Head to https://lovesfootball.com/wear for a detailed guide

Absolutely – you won’t be allowed to train or play without them.

Remember that football is a contact sport and accident do happen!

We’ve put together a guide that might help – www.lovesfootball.com/wear

Training cost is:

£34 per month for one child

£55 p/m for two children

£70 p/m for three children

…and further discounts for additional children

Well, it’s not cheap!

The costs incurred include: Kit, balls, kit bag, cones bibs, first aid kit, FA affiliation, club membership, ground rent, Referee’s fees and Coach fees.

(Whilst Kings Heath Sports FC is run on a not-for-profit basis, the team coaches are paid for their time).

It’s difficult to give a precise figure as the cost-per-player differs depending on age level and number of players in the squad.

As a guide only, last year’s costs ranged from £2000 – £2700 per team

N.B. ‘First year’ costs are ALWAYS more expensive as there are set-up costs incurred (team kit, balls, bibs, kit, cones, first aid etc) which won’t need to be paid the following year.

All payments towards Kings Heath Sports FC are made via Spond (we’ll send you details when the time comes)

All payment for training are made to Loves Football via the existing subscription

Absolutely!

We’d always recommend that kids receive football coaching before jumping straight into a team environment, but it’s not an absolute requirement – some kids take to competitive sport really quickly! 

Amazing!!!

We have years of experience at grassroots level and will fully support you with the set up process – it’s really easy to do, and isn’t as time-consuming as you might think! 

We handle pretty much all the admin, so you can concentrate on coaching the team. In addition to training and matchday, you can probably expect to give up an additional 15 mins of your time per week.

Coaching is a wonderful experience and trust us, as a parent it is MUCH better to be on the side of the pitch where you can make decisions 🙂

Absolutely 🙂

50% of games will be at ‘home’, which means Kings Heath Cricket & Sports Club on Alcester Road, B14 6DT.

50% of your games will be ‘away’ from home. These matches could be anywhere across Birmingham but as a (very) broad guide, you can expect that 50% to be made up of:

• 30% – Kings Heath, Solihull, Kings Norton, Harborne, Wythall, Rubery, Northfield
• 15% – Bromsgrove, Redditch, Coleshill, Sutton Coldfield, Castle Bromwich
• <5% – Tamworth, Hagley, Halesowen

These are just a guide, but based on previous matches over six seasons we feel they are fairly accurate

All your home games will kick off (KO) at a set time.

We don’t know what that time will be, as they are dictated by the Kings Heath Cricket & Sports Club. We’ll find out over the summer and then your KO time will be set throughout the season 🙂

Away games can be played at any time between 9.30am and 2.30pm every Sunday. These times are dictated by the away team’s timeslot at their home ground.

We’re aiming towards a squad size of 8/9 for a 5v5 team.

No, we understand there will be weekends when you can’t attend. The purpose of having a squad is to ensure we can always put a team out 🙂

If we don’t have enough players at the start of the season, then we won’t be able to enter a team. This is highly unlikely though 🙂

If your team is unable to field enough players for a team on matchday, then your team will be issued a fine by The FA.

In short, no.

Football is an outdoor, winter sport so there is really no point training indoors to play matches outside.

Supplementing training with indoor Futsal is a great idea – it is a brilliant sport for technical and tactical development and lots of fun!

We’ll ask you to download an app called Spond.

The team secretry will load all fixture details onto Heja for you, so all you need to do is mark yourself as going or not going 🙂

Your team secretary will be in touch in due course, but we will need:

• A passport style photo of your child (the FA are not as strict as the passport office, so don’t worry if your smiles or wears glasses etc)
• Address including postcode
• Email address
• Phone number
• Proof of ID (parent)
• Proof of age (child)

The FA have a habit of changing their requirements each year, so bear with us if this list changes!

No, the club will do that for you – you’ll just need to send the information to your team secretary.

Our kit supplier is Moving Forward Sports based in Northfield.

We’ll send you instructions on how to order a bit closer to the time.

The season usually starts on the second Sunday of September.

We play!

Well, usually 🙂

Birmingham City Council own most of the pitches you’ll play on, and they will perform a pitch inspection for waterlogged, frozen, snow covered pitches.

Other clubs own their pitches so are allowed to make their own decisions.

Please don’t be upset if the match is called off, games are ONLY cancelled due to safety concerns for players.

Sadly not.

There is no refund to give, as teams rent their pitch for the season, not on a per-game basis.

In theory, if we were to hire Kings Heath Sports FC on a pay as you play basis, it would cost much more!!!