Jumpers for Goalposts

By Tom Wells

Wednesday 25th - Saturday 28th March 2026

Jumpers for Goalposts by Tom Wells is a warm, funny, and deeply moving play about friendship, community, and the quiet importance of belonging.

Set around a Sunday league football team over the course of a season, the play uses grassroots football as the backdrop for a story about ordinary people navigating change. As life off the pitch becomes more complicated, the team becomes a place of refuge — somewhere to show up, be counted, and feel part of something.

With gentle humour and naturalistic dialogue, Jumpers for Goalposts explores themes of masculinity, mental health, loyalty, and the bonds that hold communities together. Football knowledge isn’t required; this is a human story first and foremost, rich in heart, nostalgia, and understated emotion. Jumpers for Goalposts is a celebration of the small rituals and shared spaces that give life meaning.