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Season 2 · 6 Oct - 1 Nov
Free to play
6 clubs · 1 coastline
North East Nurdle Derby
Rivals on the pitch. Team mates on the beach.
Plastic pellets are washing up on to beaches from Blyth to Sunderland. Pick your club, pick up nurdles, and score goals against your rivals. Your first goal takes about ten minutes.
- Free
- Play from anywhere
- Families welcome
- With Northumberland Wildlife Trust
Who do you play for?
Sign up in 30 seconds with Google or your email.
No payment, no app to download.
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How it works
Your first goal in ten minutes
- 1
Join your club
Tap your crest above. Sign up with Google or your email.
- 2
Do one action
Start easy: watch the two-minute nurdle video or invite a mate. Save the beach for the weekend.
- 3
Snap a photo, score
Upload your photo. Our VAR team checks it and the goals go to your club.
Ways to score
Pick what suits your day
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Actual size, roughly.
A nurdle is about 5 mm across.
17 tonnes
of plastic nurdles washing up on the North East coast
Why it matters
Small as a lentil. Deadly to seabirds.
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Nurdles are the raw pellets that plastic products are made from.
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Seabirds and fish mistake them for food.
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They hide in the sand and in the seaweed - every handful picked up makes a difference.
The tournament
Four weeks. Four rounds. One trophy.
Each week your club faces a rival drawn at random, Champions League style. The club with more goals that week wins the fixture. Most points after four rounds lifts the North East Nurdle Trophy.
How the table works
RulesTournament Prizes
Top scorer of the Tournament
Top scorer fan of Newcastle United FC
Top scorer fan of Sunderland AFC
Best Photo
Most Mates recruited
Questions
Before you sign up
Your rivals are already signing up
Kick-off Tuesday 6 October. Get your first goal in before they do.