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🚨 Why are grassroots sports clubs folding?

The answer is simple: money. Clubs are struggling with funding, sponsorships, and rising costs—forcing thousands to shut down every year.

In our next episode of MarketPulse: Pros and Pioneers, we sit down with Alex Fitchett, co-founder of PitchIn, to discuss why local teams are financially failing—and how digital fundraising is changing the game.

📅 18th June at 15:00 UK time
✔️ How much youth sports really cost (you’ll be shocked).
✔️ The biggest financial mistakes clubs make.
✔️ How tech is transforming club funding.
✔️ What needs to change before more clubs disappear.

If you care about the future of community sports, this is an episode you can’t afford to miss.

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Episode Transcript

(00:02):
Most people take grassrootssports for granted until the
clubs disappear.
And that's exactly what AlexFitchett, our next guest, saw
happening in his own community.
After years of playing andcoaching in cricket and
football, he realized that clubsweren't just struggling.
They were quietly folding one byone.
With rising costs, outdatedfundraising methods, and a

(00:24):
constant fight to stay afloat,it was clear something had to
change.
Alex took action.
In this episode of MarketPulsePros and Pioneers, Alex shares
his personal journey fromathlete to entrepreneur, and why
he felt he had no choice but tocreate a solution he was looking
for.

Alex (00:42):
a cricket bat nowadays is astronomical for a kid that's
growing as well, but they'regoing to need one, supposedly
every year, every two years.
You're paying hundreds of poundsfor just the bat, never mind the
pads, the gloves, the kit.
we've spent 30, 40 grand on amassive net on one side of the
ground because they've built newhouses on the other side.
And it's apparently ourresponsibility to make sure they

(01:02):
don't get hit by a ball eventhough the ground was there for
120 years before they werebuilt.
these are volunteers, and ifthey can give up their time to
grab a club, I'm sure I can giveup 15 minutes of my time to show
them a platform that's going tohelp them,
This isn't just a sports story,it's a wake up call.
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