A SportMember alternative built for football clubs.
Looking for a SportMember alternative? This page names names: where The Full Squad differs from SportMember, and where SportMember is ahead of us today, stated plainly.
Line by line.
The square mark shows where we come out ahead. The rows without it are where SportMember matches us or is ahead, and one matters more than the rest put together: you can use SportMember today, and you cannot use us until winter 2026. Every SportMember line comes from its own website and terms, checked on 28 October 2026.
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| Comparison area | The Full Squad | SportMember |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | The Full SquadFootball clubs and academies, and nothing else. Every screen assumes football, and an academy gets the whole platform with the match parts switched off. | SportMemberAn established product in several countries. The UK site is run by SportMember LTD in London, but the published club terms are those of Holdsport.dk ApS, under Danish law. |
| Pricing | The Full Squad£19, £45 or £89 per club per month billed annually (£22, £53 or £105 monthly), excluding VAT, published for anyone to see. Each level keeps everything from the one below it. | SportMemberBasic is free. PRO is £0.16 per member a month, minimum £22 a month, excluding VAT and the administration fee, so 250 members comes to £40 a month. A premium website is £25 a month and widgets £10, both excluding VAT. |
| Third-party advertising | The Full SquadNever, on any level. Your pages carry your sponsors and nobody else, with the sponsor slots built in from day one. | SportMemberYes. SportMember's own FAQ says advert banners show in most cases, on a computer and in the app. Members, coaches or families can pay to remove them for themselves. Whether PRO removes them for the whole club: not published. Whether under-18s see them: not published. |
| Registration and safeguarding | The Full SquadFull registration on every level, never paywalled, with medical details, GP information and safeguarding records included. A child's registration starts from the club: an invite the club sends, or a family adding another child that the team's manager approves. | SportMemberA member database, parent profiles and attendance on the free plan, and admins can hide a player's contact details and date of birth from colleagues. DBS or coach vetting, a welfare officer role and a safeguarding workflow: not published. |
| Payment processing | The Full SquadPublished tiered rates from Club up, cheaper the higher you go, and the money settles straight into your club's own bank account. Refund a family and our fee comes back too, pro rata. | SportMember£0.35 plus 1% a payment on every plan, which the club can absorb or pass on (a £10 payment becomes £10.45). Card payments, with optional saved-card collection on the 1st of the month. Payout timing: not published. |
| Data ownership and leaving | The Full SquadYour club's data is yours. Cancel and you get full service to the end of the period, then 30 days to ask for your export, registration, medical and safeguarding records included, as files you can take anywhere. | SportMemberThe club gives 30 days' notice to the end of a month, and once notice runs out SportMember is not obliged to keep the club's data or give access to it. A club-level export on leaving: not published. Members can export their own data from their profile. |
| Children's data | The Full SquadThe consent rules live in the code, not a policy document. A child's name, photo and stats each need their own current consent before anything appears publicly, and no direct message between an adult and a child can exist anywhere on the platform. | SportMemberUsers must be 16 or over, or have a parent's permission, and parents can see all their children's messages. Limits on adults messaging children: not published. Photo consent and an under-13 policy: not published. |
| Who does the website upkeep | The Full SquadNobody has to be the webmaster. A site comes with every level, and from Club upwards it carries the club's own colours. Results go onto the right team pages as soon as the manager enters them, and the league table can be typed in, or kept up to date from FA Full-Time on Pro. | SportMemberA free club website on Basic, with automated team pages. The £25 a month premium website is the one sold as ad-free, with your own domain, and widgets can put SportMember data on an existing site. |
| What parents get | The Full SquadOne account for their children's registration, availability, payments and messages, and families keep read access to their children's records while a club is paused for non-payment. | SportMemberA parent profile with unlimited children across teams and clubs, both parents linked, and a direct chat with the coach. |
| Availability | The Full SquadLaunching in winter 2026. Early access is open now. | SportMemberLive today, with iOS and Android apps and a free plan to start on, which is a real advantage if your club needs something before winter 2026. |
Where SportMember stands.
Where SportMember is stronger than us today, from what it publishes, then where a growing club runs out of road and what changes when you move to The Full Squad.
A free plan
Basic is free, with a member database, calendar, attendance stats, parent profiles, payments and a basic club website, so a club can start at £0.
A low, published price
PRO is £0.16 per member a month, minimum £22, with a worked example. Open, and cheap for a big club.
More modules today
Facility and pitch booking, ticketing, a webshop, sports camps, an info screen, a line-up builder, match reports and stats.
Mature parent profiles
Unlimited children across clubs and teams, both parents linked, and parents can see their children's messages.
Apps and help in market
Native iOS and Android apps, an established product in several countries, and a help centre with step-by-step guides.
Excel import
Member import from Excel with downloadable templates, plus help with onboarding and importing on PRO.
Support channels
PRO support by email, phone and WhatsApp.
Website options
A free site, a £25 premium site with your own domain, and widgets to show club data on an existing WordPress or Wix site.
Published data processing
A data processing agreement naming its sub-processors, EU hosting (Hetzner in Germany, backups on AWS in Ireland), encryption details and two-factor sign-in.
Where clubs outgrow it
Adverts show in most cases, safeguarding features are not published, and there is no published club export when you leave.
What changes with us
No adverts for anyone, safeguarding rules built into the code, and a 30-day export of everything when you leave.
Questions clubs ask us.
Can I import from SportMember?
Yes, from a CSV. Save your members list as a CSV and we match the columns with you. SportMember does not publish a club export for leaving, and once your notice runs out it is not obliged to keep your data, so get your list out first. See the switching page for the steps.
SportMember has a free plan. Why pay for The Full Squad?
If SportMember's free Basic plan does everything your club needs, it is a fair choice. What you get with us is no adverts for anyone, safeguarding rules built into the code, and a 30-day export of everything when you leave, at £19, £45 or £89 per club per month billed annually, excluding VAT.
What happens to my data if I leave SportMember for The Full Squad?
You get full service to the end of whatever you have paid for, then 30 days to ask for your export, registration, medical and safeguarding records included, as files you can take anywhere.
Where do the SportMember facts come from?
From SportMember's own website, pricing page, help centre, club terms, user terms, privacy policy and data processing agreement, checked on 28 October 2026. Where SportMember does not publish something, the table says not published rather than guessing.
Moving off SportMember?
Get your members list out before your notice runs out. The switching page covers the CSV, how the columns get mapped, and where your data ends up.