Sports Team

Metronome Nottingham

Wednesday 30 September 2026

7:00 pm : Doors

Standing

14+ (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult over the age of 18)

Tickets

General admission: £20 + booking fee

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Stage Times
Doors: 7 pm
Pack Of Animals: 7.30 pm – 8 pm
Porij: 8.15 pm – 8.45 pm
Sports Team: 9.15 pm – 10.30 pm

Gotobeat and DIY Magazine are proud to present the DIY Alive Tour with Sports Team.

In anticipation for DIY’s biggest event of the year we’re excited to have this year’s headliners – Sports Team – get on the road!

Sports Team have been described as one of the most raucous, electrifying and chaotic acts in the UK. Coming up on the back of word of mouth live hype, drawing round the block queues to chaotic early gigs at The Five Bells and Moth Club before releasing any music – the band have consistently set themselves apart with their intoxicating ambition. Their Mercury Prize nominated debut album Deep Down Happy (released June 19 2020) delivered on all bold claims, and confirmed their place at the head of a group of young guitar acts. Documenting modern Britain in all its messy complexity, and their own lives as young tyros fine-tuning their plan to ravish the charts, their songs are both affectionate and disdainful – much like the band’s oft-cited folk hero John Betjeman, whose poems and documentaries poked around suburban habitats with appalled fascination. But it’s in the band’s dynamic and character where inspiration yields. Overhearing Sports Team in the pub is what you hear in the songs. An endless back-and-forth with no give or take; a succession of vivid snapshots of modern Britain and the follies, foibles and frustrations of youth. The band calls to mind a loving but fractious family, bickering one minute, weeping with laughter the next.

Accessibility

Seated gigs offer disabled access within the first three rows inside the venue. Standing gigs offer accessibility for disabled patrons in our mezzanine. We will always do our best to accommodate individual requirements, and other viewing options may be available at standing gigs following a risk assessment of the event.
Take a look at our full accessibility information.
If you have any particular requirements or queries, please email us ahead of the event at [email protected].

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Sports Team

Stage Times
Doors: 7 pm
Pack Of Animals: 7.30 pm – 8 pm
Porij: 8.15 pm – 8.45 pm
Sports Team: 9.15 pm – 10.30 pm

Gotobeat and DIY Magazine are proud to present the DIY Alive Tour with Sports Team.

In anticipation for DIY’s biggest event of the year we’re excited to have this year’s headliners – Sports Team – get on the road!

Sports Team have been described as one of the most raucous, electrifying and chaotic acts in the UK. Coming up on the back of word of mouth live hype, drawing round the block queues to chaotic early gigs at The Five Bells and Moth Club before releasing any music – the band have consistently set themselves apart with their intoxicating ambition. Their Mercury Prize nominated debut album Deep Down Happy (released June 19 2020) delivered on all bold claims, and confirmed their place at the head of a group of young guitar acts. Documenting modern Britain in all its messy complexity, and their own lives as young tyros fine-tuning their plan to ravish the charts, their songs are both affectionate and disdainful – much like the band’s oft-cited folk hero John Betjeman, whose poems and documentaries poked around suburban habitats with appalled fascination. But it’s in the band’s dynamic and character where inspiration yields. Overhearing Sports Team in the pub is what you hear in the songs. An endless back-and-forth with no give or take; a succession of vivid snapshots of modern Britain and the follies, foibles and frustrations of youth. The band calls to mind a loving but fractious family, bickering one minute, weeping with laughter the next.

Accessibility

Seated gigs offer disabled access within the first three rows inside the venue. Standing gigs offer accessibility for disabled patrons in our mezzanine. We will always do our best to accommodate individual requirements, and other viewing options may be available at standing gigs following a risk assessment of the event.
Take a look at our full accessibility information.
If you have any particular requirements or queries, please email us ahead of the event at [email protected].

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