# Away Day Parent — Full Reference > UK grassroots youth football reference for parents planning away days and navigating the youth game. Away Day Parent helps parents whose children play grassroots youth football in England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. It provides practical ground guides, club directories, league information, and age-group rules so families can prepare for away days and understand the FA pathway. The site is not commercial, carries no betting or fantasy-football content, and is written in plain British English for parents at every level of football knowledge. Build date: 2026-06-16 --- ## Directories - [Grounds](https://awaydayparent.com/grounds) — postcode, parking, facilities, and parent reviews for 973 venues - [Clubs](https://awaydayparent.com/clubs) — FA accreditation status, founded year, age groups, and history for 5,200 clubs - [Leagues](https://awaydayparent.com/leagues) — member-club lists and regional information for 435 leagues - [Counties](https://awaydayparent.com/counties) — 154 county hub pages covering local football structures - [Age Groups](https://awaydayparent.com/age-groups) — FA format rules for U7 through U18 ## Guides - [Starting a Club](https://awaydayparent.com/guides/starting-a-club) — step-by-step guide to registering and running a grassroots club - [Football Boots](https://awaydayparent.com/guides/football-boots) — age-appropriate boot advice for youth players - [Getting Scouted](https://awaydayparent.com/guides/getting-scouted) — realistic, evidence-based guide to the FA talent pathway - [Your Child's First Match](https://awaydayparent.com/guides/first-match) — what to expect on match day ## Topics - [Advice](https://awaydayparent.com/advice) — general parenting and football advice hub - [Pathway](https://awaydayparent.com/pathway) — FA player development pathway explained for parents - [Safety Hub](https://awaydayparent.com/safety-hub) — ground and travel safety guidance for families - [Safeguarding](https://awaydayparent.com/safeguarding) — child safeguarding policies and contacts in youth football - [Fundraising](https://awaydayparent.com/fundraising) — ideas and guidance for grassroots club fundraising - [Coaching](https://awaydayparent.com/coaching) — information for parent-coaches and volunteer managers - [Community](https://awaydayparent.com/community) — forums and shared experiences from parents - [Events](https://awaydayparent.com/events) — tournaments, festivals, and grassroots events ## Additional Pages - [FAQ](https://awaydayparent.com/faq) — frequently asked questions about grassroots youth football - [Travel Calculator](https://awaydayparent.com/travel-calculator) — estimate travel time and cost to away grounds - [Search](https://awaydayparent.com/search) - [Submit a Ground](https://awaydayparent.com/submit-ground) — community ground submissions --- ## Editorial - [About Away Day Parent](https://awaydayparent.com/about) — who runs the site, what it covers, what it doesn't, and where the data comes from - [Editorial Policy](https://awaydayparent.com/editorial-policy) — sourcing, AI-content disclosure, conflicts of interest, attribution rules, and corrections process - [Contact](https://awaydayparent.com/contact) — corrections, suggestions, partnership enquiries - Site review cadence: editorial guides reviewed at least every 6 months. Programmatic detail pages carry per-page `dateModified` reflecting the latest enrichment or correction. - Author voice: institutional. Editorial team is the Away Day Parent editorial team — a small group of football parents, coaches, and ex-academy players. No named individual bylines. --- ## Sitemap Full URL index: https://awaydayparent.com/sitemap.xml The sitemap lists 6,799 URLs covering all grounds, clubs, leagues, counties, and age-group pages plus static pages. --- ## Programmatic Detail Pages The site generates individual detail pages for each entity via dynamic Next.js routes: - /clubs/[slug] — e.g. https://awaydayparent.com/clubs/london-tigers-fc Fields: club name, founded year, FA accreditation status, home ground, age groups offered, county, region, Wikipedia history excerpt (where available), club badge. - /leagues/[slug] — e.g. https://awaydayparent.com/leagues/surrey-youth-league Fields: league name, county, region, member clubs list, competition format, age groups covered. - /grounds/[slug] — e.g. https://awaydayparent.com/grounds/kings-meadow-stadium Fields: ground name, postcode, parking notes, changing facilities, refreshments, spectator areas, parent reviews. - /counties/[slug] — e.g. https://awaydayparent.com/counties/kent Fields: county name, region, country, club count, associated leagues and grounds. - /age-groups/[slug] — e.g. https://awaydayparent.com/age-groups/u11 Fields: age group (U7–U18), FA-prescribed pitch size, team format (e.g. 5v5, 7v7, 9v9, 11v11), ball size, match duration, heading rules, season structure. --- ## Content Provenance - Club history excerpts: sourced from Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA 4.0. Approximately 64% of club pages include a Wikipedia-sourced history paragraph. - Club badges: sourced from Wikimedia Commons. Approximately 58% of club pages display a club badge. - Ground location and postcode data: derived from postcodes.io and OpenStreetMap contributors under the Open Database Licence (ODbL). - Age-group rules and formats: per the Football Association (The FA) published guidelines. Rules are summarised for parents and link to the FA website where appropriate. - Editorial content (guides, advice, hub pages): original writing by the Away Day Parent editorial team. Institutional voice; no named individual bylines. AI assistants are used for drafting and revision; all AI-drafted text is reviewed by a human editor before publication. See [Editorial Policy](https://awaydayparent.com/editorial-policy) for AI-content disclosure and corrections process. - User-generated content (reviews, photos): submitted by registered parents. Licensed CC-BY-NC 4.0 upon submission. Not yet live at this build date; schema is in place. --- ## What Is NOT on This Site - No live match scores or results - No fantasy football features - No betting tips, odds, or affiliate links to gambling services - No transfer rumours or professional-club news - No player personal data beyond what clubs publicly list - No advertising beyond the site's own promotional banners --- ## Contact and Legal - Contact: https://awaydayparent.com/contact - Privacy policy: https://awaydayparent.com/privacy - Terms of use: https://awaydayparent.com/terms