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The Play Like the Pride coaching experience at St George's Park
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1 free teacher place for every 10 students

Set within 330 acres of Staffordshire countryside, St George’s Park is where English football’s best come to work and for two to three days, it becomes your team’s training base.

Your group will take part in professional coaching sessions delivered by St George’s Park coaches. Step behind the scenes into spaces normally reserved for England players, and stay at the same hotel used by England squads during training camps. Add a well-matched friendly fixture, and your players get the full cycle: learn it in training, then prove it in a game.

Every tour is tailor-made by our team, with the planning, safety standards and 24/7 support that schools and clubs have trusted for decades.

St George’s Park is the home of England football. The world-class national training centre where every England team prepares, develops and performs at the highest level. On a MasterClass tour to St George’s Park, your group doesn’t just visit. You train there.

The Play Like the Pride Experience puts your players on the pitches of the national football centre, training in the same world-class environment where the Lionesses and Three Lions prepare, following coaching sessions inspired by the national team programme.

An elite football environment made genuinely accessible for schools and clubs, closer to home, easier to plan, and built entirely around your players’ development.

  1. Available | September – June
  2. UK · U8 to Adult
  3. All group types

Tour highlights

Train at St George’s Park, the home of England football

Step into the boot room and kit up like an England player

Professional coaching sessions inspired by the national team programme

Experience the standards, surfaces and setting of elite football

Stay overnight at the on-site Hilton, just like the pros

Walk in the footsteps of players like Harry Kane and Leah Williamson

Train, Stay and Prepare Like the Pros

13
Pitches
330
Acres
3G
Indoor Pitch
1
Wembley Replica

The heart of this tour is the Play Like the Pride Experience, a 2.5-hour session built around a 90-minute pitch session, delivered by St George’s Park coaches at the home of the FA and the England teams.

Sessions follow the same philosophy that shapes the national team programme, giving players a genuine taste of the professional pathway: how elite players train, how they prepare, and the standards they hold themselves to.

Every session can be tailored to your group’s age, ability and objectives and groups can book a single session or build multiple sessions into their tour.

There’s more to it than the pitch. Your players will get exclusive behind-the-scenes access, stepping into the boot room to put their boots on like an England player, a small moment that brings the whole experience to life.

Sample Itinerary

1 Morning: Depart school

2 Afternoon: Play Like the Pride Experience

3 Evening: Stay on site at the Hilton at St George’s Park

1 Morning: St George’s Park coaching session

2 Afternoon: Stadium tour (Villa Park, WBA or Wolves) or friendly fixture

3 Evening: Stay on site at the Hilton at St George’s Park

1 Morning: Depart hotel — Alton Towers

2 Afternoon: Alton Towers

3 Evening: Arrive back at school

Stay on site at the Hilton at St George’s Park

Stay at the same base used by England teams during training camps. Comfortable, modern rooms combined with a professional sporting environment give students a true “live like the pros” experience.

Bed & breakfast, half-board and full-board options are available to suit your group’s budget.

Recommended Add-ons

Make the tour your own with optional extras:

Hydrotherapy

Recover like the pros in St George’s Park’s professional hydrotherapy suite

Stadium tour

Keep it football-focused with a visit to a nearby club

Well-Matched Fixtures

Add a well matched friendly fixture against local opposition

Alton Towers

Round off the tour with a day at the UK’s biggest theme park

Fixtures Well – Matched to Your Level

Coaching teaches it. A match proves it. Add a friendly fixture against local opposition to your tour and give your players the chance to put what they’ve learnt straight into a competitive game.

As with every MasterClass tour, we work hard to match fixtures to the level of your touring team, so games are competitive, fair and genuinely useful for development, whatever standard you play at.

Who is this tour for?

This tour is designed for school and club football groups from U8 through to adult teams, with an ideal group size of 12–30 players (minimum 12) and staff ratios of 1:10.

It’s a particularly strong fit for:

  • School teams looking for an inspiring, easy-to-run domestic tour that delivers meaningful learning beyond the classroom. Helping students build confidence, teamwork, resilience and leadership.
  • Clubs and academies wanting elite-environment coaching to lift standards and ambition
  • Girls’ teams inspired by the Lionesses, training in the same environment where England’s players are made
  • Squads building team culture: Pre-season, tour weekends or reward trips with genuine development value
  • Groups newer to touring who want a manageable first tour without compromising on wow-factor

Ready to Play Like the Pride?

Speak to our MasterClass team on 020 3617 7983 or request a quote below and give your players a football experience they’ll never forget.