The PFSA - Football Scouting Experts

Wrexham are recruiting a UK Scout to identify, assess and recommend emerging and first-team-ready players, reporting from live and video scouting within the club's recruitment framework. ✅ Permanent, full-time, based in Wrexham with travel to matches across the UK and other markets ✅ Strong talent identification experience in elite football, as a scout, analyst or coach ✅ A degree in a relevant field, or significant equivalent experience in an elite recruitment department ✅ Able to combine data, live and video scouting into clear reports ✅ Knowledge of recruitment markets, playing styles and player profiling ✅ A driving licence Closing date: Saturday 21 November. Full details and how to apply are on the PFSA job board. thepfsa.co.uk/job-postings/u… #FootballScouting #FootballRecruitment

Manchester United are recruiting a performance analyst for their U15 and U16 academy groups at Carrington, supporting player development with pre-match and post-match work built around the Academy game model. ✅ Permanent, full-time, based at the Carrington Training Complex ✅ A 2:1 degree in sports science or equivalent, with a master's in performance analysis desirable ✅ Experience providing performance analysis support at a professional club ✅ Strong knowledge of tools such as Fulcrum/Angles, RT Software, Amplify, Final Cut Pro and Keynote ✅ Willing to work flexible hours and travel to domestic and international fixtures ✅ A full driving licence, with DBS and reference checks for all candidates Closing date: Thursday 19 November. Full details and how to apply are on the PFSA job board. thepfsa.co.uk/job-postings/u… #FootballAnalytics #FootballRecruitment

Today is the final session for our current PFSA Level 3 Advanced Reporting cohort. Over the course, scouts have worked on detailed match, team and individual reports, set-play reviews and the software used to record them. Watching a player is the easy part. The real job is turning ninety minutes into something a recruitment department can act on. Congratulations to everyone in the group, and thank you to our industry-expert tutors who led the sessions. thepfsa.co.uk/level-3-course… #FootballScouting #TalentID

Six roles on the PFSA job board, in order of closing date. ✅ Bradford City, Head of First Team Performance Analyst. Closes 9 Nov (midday) ✅ Blackburn Rovers, Lead Academy Analyst (Youth Development Phase). Closes 10 Nov ✅ New York City FC, First Team Performance Analyst. Closes 10 Nov ✅ Chelsea, Junior Recruitment Analyst. Closes 13 Nov ✅ Manchester City, 1st Team Data Scientist. Closes 16 Nov ✅ Grasshopper Club Zürich, Video Analysis Intern (First Team and Academy). No closing date shown Full details and how to apply are on the PFSA job board. thepfsa.co.uk/job-postings/ #FootballScouting #FootballRecruitment

A study at one German academy (Jäger, Rumpf, Lloyd, Uthoff and Lochmann, German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research) followed 176 players from U12 to U15 over five seasons. More mature players were more likely to be kept on at the U14 to U15 and U15 to U16 transitions. Relative age did not predict progression at any transition. Worth recording a player's physical stage in your reports. Study: doi.org/10.1007/s12662-026-0… PFSA Level 2 Talent Identification In Football, live with industry-expert tutors or self-paced, CPD certified: thepfsa.co.uk/level-2-online… #FootballScouting #TalentID

Hudl owns Wyscout, InStat, StatsBomb and Sportscode. Catapult is buying IMPECT. FBref has lost its advanced stats. Our guide to football scouting software sorts the main tools by job, with published prices checked this month and the free ways to start learning. thepfsa.co.uk/football-scout… #FootballScouting #FootballAnalytics

Six new roles in scouting and analysis this week, from Bradford to Białystok. ✅ Bradford City, Head of First Team Performance Analyst. Closes 9 Nov ✅ Royal Antwerp, Scout/Screener. Closes 15 Nov ✅ Jagiellonia Białystok, Scout. Closes 26 Nov ✅ TSG Hoffenheim Academy, Scouting Intern (students only, from January) ✅ FC Cincinnati, Data Analyst Intern (February to April) ✅ FC Dallas, Academy Video Analyst Intern (January to June) Full details and how to apply are on the PFSA job board. thepfsa.co.uk/job-postings/ #FootballScouting #FootballRecruitment

Sunday homework: pick one player today and watch them for ten minutes without following the ball. Who did you pick, and what did you notice? #FootballScouting #FootballAnalysis #PFSA

Spotting talent is one part of a scout's job. PFSA Level 2 Talent Identification comes with our five self-paced Level 1 courses, so you can build up opposition, technical, performance and data analysis alongside it. thepfsa.co.uk/level-2-online… #FootballScouting

Everything you need to start scouting professionally, in one programme. ✅ Introduction Into Football Scouting and five Level 1 courses, covering talent ID, opposition, technical scouting, performance and data analysis ✅ PFSA Level 2 Talent Identification In Football ✅ PFSA Level 2 Opposition Analysis In Football ✅ PFSA Level 3 Advanced Reporting ✅ 18 months of PFSA membership Once you're certified at Level 2, you can join the PFSA Scouting Network, which carries out opposition reports and scouting assignments for partner clubs in the Football League and non-league. Courses are self-paced or tutor-led, CPD certified, and the programme is £600, which can be spread over instalments. thepfsa.co.uk/football-scout… #FootballScouting #TalentID

