Running a grassroots football club.
For the people who run the club. Practical guides on registration, fixtures, payments and club websites, without losing your evenings. Written from inside a real football club, not a marketing department.
Match fees for the games that were played
Why collecting match fees in the car park goes wrong, and a simple set of rules so nobody pays for a game that was called off.
When the secretary steps down
What leaves the club when a long-serving secretary steps down, and how to make sure the records, the money and the history stay behind.
The club website nobody has time to update
Why club websites go stale, the five things a site needs to look alive on a quiet week, and who should be allowed to edit it.
The team photo problem
The three consent questions a club has to ask and record before a squad photo with names goes on its Facebook page.
Who can see what at a volunteer club
Who needs to see children's details at a volunteer club, who usually can, and what should happen on the day a volunteer leaves.
What the new youth formats mean off the pitch
The FA's 2026/27 format changes mean smaller sides and more teams, and the extra admin lands on the people running the club.
Know who is playing by Thursday night
A way to know who is playing by Thursday night, without forty messages in the group chat and a headcount in the car park.
Subs without the chasing
Why collecting subs is the job nobody wants, what chasing money by hand costs a club, and how to set it up so the money comes in on its own.
Seven questions to ask before you buy club software
Seven questions to put to any club platform before you sign, covering your data, your money, children's records and what happens when you leave.
Club registration without the spreadsheet
Why registration always ends up in a spreadsheet, what that costs the club, and the four things a better setup needs.
