# footballdata_uk_get_matches

Get historical matches (results + bookmaker odds) for a league and season from football-data.co.uk. Returns the most recent matches first; filter by team and cap with limit.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `footballdata_uk_get_matches`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-lacausecrypto-sports-hub/footballdata-uk-get-matches

## Facts

- Tool: `footballdata_uk_get_matches`
- Server: Sports Hub (`mcp-sports-hub`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-lacausecrypto-sports-hub.md
- Install: `npx -y mcp-sports-hub`
- Homepage: https://github.com/lacausecrypto/mcp-sports-hub
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade B, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "footballdata_uk_get_matches",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why footballdata_uk_get_matches is rated Low

This tool retrieves historical sports data (match results and betting odds) from an external API. It performs read-only queries with optional filtering and pagination parameters. No data is created, modified, deleted, or executed. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an agent could only exhaust API rate limits or retrieve unwanted data, neither of which causes harm to systems or data integrity.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool description states it 'Get[s] historical matches (results + bookmaker odds)' and 'Returns the most recent matches first; filter by team and cap with limit.' These are query/retrieval operations with no modification, deletion, or execution capabilities."

## Use case

AI agents call footballdata_uk_get_matches to retrieve information from Sports Hub without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Sports Hub:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "footballdata_uk_get_matches": {}
  }
}
```

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