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County FA Recognition Awards 2025

The County FA Recognition Awards are the annual awards to celebrate the work of County FAs. The FA's exist to govern all aspects of football in England. They are responsible for administering club and player registration as well as promoting development amongst those bodies and referees. The awards, which will be announced at Wembley Stadium connected by EE on Thursday 6 November 2025, recognise and endorse the best projects, products and services delivered by County FAs over the past season while sharing best practice and learnings from around the country.

Facility Management Made Simple: How Bedfordshire FA Uses Pitchbooking at Creasey Park

An interview with Hayley McKee, Centre Manager at Creasey Park – home of Bedfordshire FA At Creasey Park, managing multiple pitches and coordinating facility bookings could easily become a time-consuming task. But since adopting Pitchbooking, things have become a lot more efficient. We spoke with Hayley McKee, Centre Manager at Creasey Park, to hear how Pitchbooking supports their day-to-day operations and why she would recommend it to other football associations.

Introducing Pitchbooking POS: Point of Sale Software for Sports Facilities

For sports facility managers, juggling bookings, payments, and on-site sales can be a real headache. You want to focus on providing a great experience for your customers, not get bogged down in administrative tasks. That's why we're thrilled to announce Pitchbooking POS, our brand new Point of Sale software designed specifically for sports facilities like yours.

Our Financial Commitment to Women's and Girls' Sport - Two years On

In the summer of 2023 we launched Game On! - our financial commitment to Female Sport. Our aim was to enable any sports facility or event operator to host events for Women and Girls, free of charge, from their Pitchbooking dashboard. By encouraging our Partners to host classes, camps & coaching sessions without charge on our platform, we hope to facilitate an increase in engagement in Sporting Events for women and girls at grassroots level.

The Ultimate Guide to Block Bookings for Sports Facilities

Unlike one-off or casual reservations, block bookings provide guaranteed, repeatable, forecastable income and help establish a predictable and efficient facility schedule. At Pitchbooking's top performing partner facilities, block bookings can account for as much as 85% of total usage during peak times.

Understanding Booking Lead Times: The Key to Optimising Sports Facility Management

Every Sports Facility Management Team we speak to are fully aware of what booking slots are the most popular, across all their facilities. Typically, in the UK, for most sports, 7pm - 10pm, Monday to Thursday sees the highest utilisation rates, with a special mention to 10am - 4pm on Saturdays and Sundays for formal grassroots sports focused facilities. However, this is only half the picture when it comes to a true understanding of what drives utilisation. An aspect that fewer Sports Facility Management Teams can elaborate on is *when* bookings for these facilities are made. **To understand bookings across your facilities, you should understand the lead time between when bookings are made, and when the bookings actually take place.**

The Overlooked Metric to Maximise Revenue at your Sports Facility - How to Calculate your Late Cancellation Rate (LCR)

For commercially minded Sports Facilities, success isn’t just about a blocked out calendar — it’s about ensuring those bookings actually happen. One key metric that often gets overlooked? Your Late Cancellation Rate (LCR). N.B. This article is an expansion on a previous topic we have covered before, [“The Pitchbooking Guide to Reducing Late Cancellations and No-Shows”](https://pitchbooking.com/blog/reducing-cancellations-no-shows-lost-payment-sports-facilities).

Council Sports Facilities and Pitch Booking: G Cloud 14 Approved Software

We are delighted to announce that Pitchbooking’s innovative booking software solutions have been listed on the G-Cloud 14 framework, a key initiative by the UK government to simplify the procurement of cloud-based services for public sector organisations. This achievement represents a significant milestone for us, enabling broader collaboration with council partners across the UK.

How to better market your Sports Facilities with Bookings and Payments Software

For Sports Facility Owners, getting setup with an online booking and payments system is not simply about reducing the admin burden. It can also be utilised to spread the word about availability, reach new potential customers and help generate additional revenue for the business. At Pitchbooking, we encourage our Partner Facilities to embrace the new marketing opportunities available to them when using our online platform. Below we list the different ways you can, with help from our platform:

Pitchbooking & NIWFA Announce Official Partnership

PITCHBOOKING & NORTHERN IRELAND WOMENS FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION (NIWFA) ANNOUNCE OFFICIAL PARTNERSHIP TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE GRASSROOTS WOMEN’S FOOTBALL IN NORTHERN IRELAND This partnership establishes Pitchbooking as the provider of software to handle bookings for the NIWFA, as well as becoming the title sponsor of the NIWFA Pitchbooking Shield, & further establishes NIWFA’s position as the leading force in the development of grassroots Women and Girls football in Northern Ireland.