UFCA on TOUR - Easter 2026
We are delighted to announce that we will be organising our 6th European Tour that will take place during easter of 2026.
In April 2023 around 300 UFCA 'people' embarked on a monumental trip of a lifetime to Madrid, everything about the tour was amazing.... of course the priority was the football experience but players also became better friends and formed new friendships with players from different groups, parents got to know different people and created stronger friendships with ones they already knew, coaches also got to know everyone that little bit better which of course after a few cold beers at the end of a long and action packed day is easy to do..... ultimately the role we all played was ensuring that your kids and our players had an experience that they will never forget. The memories that were created on that tour have not gone away in the slightest. Even now, to this day, people are still talking about it and the question i keep getting asked is 'whens the next one Harty'. Well, after 2 years of reenergising myself to ensure we can make the next one even better.... i am delighted to say NOW is the time to do it all again.
Currently the plan is loosely around returning to Madrid however we are still in discussions with a few tour management companies and we certainly wont rule out another excellent football destination as long as it can provide the same as what we know we can get in Madrid. We also know there is so much more to do in Madrid as we could only fit so much into the 5 days we had.
Please note that all we want from you at this stage is an expression of interest so we can start to price up accommodation, transport and other elements of the tour. When you complete the form below you are under no obligation to commit to the tour.
If you could complete the document below at your earliest convenience we can then look to have a final package in place by the end of April. We would then present that to everyone at some stage in May with a final commitment required by Mid June. This will also coincide with us holding our external trials during May and announcing our squad structure in June for the 2025/26 JPL season. We obviously appreciate that squad selection may play a part in your desire to tour and also we would like to ensure any new UFCA players who have successful trials can also access the tour.
For those who didnt attend the last tour or havent ever been on something like this please see below for a brief on what we did in 2023 and what we would absolutely do as a bare minimum in 2026.
Madrid 2023
- Real Madrid Stadium Tour
- Atletico Madrid Stadium Tour
- 2 x sessions at Real Madrid Training Facility (led by madrid staff)
- 2 x sessions at Atletico Madrids training facility (1 led by UFCA and 1 led by Atletico Staff)
- 2 pro club games per age group vs Rayo Vallecano and Leganes
- 2 Local club games
- Chance to explore the city of Madrid
If you can complete this document at your earliest convenience that would be greatly appreciated - https://forms.gle/9jWs7dGUxyez...
Thank you in advance
Harty