a change, you can cancel before it takes effect.

12Law and disputes

These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales. If a dispute arises, please contact us first and we will try to resolve it. You can bring proceedings in the courts of England and Wales, or, if you live in Scotland or Northern Ireland, in the courts where you live.

If any part of these terms is found to be unenforceable, the rest still applies. These terms are between you and us. Nobody else has any rights under them.