About Football Trials Database
Which route into a club is real for this player, and how to tell a trial from a ticket sale
What is on this site
One question, "football trials uk", answered with a checker that works on the page with no account, 4 guides on the questions around it, a data table you can cite (the figures and their method), and the sources every figure rests on.
- Football trials near me: where the real ones are advertised: Legitimate trials are published by clubs and county FAs on their own channels. Where to look, when to look, and why the best-marketed events are rarely those.
- Paid football trials: four questions before you book: Some paid events are competently run and honestly described. Four questions separate those from the rest, and all four should be answered in writing.
- Academy football trials: why you cannot apply for one: Academies recruit by identification, not application. What that means for a family, what actually increases the chance of being seen, and how to verify an approach.
- Spotting a football trial scam, and the free checks that settle it: Six warning signs, each with the free check that resolves it. Most take under five minutes and almost nobody runs them before paying.
Reach us
Contact for a question about the site, or contact@footballtrialsdatabase.co.uk. The legal terms are on Terms and Privacy.
Football Trials Database is an independent site operated by Ellul Solutions Ltd. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to The Football Association, the EFL, FIFA, any league, club, academy or trial organiser. It does not run trials, does not list them, and takes no payment from anybody who does, which is why no organiser is named anywhere on this site in either direction. Nothing here is legal advice or advice on a particular approach, and the rules on representation, particularly of players under 18, sit in The FA Football Agent Regulations, which we do not paraphrase. We publish no success rate or conversion figure for any category of trial, because nobody publishes an audited one and an invented figure is the exact defect that makes this market hard for families to navigate. Every statement is taken from FA, EFL or FIFA material cited on this page and read on the date shown at the top of it.