More than a careers talk.

Help students understand how football really works.

For many young people, working in football is the ambition.

Understanding the opportunities available — and how to turn that ambition into a realistic career path — can be much harder.

Football Growth Education brings first-hand professional football experience into schools, colleges and universities through practical, interactive sessions built around the questions students actually want answered.

What jobs exist inside football? How do people get into the industry? How does a professional club operate as a business? What do clubs look for when they recruit? And what can students start doing now to give themselves the best possible chance?

No generic motivational talks. Just practical insight from inside the industry.

CAREERS IN FOOTBALL

Explore the routes into the industry.

A practical introduction to careers across professional football, the different ways into the game and the steps students can start taking now — from qualifications and experience to CVs, networking and employability.

60–90 minutes
Sixth Form | College | FE

INSIDE A FOOTBALL CLUB

Step into the management team.

An interactive business workshop where students step inside a football club, making real-world decisions around marketing, ticketing, sponsorship, revenue and growth before developing and presenting their own strategy.

90 minutes to half-day
Sixth Form | College | University

BREAKING INTO FOOTBALL

Learn how football employers recruit.

A practical recruitment workshop showing students how clubs assess candidates, what makes applications stand out and how to build stronger experience, networks and career plans before entering a highly competitive industry.

90 minutes to half-day
University | Higher Education

Built around your students.

Choose one programme, tailor it to a particular course or combine elements from across Football Growth Education.

Your students. Your curriculum. Your session. We’ll shape the content around what they’re studying, the outcomes you want to achieve and the time available.

Football explained by someone who has worked inside it.

Football Growth Education is delivered by founder Clive Edwards, drawing on a career spent working across professional football in media, marketing, commercial development, strategy and senior club leadership.

The sessions combine that first-hand experience with years of speaking to students about careers and opportunities within the game — giving schools, colleges and universities access to insight that comes from actually doing the job.

Senior football leadership

Experience working at senior level inside professional clubs provides a genuine view of how football organisations operate, make decisions and respond to the pressures of the industry.

Recruiter and team leader

Having recruited, managed and developed people within football, Clive can give students an employer’s perspective on applications, experience, attitude and what makes candidates stand out.

Experience in the classroom

Clive has regularly delivered talks and sessions for school, college and university students, combining real-world football insight with a conversational and interactive style.

Football Growth Education presentation with sixth form students

A session students take part in.

Football Growth Education is designed around participation rather than passive listening. Students are encouraged to think, discuss, make decisions and apply what they’re hearing to the realities of professional football.

Real-world decisions

Students work through situations inspired by decisions made inside clubs — from assessing potential employees to developing ideas for growing a football business.

Interactive challenges

Exercises such as Would I Employ You?, Run the Football Club and the 30-Second CV Test turn the subject into something students actively experience.

Discussion and challenge

Students are encouraged to question assumptions, defend their choices and ask the questions they genuinely want answered about careers and working within football.

Adapted to the room

The balance of presentation, discussion and practical activity is shaped around the students’ age, subject, group size and the outcomes you want from the session.

The session has structure. The experience is never scripted.

LET’S TALK

Bring Football Growth to your students.

Sessions start from £295.

Pricing is based on the length, format and location of the visit, with extended, half-day and full-day programmes also available.

Every booking can be shaped around your students, course or learning objectives — whether you choose one of the three core programmes or combine elements to create something more bespoke.

Where several schools, colleges or universities in the same area book during the same regional visit, we can often reduce travel costs and the overall cost per session.

Travel, where applicable, is always agreed before booking.

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