Trailer - The Hidden Struggles of Grassroots Sports | Alex Fitchett

🚨 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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Transcript

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Most people take grassroots sports for granted until the clubs disappear. And that's exactly what Alex Fitchett, our next guest, saw happening in his own community. After years of playing and coaching in cricket and football, he realized that clubs weren't just struggling. They were quietly folding one by one. With rising costs, outdated fundraising methods, and a constant fight to stay afloat, it was clear something had to change. Alex took action. In this episode of MarketPulse Pros and Pioneers, Alex shares his personal journey from athlete to entrepreneur, and why he felt he had no choice but to create a solution he was looking for.

Alex: 0:42

a cricket bat nowadays is astronomical for a kid that's growing as well, but they're going to need one, supposedly every year, every two years. You're paying hundreds of pounds for just the bat, never mind the pads, the gloves, the kit. we've spent 30, 40 grand on a massive net on one side of the ground because they've built new houses on the other side. And it's apparently our responsibility to make sure they don't get hit by a ball even though the ground was there for 120 years before they were built. these are volunteers, and if they can give up their time to grab a club, I'm sure I can give up 15 minutes of my time to show them a platform that's going to help them,

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This isn't just a sports story, it's a wake up call. Don't forget to subscribe now so you don't miss this episode which releases next week.