Football

Specialist Support For Football Infrastructure

FMG offers a range of services to organisations in the football world to support development projects across the UK. Our expertise includes:

• Strategic planning – Providing support and advice on the requirements for pitch and ancillary facilities for new and existing developments. 
• Feasibility studies – Assessing the practicality of a project including site viability, demand assessments, development of programme of use and financial income and expenditure forecasts that can be used to inform investment decisions.
• Business cases – Preparing compelling, evidence-backed business cases to secure investor funding and stakeholder buy-in.
• Football hubs – Consulting with organisations on planning and implementing large scale football hubs (multi pitch sites) to boost grassroots football and provide high-quality, accessible facilities for local communities
• 3G and Artificial Grass Pitch development – Technical advice, cost modelling and funding support for new artificial grass pitch surfaces which meet National Governing Body guidelines such as minimum size, runoff areas and maintenance requirements. 
• Funding applications - Helping clients navigate funding routes including Football Foundation, Sport England, and local authority funding.
• Grass pitches - Assessing natural turf sites and developing programmes of use and usage models to improve playability and lifespan.
• Management support – Assist with the development of a management model for a proposed facility, or alternatively supporting with tendering for a contract.