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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.
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ALT Wolves crest beside the text: Now hiring, Head of Recruitment, Wolves. PFSA logo below.
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…
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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…
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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…
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ALT PFSA job card: Scouting Analyst (Africa), Newcastle United, closes 2 Nov 2026
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/
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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…
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ALT Where does the scout come in? From 650,000 players to one name. Source: BBC Sport, 25 Sept 2026
ALT Stage 02, filters: The longlist. Filters cut it to a longlist of 20 to 50 names.
ALT Stage 04, scouting: About six. Scouts' diligence brings it down to about six.
ALT The human check: The scouts make the shortlist. The data narrows it down. The scouts' diligence makes the shortlist.
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…
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ALT PFSA Level Two crest beside the words Opposition Analysis. Build reports that coaching staff act on. Sat 24 and Sun 25 Oct, 9am to 1pm UK, live on Zoom, £200, CPD certified. thepfsa.co.uk
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…
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Brighton track players worldwide mainly through data, but sporting director Mike Cave told BBC Sport that data alone is not the whole picture.
"There's no single attribute or a single metric that we particularly go after." Character, background and fit matter just as much. "Ultimately, this is a people industry."
bbc.co.uk/sport/football/art…
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ALT Quote card: "Ultimately, this is a people industry." Mike Cave, Brighton sporting director, BBC Sport.
Eight roles in recruitment and analysis close over the next week. Here they are with their closing dates.
✅ Wolves, Lead Academy Performance Analyst U21s, closes 20 Oct
✅ Southampton, Recruitment Analyst, closes 22 Oct
✅ Middlesbrough, Data Analyst, closes 23 Oct
✅ Middlesbrough, Data Engineer, closes 23 Oct
✅ Portsmouth, First Team Set Piece and Training Analyst, closes 25 Oct
✅ Portsmouth, First Team Performance Analyst, closes 25 Oct
✅ Leicester City, Head of Football Insights, closes 26 Oct
✅ Newcastle United Women, Assistant Performance Analyst, closes 26 Oct
See all eight roles and apply via the PFSA job board:
thepfsa.co.uk/job-postings/
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ALT Closing this week: eight football recruitment and analysis roles with their clubs and closing dates.
Modern recruitment departments want scouts who can identify talent, write a report a manager will act on, and work with video and data. This week's openings at Middlesbrough (Data Analyst) and Wrexham (Lead Recruitment Video Analyst) show where the game is heading.
PFSA's Fast Track programmes are built for both sides of that department.
✅ Football Scouting Programme: Introduction Into Football Scouting, all five Level 1 courses, PFSA Level 2 Talent Identification In Football (taught on UCFB's syllabus, using leading industry applications such as Analysis Pro and Wyscout), PFSA Level 2 Opposition Analysis In Football and PFSA Level 3 Advanced Reporting
✅ Football Analysis Programme: all five Level 1 courses, then Level 2 Technical Scouting, Data Analysis and Performance Analysis, and Level 3 Performance Analysis, for anyone aiming at data and video roles
Both mix self-paced and tutor-led courses with industry-expert tutors, and a coordinator books your tutor-led dates. Each includes 18 months of PFSA membership, is CPD certified from Level 2, and makes you eligible for the PFSA Scouting Network and hands-on work with partner clubs.
thepfsa.co.uk/fast-track/
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Finding the right player is only half of recruitment. What happens when your top target doesn't sign?
Dr Danielle Prescott's live webinar, The Ones That Got Away, is on Wednesday 21 October at 7pm. Free for PFSA Certified members.
Register: thepfsa.co.uk/scouting-webin…
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Australian Partners | Free CPD in Sydney next Wednesday for anyone local.
Hills FA coaching workshop with Tom Sermanni (Matildas, USA, Canada, NZ) plus a video-to-understanding session with ACPE and GIS analysts. 2 hours Football Australia CPD, free to register.
Wed 21 Oct, 6-8.30pm, ACPE Campus, Sydney.
Register: learn.footballaustralia.com.…
Wrexham AFC are hiring a Northern European Scouting Coordinator.
The job is full time and based on site in Wrexham, North Wales, running the club's scouting across Northern Europe for both the first team and emerging talent. The role includes:
✅ Coordinating a regional group of scouts and handing out live and video assignments
✅ Chairing the weekly scouting operations meeting
✅ Running a weekly check for fixtures that haven't been covered or reported
✅ Reviewing scout reports and helping improve the club's report templates
✅ Balancing first team-ready targets with longer-term prospects
Wrexham want someone with a strong network of contacts in Northern Europe and a good grasp of how data supports recruitment. Welsh language skills are a clear advantage.
Applications close on Monday 19 October. Full details: thepfsa.co.uk/job-postings/n…
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ALT PFSA job post graphic on a dark purple background with the Wrexham AFC crest. Now hiring: Northern European Scouting Coordinator, Wrexham AFC, closes 19 Oct 2026. PFSA logo and thepfsa.co.uk/job-postings.
Wrexham AFC are hiring a Lead Recruitment Video Analyst.
The job is full time and based on site in Wrexham, leading the club's video work on target players and presenting findings to the Sporting Director, Manager and Head of Recruitment. The role includes:
✅ Coding footage against the club's player profile traits in Sportscode and telestration software
✅ Analysing target players across leagues and markets worldwide
✅ Building target player cards and dossiers for recruitment meetings
✅ Quality-checking reports and video presentations
✅ Leading and developing a team of video analysts over time
Wrexham are asking for experience in elite football and confidence with Wyscout, Hudl, Sportscode and Studio. Welsh language skills are a clear advantage.
