English Schools' Football Association

The English Schools’ Football Association are thrilled to announce their latest partnership with Hudl, sponsor of this year’s five Under 18 National Cup competitions.

Hudl is proud to partner with the ESFA for the 2016/17 season, and the ESFA are committed to sharing with member schools and associations information on how they can use Hudl to genuinely develop their players and teams.

While the focus of this new partnership is the rebranding of all U18 National Cups to the Hudl Cup, Hudl also aims to help school and representative teams, across all ESFA age groups, improve their game with an affordable and easy-to-use video platform, because analysis isn’t just for the pros.

Over 130,000 teams use Hudl globally and their elite product is used by all 20 Premier League sides.

The ESFA are keen to support Hudl and their fantastic software by sharing information with our member schools, colleges and associations, and we hope that our teams will understand and see the benefits of introducing video review for individual and team improvement.

Hartpury College are already strong supporters of Hudl saying, “from an efficiency perspective, it’s unbelievable. The boys love it. The staff love it. From a coaching perspective it’s great”. A case study on Hartpury’s use of the software is available here to help you understand what Hudl can do for your team.

The ESFA are pleased to be able to work in partnership with Hudl for this season and to have their support of all five U18 Hudl Cup competitions, including the U18 Elite Hudl Cup, introduced for the 2016/17 season. We are excited to see what 2016/17 will bring for our school and college teams, as well as the county rep teams, and will bring you all the updates via both Twitter and the news pages of our website!