Tag: FA
FA Matchday app lets players use PayPal to pay match fees
Amateur football players can now pay their match fees via their smartphone thanks to an update to an official app. Digital payments service PayPal has signed a partnership with the Football Association (FA) to enable grassroots footballers to pay match fees from their smartphones. The FA Matchday app will now offer an online payment system…
St George's Park and the tech-savvy future of the FA's football coaching schools
While all eyes are on the 2012 Olympics as the nation's favoured sporting occasion for this year, the summer also offers the Euro 2012 international football tournament. After a string of disappointing performances at the top-flight of football for the…
Goal-line technology to hit Premier League next season?
Goal-line technology may be headed to the Premier League as soon as the start of the 2012-2013 season. That's according to Alex Horne, the FA's general secretary, who has revealed that the Football Association have begun trialing a number of…
FA bans England squad from using Twitter and Facebook during World Cup
If you were hoping to get a behind the scenes look at the England squad's World Cup tactics and team talks (or even just a Twitpic of their ludicrously expensive hotel rooms) by following the players on social networks, you're…
