An academy coach in a navy tracksuit crouching with a ball and pointing out a drill to young players in orange bibs, seen from behind, on a floodlit 3G pitch

For football academies

Football academy software, minus the games.

All the club, none of the fixtures: the same children to register, parents to keep informed, and consents, sessions and fees, with the match side switched off.

A term at the academy.

An academy is not a smaller kind of club and it is not a different product. It is the club platform with fixtures, results, competitions and league tables switched off, so nothing on screen asks about a match that is never going to happen.

Enrolment. One parent login.

Parents enrol through the same guided form a club uses, with each consent recorded against the wording they agreed to. A family with children in both the academy and the club's teams uses one parent login.

Every plan

The first of the month. Fees raised.

Each month's fee is raised on the 1st and the family gets a note with a Pay now link. The club can remind anyone behind in one tap.

Club and up
The academy cohort's November fees: 20 of 22 paid, with a Chase 2 button

Staff dates, watched for you.

Staff DBS checks and qualifications sit in one list. The person gets a reminder 60 days out, 30 days out and on the day. It reminds you of dates and never says anyone is cleared.

Every plan
Staff credentials: each person's role, their DBS check or course, whether it is valid, due or lapsed, and when it renews

Holiday camps.

Holiday camps are on Pro. A parent picks their child, then the days, and sees the places left for each day.

Pro
Booking a holiday camp: pick a child, then the days, with places left shown for each day

One record for every child.

A child's record shows registration, consents, medical notes and photo in one place, and the parent sees it from their own login.

Every plan
A child's record: registration active, consents one of two, medical missing, photo on file, then the registration details

Everything it does for an academy.

Every job an academy runs through a term, one line each, with the plan your club needs for it.

  • Attendance on the pitch

    Take the register on your phone at the side of the pitch.

    Club and up
  • Monthly fees

    Each month's fee is raised on the 1st, with a Pay now link for the family.

    Club and up
  • Reminders, in one tap

    Remind anyone behind in one tap. A person sends every reminder.

    Club and up
  • Card payments to the club

    Card payments go into the club's own Stripe account.

    Club and up
  • No match fees

    No match fees, because there are no matches.

    Every plan
  • No fixtures, results or tables

    Fixtures, results, competitions and league tables are switched off for an academy.

    Every plan
  • Enrolment and consents at club depth

    The same enrolment and consent rules as a club.

    Every plan
  • DBS and qualification dates

    Reminders 60 and 30 days out and on the day. It never says anyone is cleared.

    Every plan
  • Date of birth held properly

    Date of birth is required, and only a club admin can correct it. Every correction is logged.

    Every plan
  • One parent login

    One parent login for children in both the academy and the club's teams.

    Every plan
  • Holiday camps

    A parent picks their child, then the days, and sees the places left for each day.

    Pro
  • A standalone academy

    A standalone academy runs on the same three plans as a club.

    Every plan
  • An academy arm of a club

    Pro clubs can run an academy alongside the first team: sessions, players and registrations, without fixtures.

    Pro
  • An academy website

    An academy's public site is the club site with fixtures, results and tables taken out.

    Every plan

The tag shows which plan a club needs. Plans are priced per club, never per player. See every feature, the three prices and how safeguarding works.

What it never does.

Parents ask an academy a lot of questions, so here is what the app will not do.

How safeguarding works
  1. An academy never gets fixtures, results, competitions or league tables. Nothing on screen asks about a match.
  2. It never says a coach is cleared. It reminds you of DBS and qualification dates, and the duty stays with the academy.
  3. No adult can message a child one to one. There is no setting that turns that off.
  4. It never chases fees on its own. Every reminder is sent by a person.
  5. It never treats a child as an academy player and a first-team player at once. The academy arm is its own group of people.

Questions academies ask first.

Straight answers to what academies ask before they move off a clipboard. If yours is not here, email info@thefullsquad.com and a person will reply.

Is an academy a separate product with its own pricing?

No. A standalone academy runs on the same three published prices as a club. An academy alongside a club's first team is on Pro.

What about a family with one child in the academy and another at the club?

They use one parent login and see both children in one place. Each child is either an academy player or a team player, not both at once.

Does the software check coaches are DBS cleared?

It tracks the dates and reminds the person 60 and 30 days out and on the day. It never says anyone is cleared. The academy carries the legal duty, and no reminder moves that onto us.

Can an academy run entirely on its own, without a club attached?

Yes. A standalone academy's public site is the club site with fixtures, results and tables taken out.

How are academy fees collected?

On Club and Pro, each month's fee is raised on the 1st and the family gets a note with a Pay now link. Card payments go into the academy's own Stripe account, and you can remind anyone behind in one tap. There are no match fees, because there are no matches.

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