Goals Soccer Centres

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Goals Soccer Centres is a large operator of five-a-side football centres throughout the United Kingdom.

[edit] Centres

Goals Soccer Centres currently has 22 branches around the United Kingdom plus another 4 under construction. The two largest branches in size are located in Wembley and Leeds, with both of these hosting 14 and 16 separate pitches respectivley. According to the Goals website, the branch of Leeds alone deals with just short of 380 league teams, which means that an estimated 2300 individuals compete in league matches. The majority of these teams are charged between £35 to £40 to compete. Goals also offers non-league pitch bookings and allows people to book their pitch at an hourly rate. At the end of 2004 Goals exceeded 70,000 customers per week [1]. Goals state that each centre has a “capital cost of around £1.8 million and a build time of approximately 5 months”. Goals Soccer Centres Plc is the most succesful company involved in this sector in the UK based on profitability. [2].

[edit] History

Goals started when Keith Rogers co-founded Anchor International Limited and set up what was to be its first branch in 1987. The business’ popularity increased and it expanded. Keith Rogers managed to sell the business to 3i for £28 million in 1999. Keith Rogers then led an MBI of an existing five-a-side football business in proving top quality five-a-side football facilities. Since then Goals Soccer Centres has increased in popularity and it’s shareprice has increased from 62p on float in December 2004 to 310p as of January 2007 making Goals PLC the most successful commercial 5-a-side operators in Europe.

[edit] External links

• Goals Soccer Centres The commercial site for Goals.
• Goals Plc The corporate and investor website for Goals.