This weekend, English football will once again come together to champion safeguarding across the game as part of the Play Safe Weekend, taking place on 27-28 September 2025

The FA Play Safe campaign is endorsed by the NSPCC and will be supported this weekend across every level of English football, including the Premier League, EFL, Barclays Women’s Super League, Barclays WSL2, National League and across the grassroots game.

This year’s theme – ‘Small Talk is Bigger Than You Think’ – focuses on giving young people a voice. It’s a call to action for every adult in football to create open conversations, ask questions, and actively listen to children.

To raise visibility of the 2025 campaign, England Football has produced a video which highlights the importance of remaining alert and aware of small changes that can go unnoticed.

The campaign film appears at first to be a studio recording of a new podcast entitled ‘Eyes on the Ball’, which features former Premier League player Anton Ferdinand and Sky Sports’ Joe Thomlinson in conversation. The film then goes on to reveal the podcast to be not all as it seems, carrying with it a powerful message on the importance of observation.

Click here for more information on the Play Safe campaign.