Newcastle is a football city with rugby, cricket, athletics and boxing clubs across Tyneside. Braidwood Sports gives a Newcastle club a join page, approvals and card memberships, with every member reachable on WhatsApp.
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What a Newcastle upon Tyne club gets
Everything a club in Newcastle upon Tyne needs to collect fees and keep track.
Built mobile first for the volunteers who run clubs from their phones. Nothing to install, for the club or its members.
A join page for your club
Share one link in Newcastle upon Tyne and players join on their phone: name, membership and mobile number. Every request lands in front of a club admin, and a parent can join their children under one login.
Player sends a join request
Your club approves in one tap
Member sets up a card or Direct Debit on Stripe’s secure page
Payments are taken each period
Memberships by card or Direct Debit
Weekly, monthly or annual memberships are paid by card or Direct Debit, whichever the member chooses. They set it up once, on Stripe’s own secure page, and payments are then taken automatically. The member pays exactly the price you set. Match fees, kit and trips can be paid by card too.
Approvals you control
Approve in one tap, with a 10 second Undo before anything goes out. Membership status and payment status are always shown apart, so you can see who is in and who has paid.
WhatsApp for members
Payment links go out on WhatsApp. If a payment fails, you send a friendly reminder whenever you choose, and any automatic ones come no more than once a week. Each member also has a simple My membership page.
Last One Standing built in
Run a weekly football predictions game for your members. Picks lock 10 minutes before the round’s first kick-off, a draw knocks you out, and fixtures and results are fetched automatically. £20 per game for the game software.
Sports and places
Any sport, anywhere around Newcastle upon Tyne.
Braidwood Sports is not tied to one sport or one postcode. football, rugby, cricket, athletics, boxing and basketball clubs around Newcastle upon Tyne all use the same join page, approvals and card memberships.
Sports we see around Newcastle upon Tyne
Football
Rugby
Cricket
Athletics
Boxing
Basketball
Clubs near Newcastle upon Tyne
Not just the city. Clubs in Gateshead, Gosforth, Wallsend, North Shields, Whitley Bay, Jesmond, Blaydon and Cramlington and anywhere else in Tyne and Wear work exactly the same way.
Gateshead
Gosforth
Wallsend
North Shields
Whitley Bay
Jesmond
Blaydon
Cramlington
What it costs
£19 a month or £190 a year. Unlimited members.
A fee of 3.4% + 20p on each payment, Stripe’s card fees included, comes out of the payments your club receives. Your members always pay exactly the membership price you set, and nothing is ever added on top.
Does Braidwood Sports work for clubs in Newcastle upon Tyne?
Yes. Braidwood Sports is for grassroots clubs anywhere in England, Newcastle upon Tyne included. Your club gets its own join page to share, approves each request in one tap, collects membership fees by card or Direct Debit through Stripe and keeps members in the loop on WhatsApp. There is nothing to install.
What does it cost a Newcastle upon Tyne club?
£19 a month or £190 a year, with unlimited members on both plans. A fee on each payment, with Stripe’s fees included, comes out of the payments your club receives. Your members always pay exactly the membership price you set.
Can football clubs in Newcastle upon Tyne use it?
Yes. Braidwood Sports is not tied to one sport. Football, rugby, cricket, athletics, boxing and basketball clubs around Newcastle upon Tyne can all use the same join page, approvals and card or Direct Debit memberships. Last One Standing, a weekly football predictions game for members, is built in too.
Our club is just outside Newcastle upon Tyne. Does that matter?
No. Clubs in Gateshead, Gosforth, Wallsend, North Shields, Whitley Bay, Jesmond, Blaydon and Cramlington and anywhere else in Tyne and Wear work exactly the same way. A member joins from wherever they are, on their phone.