England: FA to spend £260m on an investment plan for amateur football (2015-2019)

The English Football Association presented the "National Game Strategy for Participation and Development" investment plan for amateur football for the 2015-2019 period, on 12/08/2015.

This plan, which follows the one established for the 2011-2015 period, includes a total investment of £260m (€364m) over four seasons. Four main objectives have been identified:

• The creation and renovation of pitches
• Training of coaches
• Increasing the number of participants
• Increasing the number of people working in football

The National Game Strategy for Participation and Development in 2015-2019  Published on 20/08/15 at 15:41
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• 11 million people "play football in one form or another", according to the FA The English Football Association .
• The FA does not disclose, unlike most other European federations, it's membership figures for registered football players in the country.

"Work on the long term" (Martin Glenn, the 08/12/2015)

• "The hard work has already begun in the last four years, we’ve got the momentum.
• This is the good stuff, which you don’t get rewarded for…