General Election, November 29th 2024

With candidates looking for your vote this November,  we need to keep the momentum going to support the most participated sport in Ireland, here are just some of the areas where football needs government support;

We now have over 34,000 female players, however;

• 67% of clubs don't have adequate women's toilet facilities
• Only 23% of clubs have female-friendly showers

Grassroots football is the foundation of the game, however;

• 43% of pitches are rated as inadequate
• 31% of clubs don't have enough pitches
• Over 1,000 pitches are required across the country to facilitate the needs of our clubs
• Grassroots clubs have the ambition to grow and facilitate even more participation, however, their ability to apply for funding is affected by their ownership status.
• 55.2% of clubs don't own their facility
• 30.3% of clubs have their pitches on just a one-year lease
• 90% of clubs don't have access to indoor facilities
• 79.3% of clubs struggle due to a lack of consistent funding
• 68% of clubs don’t have secure, modern facilities