CLUBS AND ACADEMIES
Why this matters to your players
Most players leave the game having never been taught how money works.
They sign contracts they don't fully understand. They're self-employed without knowing what that means. Tax bills arrive as a shock. Careers end at thirty with nothing structured behind them.
And clubs increasingly carry the duty of care for exactly this, with no specialist provision to meet it.
Financial stress doesn't stay off the pitch. It affects focus, wellbeing and performance.
Addressing it is player welfare.
What We Deliver
Player Sessions
The Win Off The Pitch Too framework delivered live. Football language, football examples, from someone players actually listen to.
Parent & Family Sessions
For academy environments. Because for any player under eighteen, the money runs through the family. What to expect, how to protect a young player, and how to spot the people who shouldn't be trusted.
Player Resources
Every attendee leaves with FC Finance materials they keep. Practical, branded, built for their level.
FORMATS
45 minutes - assembly or taster
90 minutes - the full session
Season programme - multiple sessions plus a parents' evening
Delivered online, or in person subject to availability.
OUTCOMES
Your players leave understanding:
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Their tax position and what they're responsible for.
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What their contract actually means financially.
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A simple money structure they can set up the same week.
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What they can legitimately claim, and what most players miss.
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How to build something that lasts beyond playing.
And your club can evidence a genuine, specialist commitment to player welfare.
Why Jeff
Because he's lived both sides.
A trial at West Ham United. He came closer than most people get. Then the rejection, and the identity crisis nobody warns you about.
What came next is the part that matters here.
University with no financial preparation at all. Overdrafts he thought were extra money. Student loan treated like income. Then full-time work, credit cards used the wrong way, minimum payments, and five-figure debt by his mid-twenties.
Not because he was reckless. Because nobody had ever taught him how money works.
Then the rebuild. Studying mindset before money. Passing exams he'd previously failed. Qualifying as an ACCA chartered accountant. Building a finance career that led inside professional football.
So when he tells a room of players "nobody taught me this either — here's what I wish I'd known," it isn't a line.
It's the reason FC Finance exists.
