GrassrootsFC
GrassrootsFC is a web service for managing grassroots football clubs.
What GrassrootsFC is
GrassrootsFC is a web service for managing grassroots football clubs. It combines roster management, schedule publishing, online registration, and email communication tools. The responsive design supports mobile use, and clubs can use a custom domain. The Free plan costs £free, requires no card, and lasts forever. It allows 30 players, 5 shop products, 5 photo albums, 20 documents, and 2 GB of storage. Club costs ££8 a month, billed monthly, and supports 100 players, 25 photo albums, 100 documents, and 15 GB of storage, with up to 3 admin users. Pro costs ££15 a month, billed monthly. It includes 30 GB of storage, unlimited player profiles, unlimited photo albums, unlimited documents, and up to 10 admin users. These plans provide different capacity levels for club rosters and records, from a permanent no-card free tier to monthly subscriptions. GrassrootsFC is headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Good
- Permanent free plan needs no card
- Includes roster and schedule management
- Supports online registration
- Responsive design supports mobile use
- Custom domain is available
Watch out
- Free plan limits clubs to 30 players
- Free storage is limited to 2 GB
- Club plan allows up to three admins
- Pro costs ££15 a month
Who it suits
It suits grassroots football clubs needing roster, schedule, registration, communication, document, and photo management through a responsive website.
Verdict
GrassrootsFC covers core football-club administration with responsive access and tiered capacity. The free plan is useful for smaller clubs, while larger rosters and records require paid plans.
Plans and prices
From GrassrootsFC's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 30 players · 5 photo albums · 20 documents · 5 shop products · 2 GB storage · 5% shop fee · custom domain £2.99/mo add-on · £0; no card needed, forever |
| Club | £8 a month | 100 players · 25 albums · 100 documents · 15 GB storage · up to 3 admins · 1.5% shop fee · custom domain £0.99/mo add-on · £8/mo, billed monthly |
| Pro | £15 a month | Unlimited players, albums and documents · 30 GB storage · up to 10 admins · 0.75% shop fee · custom domain included · £15/mo, billed monthly |
The facts
Each one read from GrassrootsFC's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Analytics integration
- Google Analytics can be enabled by adding a tracking ID in club settings.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API and SDKs
- Terms mention backend API calls only as a fair-use resource; the reviewed pages provide no public API reference, SDK or developer portal.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Automatic site creation
- Uploading a club badge lets the service derive club colours and generate a mobile-first site in about five minutes.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Events and gallery
- The platform includes an events calendar, photo albums and club-document storage.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Licence
- GrassrootsFC's platform code is proprietary intellectual property of SG Birch Services Limited and may not be copied, modified or redistributed.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: bulk email
- iTechGuides reports that bulk-email sending was withdrawn in September 2026 and that paid plans instead provide list export.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: competition tools
- iTechGuides says competition-publishing capabilities are thinner than higher-tier alternatives.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: custom domains
- iTechGuides notes that custom domains require an add-on on Free and Club.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: data deletion
- After closure, data is retained for 30 days and then permanently deleted from S3 and DynamoDB.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: inactive accounts
- Accounts with no admin login or content update for nine months may be deleted without prior notice.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: uptime
- Terms provide no uptime SLA and say the service may be taken offline for maintenance or outages.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Member email
- Club and Pro include a consent-tracked member email list with export, while Pro adds team-based groups.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Notable news
- A LinkedIn post announced free GrassrootsFC websites for smaller clubs with team pages, club information, sponsors and contact forms.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Online shop
- A built-in Stripe shop accepts card payments, tracks stock and sends order notifications.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Payments integration
- Stripe handles subscriptions and Stripe Connect processes club-shop transactions.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Player profiles
- Player profiles support photos, jersey numbers, positions, biographies and season statistics, with parental consent required before publication.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Praise: affordability
- iTechGuides praises the permanent free plan, which includes sites, teams, profiles, events and a shop.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Praise: commerce
- iTechGuides highlights Stripe payments, stock tracking and order notifications in the shop.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Preview workflow
- Club and Pro users can save private drafts and publish them later from a preview URL.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Rating on iTechGuides
- 5.2 out of 10 from 0 user reviews (editor score; page invites the first review).checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company relationship
- GrassrootsFC says it was built in Cambridge by the team behind KiCKS and MyFootballJournal.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company size signal
- The maker's LinkedIn company page for TheKicksApp.com lists a company size of 2–10 employees and Cambridge headquarters, and links to GrassrootsFC.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- United Kingdomchecked 4 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Progressive web app
- Club websites can be installed on visitors' devices as a progressive web app without an app-store download.checked 15 Oct 2026
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