Youth game match fees

[Sheffields Finest]

in Suffolk we have 4 set fees for youth.
U18s £30
U13s-U16s £25
U11s-U12s £20
mini soccer £15.
These are all inclusive of travel and are centrally appointed by the FA. The only downside to this is that you only tend to do teams in a certain area as they appoint most of the geographicly. Although as a driver I will get asked the odd favour and have to drive miles to get to a game

This fee thing had slipped my mind, they all seem to make it up as they go along county to county!

 

[alexv]

It can be annoying, especially using public transport. With fixed fees, I’ve ended up using about half of my match fee on trains/taxis. I think it’s fair enough to add your mileage, especially if it’s a long journey

 

[GraemeS]

Agree with a number of the previous posters - fees are set by the league in agreement with the clubs, claiming anything other than what you're owed seems very odd to me.

Some leagues I do have a fixed fee, so I obviously don't claim mileage, some other leagues have a lower fee with additional mileage. If that sum comes to (for example) £40.05, I wouldn't claim the extra 5p, but if it comes to something more like £43.70, claim exactly that.

 

[RefJef]

Interesting that the discussion is only about money, not time.

I appreciate that I am in the enviable position that it’s not about the money for me - I’m not rolling in it, but I’m at a stage in life that I’d describe as comfortable: I don’t need to supplement my main income - so for me a bigger factor is time: ideally I only want to be travelling about 20 mins, certainly no more than 30, to a game.

Unless it’s an occasional one off to help out, distance/time is more important to the fee for me.