Youth Football Research

Do you have a child aged 9 or under who plays football in a local club? Or are you a volunteer, or part of the team staff, for a youth team? We need your help!

We've teamed up with the Football Association to support them with collecting match data from Grassroots Youth Football games between Saturday 5th October and Sunday 17th November.

To do this we need the help of a large team of match observers to attend the games and tally information up events that occur during the matches. This data will then need to be submitted online after the game.

For each match observed, participants will receive £20 for Taking Part and observers can attend as many games as you choose over the 6-week period.

We're aiming to observe youth matches from Under 7's up to Under 9's across the country so if you're engaged with your local youth team, get involved!

When completing the form please answer carefully and as honestly as possible, there are no right or wrong answers.

If it looks like you'll be a fit for the research based on your application, we will send you the details you need to get started. Once we've signed you up, we'll send across all the materials for you to get started.

Onboarding will take place in waves, the sooner you apply the sooner you might be able to get started.

Note that you will need access to a printer to Take Part, as you'll be required to take a printed tally sheet and a letter of confirmation along to each match you observe.