Applications close on Monday 19 October. Full details: thepfsa.co.uk/job-postings/l…
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ALT PFSA job post graphic on a dark purple background with the Wrexham AFC crest. Now hiring: Lead Recruitment Video Analyst, Wrexham AFC, closes 19 Oct 2026. PFSA logo and thepfsa.co.uk/job-postings.
"As prices go up, scouts must go down." That is how @scoutedftbl opens its latest data dive. UEFA estimates English clubs spent €4.6bn this summer, more than the next eight largest European countries combined, so most clubs need somewhere cheaper to look.
SCOUTED suggests the third tiers of the Big Five leagues, where the players are younger and there are more of them. Using @SkillCorner tracking data on 1,798 players who changed clubs, they found peak velocity held up better after a move than any other physical measure. In their words, "Speed travels."
The article is just as clear that speed only gets you so far: "Speed gets a player noticed; the rest of the profile decides the fee." Angers paid Épinal €150,000 for Estéban Lepaul, and a season and a half later Rennes paid €13.5m for him.
Which third tier would you scout first, and why? Ligue 3, 3. Liga, Primera RFEF, Serie C or League One?
The PFSA Level 2 Talent Identification In Football course covers performance profiling, which is how you judge the rest of a player's profile once their speed has caught your eye. It is CPD certified and taught live by industry-expert tutors or self-paced: thepfsa.co.uk/level-2-online…
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As prices go up, scouts must go down.
The transfer market has split into four and young players are more expensive than ever before.
For clubs looking to find value, remain competitive and take advantage of the increasing demand for young prospects, they must keep a close eye on the Big Five third tiers.
Using @SkillCorner data, we have identified key attributes that are travelling up the ladder. These players are surviving the jump and, unsurprisingly, they cost less.
Whether signing genuine third-tier breakouts, jumping early on a reserve player, or monitoring a successful loan spell, there is value and talent in abundance.
Not every third tier is the same. England, France, Spain, Italy and Germany all have their quirks and traps. But keeping tabs on this enormous pool of young talent is becoming increasingly important as the Premier League spending fractures the market further.
All of this and more in our latest data dive: scoutedftbl.com/mining-third…
ALT A composite image of two player cut-outs on an off-white background with a green trend line through the middle. On the left, Cardiff City centre-back Dylan Lawlor. On the right, Estéban Lepaul in a France international kit.
The hidden gem, according to Midtjylland technical director Kristian Kjaer, "almost does not exist any more in football". In a thoughtful BBC Sport piece by Alex Bysouth, Kjaer explains how his club runs traditional scouting and data scouting side by side, and why neither replaces judgement: "We cannot just turn on the computer and it tell us who to sign."
Data narrows the search. Knowing a player's background, projecting how they will develop and judging whether they will suit a club remain the scout's job, and the best 12-year-old is not always the best 18-year-old.
Worth a read if you work in recruitment or hope to: bbc.com/sport/football/artic…
Projecting potential is what the PFSA Level 2 Talent Identification In Football course is built around, from talent indicators and early predictors to performance profiling. It is CPD certified and taught live by industry-expert tutors or self-paced: thepfsa.co.uk/level-2-online…
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Fixtures are now online on the PFSA Scouting Network.
PFSA certified Level 2 scouts can now see which fixtures are available, claim one, read the club's brief and submit their report in one place, with the deadline and report template alongside. Once certified, scouts on the network can take on first-team assignments, writing individual player and match reports as high as the Championship.
If you are already certified, log in at network.thepfsa.co.uk to see what is available to claim.
If you are not yet, the route in is the PFSA Level 2 Talent Identification or PFSA Level 2 Opposition Analysis In Football course. Both are CPD certified and taught live by industry-expert tutors or self-paced, and the next live online intake starts on the 21 November. Details at thepfsa.co.uk.
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ALT PFSA Scouting Network graphic on a dark purple background. On the left are the PFSA Scouting Network logo and the headline: Claim a fixture. Watch the game. Send your report. The first two lines are grey and the last is white. Below the headline: Fixtures are now online for PFSA-certified scouts, and network.thepfsa.co.uk. On the right, a laptop shows the Scouting Network Fixtures screen with a Tranmere Rovers v Bristol Rovers assignment.
Southampton is hiring a recruitment analyst at Staplewood.
✅ Live and video scouting with detailed reports
✅ Player videos and dossiers on targets
Closes Thursday 22 October.
thepfsa.co.uk/job-postings/r…
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ALT PFSA job post graphic on a dark purple background. On the left is the Southampton FC crest: a gold halo above a black-and-white football, a red-and-white striped scarf, and a shield with a green tree above blue-and-white water and a white rose on red, with a black banner reading Southampton FC in gold. On the right: Now hiring, Recruitment Analyst, Southampton FC, closes 22 Oct 2026. The PFSA logo is bottom left and thepfsa.co.uk/job-postings is bottom right.
Manchester City start with 650,000 players. About six get a full report.
Data "cannot fully show a person's character", their sporting director told BBC Sport on 24 September.
Explore PFSA Level 2 Talent Identification In Football: thepfsa.co.uk/level-2-online…
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ALT PFSA graphic reading 'One club starts with 650,000 players. About six get a report.' Below it: 'Figures from BBC Sport. Someone still has to go and watch them.'