The rules of the game, in plain English
Terms
Updated 6 November 2026. Read with our privacy notice.
Who we are
SWOOP (swoopfc.com) is run by Coda Events Ltd, registered in England and Wales (company no. 13831845), 86–90 Paul Street, London EC2A 4NE. Contact us at hello@swoopfc.com. By using SWOOP you agree to these terms. If you don’t agree, please don’t use it.
What SWOOP is
SWOOP tracks football transfer reporting and turns it into a probability for each possible move (the SWOOP Index), shows the evidence behind it, and lets fans make their own calls and be scored on them. Browsing is free and needs no account. Making calls, following and alerts need a free account.
What SWOOP isn’t
- Not confirmation. Reports are reports. Only official club announcements are marked “Official”. A high probability is not a done deal.
- Not betting or financial advice. The Index and the fans’ figures are information and entertainment. Don’t rely on them to place bets or make financial decisions.
- Not a bookmaker or a prize competition. SWOOP is free to play. There’s no money in or out, and no prizes unless a specific competition says otherwise with its own rules.
Your account
- You must be 13 or over to have an account.
- One account per person, using an email address you control. Sign-in is by emailed link: keep access to your email secure, and use “Sign out everywhere” in Settings if you lose a device.
- Your public name must not impersonate anyone (a journalist, club, player or another fan), and must not be offensive. We may change a name that breaks this rule, and we keep your record.
- You can change your email, download your data or delete your account at any time in Settings.
Your calls are a permanent public record
Every call is timestamped and kept, right or wrong, because scores and leaderboards depend on an honest history. You can change a call while a transfer is open (each change is recorded); you can’t delete settled calls. If you delete your account, your calls stay in the record without your name. How calls are scored is published on How it works. Each transfer is scored under the rules in force when it settled; we don’t change finished results.
Play fair
You agree not to:
- use several accounts, or work with others, to inflate ratings, rankings, poll results or follower counts;
- scrape SWOOP or call it automatically beyond normal use (our embeds and share images are there to be used, as described on their pages);
- try to break, overload or get around SWOOP’s security, or access anyone else’s account or data;
- use SWOOP to harass anyone or to spread content that’s unlawful.
Content and credit
SWOOP’s design, text, the Index and its data are ours. Reports are credited to the journalists and outlets who published them, with links back; we quote briefly and summarise, and the original work belongs to them. You may share links, share images and use our embeds on your own site, as long as they keep SWOOP’s credit and link. You may not copy SWOOP’s data in bulk or present it as your own.
Availability and changes
We work hard to keep SWOOP accurate and running, but it’s provided as it is and may sometimes be wrong, late or unavailable. We may change or stop features. If we change these terms in a way that matters, we’ll say so on the site before the change applies.
Our responsibility to you
SWOOP is free. We’re not responsible for losses that come from relying on a probability, a report or a call, including any bet. Nothing in these terms limits our liability for anything that by law can’t be limited, such as death or personal injury caused by negligence, or fraud, and nothing affects your rights as a consumer.
Law
These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales. If you live elsewhere in the UK, you can also bring a claim in your local courts.