The Fleet
Our fleet is an extended family of interconnected professional football clubs & academies that co-exist for the mutual benefit of each club individually through economies of scale and shared expertise and that together map out a clear development pathway for players within our family to be able to progress to their highest possible level
Steve Curwood.
CEO. Fleetwood Town FC
Fleetwood Town FC
Fleetwood Town FC is the current longest serving member of the English Football League One.
Prior to reaching League One, Fleetwood Town started a record-breaking journey up English football’s pyramid with six promotions in just ten seasons. They currently sit just two leagues below the English Premier League.
Town have a world wide reputation for producing young talent, with seven current young internationals in the squad. In 2022 alone 15 club developed players have appeared for the first team, with three being sold into higher divisions for more than £2m profit.
Waterford FC
Waterford FC is an Irish association football club based in the beautiful City of Waterford who play in the League of Ireland Premier League.
Waterford FC are one of the biggest clubs in Irish Football with a strong fan base of loyal supporters – It’s a club full of potential.
On field in 2023 Waterford won promotion to the LOI Premier division. Several players have already moved within the group from Waterford to Fleetwood Town including Phoenix Patterson & Junior Quitirna.
Fleetwood United FC
Fleetwood United Football Club is our newly formed professional football club. In our second full season we are now competing for promotion in the UAE FA 2nd Division, after achieving a brilliant promotion in our debut season from Division 3.
Established in 2021, the club beat more than 200 applicants to be awarded one of just 12 places in the all new Third Division.
Players enrolled on the FTIFA PATHWAY TO PRO programme make up the bulk of the squad, offering direct pathways to professional football career in the UAE. The vision is for the club to play at the highest level possible in UAE and provide a key stepping stone for players on the Fleetwood Football Group development pathway
Hout Bay United FC
HBUFC compete in the second tier of South African football with a vision to progress to the top of the SA pyramid, the PSL. Hout Bay have an excellent reputation for developing talent with an academy structure competing in the High Peformance league against PSL sides and several young players that have already gone on to play in Europe and for the SA International team.
A heart & soul football club that is 50% owned by the HBUFC Trust, HBUFC provides excellent opportunitites on and off the field for players from the Hout Bay community & now provides the base for the FTIFA PATHWAY TO SUCCESS programme, a world class hollistic football & education programme geared towards opening pathways for careers in football both on and off the field
