Whether you’re a player, a coach, a coach or a secretary, our Matchday app is designed to save you time, energy and money.
Not only does it include comprehensive data on players, clubs, matches and leagues, but you can also track and continue with payments.
Swindon-based Abbey Meads FC has been using the app for two seasons and, only trained in 2003, has temporarily become one of Wiltshire’s biggest youth football clubs, with 27 groups and 3 more waiting for next season since its Wildcats centre. AN-backed educational program that gives women over the age of five to 11 their first glimpse into football.
“We have over three hundred players and the Matchday app allows us to stick to all of them,” says club secretary Chris Dean.
“Our younger groups are our U7s and we are seeing a massive increase in the number of women in this age group. Our oldest team is lately U16, however, a few years ago we also had a U17 team that won the North Wilts Minor and Youth District League.
“As a great base club, the Matchday app is a real time saver. Not only do we have a lot of players, but we also have to deal with their parents to get our submarines back. Doing this manually before converting to the app was a painful process.
“In addition, trainers can seamlessly capture their stats full-time on their cell phones. It’s wonderful because our league fines clubs that send them late. The app stops this and eliminates all logistical headaches.”
The Matchday app is recently used in many basic clubs to coordinate matches or demonstrate team cards, send post-match data, and organize training or social events.
But it is the side, in partnership with Paypal, that Dean most recommends.
“When I communicate with the secretaries of other clubs, I’m a little surprised that many use the app for proper logistics but not for payments,” he says. “For us, this is the most productive part.
“First, you can pay in other ways. We offer an annual or monthly membership, which lasts a ten-month season.
But for those who prefer even lower payments, they can also divide their monthly subscriptions into 4 weekly installments. Many parents can’t annual subscriptions of $200 at a time, so the flexibility of the app allows us to adapt and be respectful. monetary situations.
“From our point of view, we can now control all our revenue. The treasurer of our club manually verified bank transfers with our club lists to record payments. It would take hours and I think it would have stopped if you hadn’t started using the app.
“The treasurer is a forgotten character in a football club because he’s not in the box with all the players, but I sincerely believe that the app has avoided the crisis because I don’t know what we would have done if he packed it all.
“Knowing where the cash is and driving away the missing bills means we have more disposable income. This allowed us to reinvest in the club.
“We played in a fairly unique purple uniform, so we don’t want a band at the moment, but we were able to buy short-sleeved versions for summer and waterproof jackets for the winter. We did all this not by charging more, but through being effective with our books and then reinvesting the capital in the club.
The Matchday app played a very important role in helping Abbey Meads in the COVID-19 pandemic. During 3 months of absence from matches and training, the era was dubious for many home clubs, but the app allowed Abbey Meads to react temporarily to the situation.
“This made it easier for us to resolve the pandemic,” Dean says. “We knew we couldn’t stay playing or training, and it’s the latter that costs us the most, especially in winter, when we have to hire 3G slots.
“But as soon as football stopped, we knew exactly where we were financially thanks to the request. So without delay we contacted schools, schools, where we rent land and ask them to cancel our winter training. Fortunately, we were allowed to do so without penalty.
“The return of those expenses helped us financially ourselves and allowed us to tell parents that they didn’t have to pay a payment in April and May, their last two bills of the 2019-20 season. We didn’t want that money, so we just didn’t take it.
“We are in a healthy position now and we are back in distance social training. During sessions, only running shoes dressed in latex gloves can pick up the balls and we have a lot of hand sanitizer on site.
“In the weeks leading up to the confinement, parents were naturally concerned and many of them took their children out of education or gambling. But now we’re back, they’re so relieved and happy.
“Many said their son or daughter was so bored, so even a footwork or socially remote agility makes a big difference. This moves young people and provides a safe normality to their daily routine.
Just as Liverpool faced a nervous expectation to verify his Premier League title, Dean also had to delay the presentation of some of his U7 team of a cup trophy they had won just before the blockade.
“It’s funny, I came here with two of the little ones and they came here to bring me their trophies,” he said. “Surely they were impressed to get them. It meant a lot to me to see their smiling faces.
“Like Jurgen Klopp and his players, all they were looking for after the lockdown was their trophies to put on the windowsill of their bedroom. That’s the good aspect of football. Whether you are a professional or an amateur, adult or child, the joy of playing, scoring, winning and, in this case, lifting a trophy is precisely the same.
“Our ultimate purpose at Abbey Meads is to have that kind of wellness stuff in the countryside, but you can’t do it, especially the times, unless you’re also a well-run club. This is where the useful Matchday app really is.
“For clubs that do not use it and are suffering during this difficult time, I highly recommend it. They may not repent and realize the time savings and monetary benefits that will allow them to focus on the undeniable excitement of football. »
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