Forfeit ideas: what to put on the line

Money is the worst stake for a bet between mates. It gets awkward, it gets forgotten, and it is never funny. A good forfeit is the opposite: cheap, public, and impossible to live down. Steal from this list.

The classics

• Loser buys the pints. The original and still the best.
• Loser buys the kebabs after the next five-a-side.
• Loser gets the breakfast in on matchday.
• Loser pays for the next month of the five-a-side pitch.

Public consequences

• Loser wears the winner's shirt for a full day, photos required.
• Loser posts a public apology in the group chat, wording chosen by the winner.
• Winner picks the loser's profile picture for a week.
• Loser has to call the winner "gaffer" for a week, in person and in the chat.
• Loser's next status or story is written by the winner.

Effort forfeits

• Loser carries the bags and cones at five-a-side for a month.
• Loser is the designated driver for the next away day.
• Loser does goal-of-the-month editing duty for the group.
• Loser brings the half-time oranges, actual oranges, sliced.

Football-specific pain

• Loser wears the winner's club colours at the next watch-along.
• Loser has to publicly rate the winner's rival team 10/10 in the chat.
• Loser sings the winner's club anthem on voice note, sent to the group.
• Season-long version: loser wears the shirt at the derby. Reserve for big calls.

The rules that make forfeits work

Agree it before kickoff, keep it legal and keep it kind, set a deadline for paying up, and record it somewhere neither of you can edit alone. Clashly tracks the forfeit on every bet and keeps an unpaid-forfeits ledger, so "I'll do it next week" has nowhere to hide. And if you are not sure how to run the bet itself, start with how to settle a bet with a friend.

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