How do you convince a player your club is the right move when others can offer more money? Selling The Badge, a live webinar with Dr Danielle Prescott (PFSA, Man Utd, FA). Wednesday 11 November, 7pm. Free for PFSA Certified members. Register: thepfsa.co.uk/scouting-webin…

Closing soon: seven scouting and analysis roles with deadlines in the next fortnight. ✅ Academy Goalkeeper Scout, Ipswich Town, closes 30 Oct ✅ Academy Goalkeeping Scout, Hibernian, closes 30 Oct ✅ Analyst, Men's First Team, Lewes FC, closes 30 Oct ✅ Scouting Analyst (Africa), Newcastle United, closes 2 Nov ✅ Data Engineer, Southampton FC, closes 2 Nov ✅ Para Technical Coach and Talent Reporter, The FA, closes 3 Nov ✅ Head of Recruitment, Wolverhampton Wanderers, closes 5 Nov Full details and how to apply are on the PFSA job board. thepfsa.co.uk/job-postings/ #FootballScouting #FootballRecruitment

Wolves are hiring a Head of Recruitment. The role leads player identification and recruitment for the first team and academy, reporting to the Technical Director at Compton. ✅ Full-time, based at Compton ✅ Manages the first team scouts and the Lead Recruitment Data Analyst ✅ Owns shortlists, succession planning and the recruitment budget ✅ Needs senior recruitment experience in an elite professional environment ✅ Applications close 5 November 2026 Full details and how to apply: thepfsa.co.uk/job-postings Working towards a recruitment role? Our Level 2 Talent Identification course covers how clubs find, watch and report on players. #FootballJobs #FootballScouting #Recruitment #Wolves #PFSA

What does a football scout do? A big part of the job is watching one player closely for the whole match. You’re noting whether they check their shoulder before they receive, and how they cope when they’re pressed. Then it goes into a report the club can act on. Our Introduction to Football Scouting course covers this in ten short modules: what scouts look for, the difference between player and tactical scouts, how clubs find talent, and how match and player reports are written. It takes about two hours and ends with a certificate. The course is free. Start for Free: thepfsa.co.uk/football-scout… #FootballScouting #TalentID #FootballCareers #PFSA

That’s a wrap on the October cohort of PFSA Level 2 Opposition Analysis. Over two live sessions on Zoom, the group worked through systems of play, formations and team style, broke down set-plays, and practised writing an opposition report a coach can use. Congratulations to everyone who took part, and thanks to our tutors for leading the sessions. The next cohort runs online on 12 and 13 December, 2pm to 6pm UK time. The course costs £200 and includes our Level 1 course at no extra cost. Book your place: thepfsa.co.uk/pfsa-level-2-o… #FootballScouting #OppositionAnalysis #OppositionScouting #FootballAnalysis #PFSA

Newcastle United is hiring a Scouting Analyst to cover African football. The role sits in the club's recruitment department and is mainly video scouting across African competitions and academies. You'd write player reports and help build the club's list of priority targets before each transfer window. What the club is looking for: ✅ A degree in sport, performance analysis or a related subject ✅ Knowledge of African football markets, competitions and academies ✅ Experience in video scouting and writing evidence-based player reports ✅ Experience with Wyscout, Hudl, Sportscode or Studio ✅ Willingness to travel in the UK and abroad ✅ The right to work in the UK, as the club doesn't sponsor visas It's a permanent role based in Newcastle upon Tyne. Applications close on Monday 2 November, though the club may close the advert early. thepfsa.co.uk/job-postings/s… #FootballScouting #FootballRecruitment

Thank you to everyone who joined Dr Danielle Prescott for Recruitment | The Ones That Got Away on Wednesday. The recording will be on the PFSA Membership Portal shortly: members.thepfsa.co.uk/ #FootballRecruitment #FootballScouting #PFSA

How do football clubs scout players? At Manchester City, the process starts with a database of 650,000 footballers, according to Sami Mokbel's look inside the club's data operation for BBC Sport. So where does the scout come in? Filters reduce the database to a longlist of 20 to 50 names, which is then checked against the scouts' own list. The BBC says the two usually overlap a lot. After that, it is the scouts' diligence that takes the list down to about six, before deeper checks on injuries, athletic performance and behaviour. The data does the narrowing, but the scouts' diligence makes the shortlist. That judgement is what the PFSA Level 2 Talent Identification In Football course teaches, live with industry-expert tutors or self-paced, and it's CPD certified. thepfsa.co.uk/level-2-online… #FootballScouting #TalentID

The next live intake of the PFSA Level 2 Opposition Analysis In Football course runs this weekend on Zoom. It's on Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 October, from 9am to 1pm UK time each day. The course covers systems of play, set plays and how to build an opposition report that a coaching staff can act on. This weekend it's taught by a UEFA Pro Licence coach and a former Head of Opposition at Cardiff City and Millwall, and it's CPD certified. The fee is £200. If this weekend is too soon, the next intake runs on 12 and 13 December. thepfsa.co.uk/pfsa-level-2-o… #FootballAnalytics #FootballScouting

Manchester City Women have a new scouting and recruitment department under Director of Football Therese Sjögran (club website, 7 Oct). The aim, she said, is to "hit those markets earlier" and to find emerging talent: "how do we spot them before anybody else does". The established names are watched by everyone. The advantage now lies in seeing a player a season early. PFSA Level 2 Talent Identification In Football, CPD certified: thepfsa.co.uk/level-2-online… mancity.com/news/womens/ther… #TalentID #FootballScouting