First Draft FC

Cancellations & Refunds

Last updated 4 August 2026

How cancelling a session works at First Draft FC, and what happens to money you have already paid. The short version: refunds are credited to your club wallet, not returned to your bank, and that credit pays for your next booking.

1 · Cancelling a booking

  • You can cancel a booking yourself up to 2 hours before kickoff, from My Games → Manage bookings in the app.
  • Inside that window the slot is locked, because the pitch and the teams are already committed. Contact an organiser if something genuinely urgent has come up.
  • Cancelling frees your slot for the next player on the waitlist.
  • Waitlisted players have paid nothing, so leaving the waitlist costs nothing.

2 · What happens to a paid slot

When you cancel a session you have already paid for, the fee comes back to you as club wallet credit. Exactly when depends on whether anyone is waiting for your slot:

  • Nobody on the waitlist: the fee is credited to your club wallet immediately.
  • Someone on the waitlist: the fee is held against your slot and released to your wallet as soon as a replacement player is confirmed for it.
  • No replacement is found: the held fee is released to your wallet automatically once the session has taken place. You are not left out of pocket either way.

3 · How club wallet credit works

  • Credit sits in your club wallet and is applied automatically the next time you book a session.
  • It never expires while you are an active member.
  • It cannot be transferred to another member.
  • Your balance and every credit and debit are visible in the app under your wallet.

Wallet credit is the default because it is instant. If you are leaving the club and have a balance left, email amol.mahendra16@gmail.com and we will arrange to return it to you directly.

4 · Sessions cancelled by the club

If we call off a session (weather, venue closure, or too few players), every player who paid is credited in full to their club wallet. The cancellation cutoff does not apply, and you do not need to do anything.

5 · No-shows and unpaid slots

  • Booking and not turning up, without cancelling before the cutoff, means the ₹200 fee is not refunded. The pitch was paid for and the slot was held for you.
  • Core members are auto-booked into each session. A core slot not paid for by 18:00 on match day is released automatically and nothing is charged.
  • Repeated no-shows may affect your ability to book future sessions.

6 · Payment problems and disputes

If money left your account but your slot still shows as unpaid, or a refund has not appeared in your wallet, contact us before raising a dispute with your bank. We can almost always sort it out the same day.

  • Email amol.mahendra16@gmail.com or WhatsApp +91 7795242117.
  • Include the date of the session and the amount paid.
  • We acknowledge within 24 hours and aim to resolve within 3 working days.

Where a payment was genuinely taken in error and no session was played, we will return the money to its original source rather than to your wallet.

7 · Contact

Amol Mahendra, sole proprietor, trading as First Draft FC · amol.mahendra16@gmail.com · +91 7795242117. Full details on our contact page. This policy forms part of our Terms of Service.