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Mixed teams and new rules: Hashtag United tries to make football fun again

The semi-pro men's and women's sides played together under experimental rules, while a defeat to Walthamstow drew the week's biggest crowd.

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Hashtag UnitedStory of October 6, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

We Changed The Rules to Make Football Fun Again

Among the football creators close to Hashtag United in size, none added fewer views over the past seven days, and the club's daily pace sat a good way below its usual level. That is partly the nature of the channel: it belongs to a real club, founded by Spencer Owen in 2016 as a group of mates playing exhibition games, whose men's team now plays in the eighth tier of English football and whose women's team plays in the third tier of the women's game. Its weeks follow the fixture list.

The newest upload is the one with momentum. "We Changed The Rules to Make Football Fun Again" mixed the men's and women's squads to test a set of new rules, and the description openly asks whether the result is better football or complete chaos. Two days in, it is gathering views faster than anything else on the channel.

The most watched video of the week was a harder watch for supporters. "A New Era Meets an Old Rival..." covers a match against Walthamstow and passed 100,000 views, and its comment section reads like a terrace after a frustrating afternoon. Many viewers fault the officiating, a few give Walthamstow's defense its due, and others ask for the old end-of-video table and top-scorer updates to come back. Eddy's commentary gets warm praise, Spencer's return to the microphone is noticed, and a cluster of fond farewells goes to a player called Santos.

Around those two, highlights of a wild game against Buckhurst Hill and a short of a remarkable save rounded out four uploads.

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What viewers say

The comments under "A New Era Meets an Old Rival..."

Think Eddy might be the best thing that's happened to Hashtag, great commentary always
@shofer3875See it on YouTube
Would love to see top scorers and assists at the end of the vids again like back in the day!
@cam21morrisSee it on YouTube
Good luck to you Santos, all the best ❤
@winkles2314See it on YouTube

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