Our Fees - Youth Football

Costs and Payment Structure

The payment structure remains the same across all of our youth teams, however, the rates differ slightly between competitive age groups (U12-U18) and non-competitive age groups (U11 and below).

Registration Fee - £60 (per season)

This remains the same for registration at any time in the season and covers the following;

• Full Home Kit (Shirt, Shorts and Socks).
• Training Ball.
• Contribution towards FA and League affliation registration costs per team.
• Contribution towards player insurance costs.
• Contribution towards Match Balls costs.

Monthly Subs

• Monthly subs are charged differently between competitive age groups (U18-U12) and non-competitive age groups (U11 and below).
• The monthly subs are charged per player and invoiced on the first on the month.
• Monthly subs are charged between August and May (10 months) for each season.
• After September, monthly subs are only charged for the remaining months.
  E.G If you join in March, then you will be charged subs for March, April and May.
• Prior to September, subs will be charged for across the full season (10 months).

Competitive Subs (U12 - U18)
The subs are charged at £30 / month and is based on the above payment structure.

Non-Competitive Subs (U11 and below)
The subs are charged at £24 / month and is based on the above payment structure.

Training Only

If a player joins the club on a training only basis, then there is no registration fee and the player will not receive any kit. As the player will not be participating in matches we offer a reduced rate for training only memberships and this is fixed across all age groups.

If a player becomes a full member at any stage in the season, then they will be transitioned over to the applicable monthly subs rate and a registration fee will be applicable.

The cost for training only is £20 / month and is based on the above payment structure.

Discounts

The club offers some discounts to members and those who volunteer.

• Manager and Coaches (20%)
  Applied to one child in the club per coach/manager.
  Only applied for max of 2 coaches per team.
• Committee (20%)
  Applied to one child in the club per committee member.
  For those members that are also managers, only one 20% discount will be applied.
• Sibling Discount (20%)
  Applied to the younger sibling for the duration that both siblings are members of the club. You have the opportunity to specify this on your registration form. Alternatively, please email [email protected] with the name and team names of both siblings and this can be applied.

Non-Payment

Whilst we never want to suspend players from playing, we have to take a firm line with non-payment.

Payments are checked by our club treasurer at the start of every month. If no payment has been received for 2 months, your manager will be notified, and your child will NOT be eligible to play until the balance is cleared or a payment plan is put in place.

If you have a financial situation that arrises, making it difficult for you to make or keep up with payments, then please contact the club treasurer on [email protected] and we will work with you to find a suitable solution.

What do the costs cover?

Youth fees are calculated across the youth age groups based on all our running costs and expenses, and we level this out over the full season. We structure the subs with an initial registration fee and then monthly subs - but the whole total is what it works out to cost per player per season.

There are a vast amount of expenses to consider that cover match-days, winter and summer training and general costs for running the club. Below is a list of some of the main expenses but this list is not exclusive;

• Weekly Training Sessions (winter training on flood-lit 4G pitches)
• Full Club Kit for each player
• Match Equipment (match balls, respect barriers, goals, ice packs, first aid equipment, flags etc)
• Training Equipment (bibs, cones, bags, poles)
• Ground and Site Maintenance of Hodge Lea.
• Pitch hire for matches outside of Hodge Lea.
• Utilities - Electricity, Gas, Water, Council Tax (Hodge Lea)
• CCTV and Broadband (Hodge Lea)
• IT Services (Email)
• Accounting Fees and Software
• Website Costs (Hosting and Domains)
• Referees Fees (Matches)
• Insurances
• League Registrations
• FA Courses for Coaches (Level 1, First Aid, Safeguarding, DBS) - these all need to be renewed regularly.
• FA Courses for Committee (Welfare, Safeguarding, DBS) - different to the coaching courses.
• Presentation Day Costs and Awards / Trophies
• Bank Charges
• General Admin Costs (Fines, Charges, Costs for taking payments)