Outlined below are the fees which are due for individuals and teams for each of the respective competition streams for the 2025-2026 period.
All player fees are per competition and memberships and insurance coverage for National Leagues Football team and player types listed below are for an annual, rather than rolling, membership year.
Memberships currently expire annually on 31 October, and new ones for the playing season ahead are available to purchase from 1 October onwards for all formats except Women’s Flag Football which runs 1 July – 30 June. All coaching fees are also annual, expiring on 31 October, and new coaching memberships for the season ahead are also available to purchase from 1 October onwards too.
2025/26 League Fees – Contact Football
Player & Coach fees
- Mixed Adult Contact – £60
- Women’s Contact – £40
- Mixed Adult & Women’s Contact – £80
- Mixed U19 Contact – £25
- Mixed U16 Contact – £25
- Contact Coach – £70 (add Flag Coach free)
- Mixed Adult Player and Contact Coach – £90
- Women’s Player and Contact Coach – £70
- Non Coaching Staff (Physio, Gameday Manager, Committee Member, Statistician, Photographer, Videographer etc) – £15
- Trial – £20
Team fees
- Mixed Adult Contact Premiership – £200
- Mixed Adult Contact Division One – £150
- Mixed Adult Contact Division Two – £125
- Women’s Contact 9’s – £75
- Women’s Contact 7’s – £50
- Mixed U19 Contact Division One – £75
- Mixed U19 Contact Division Two – £50
- Mixed U16 Contact – £50
2025/26 League Fees – Flag Football
Player & Coach fees
- Mixed Adult Flag – £50
- Women’s Flag – £40
- Mixed U17 Flag – £20
- Mixed U14 Flag – £20
- Mixed U11 Flag – £20
- Flag Coach – £20
- Mixed Adult Player and Flag Coach – £60
- Women’s Player and Flag Coach – £50
- Non Coaching Staff – £15
Team fees
- Mixed Adult Flag – £75
- Women’s Flag – £50
- Youth Flag – £50
2024/25 Associate Fees – Contact Football
Player fees
- Associate Mixed Adult Contact – £50
- Associate Women’s Contact – £30
- Associate Mixed U19 Contact – £15
- Associate Mixed U16 Contact – £15
Team fees
- Associate Mixed Adult Contact – £40
- Associate Women’s Contact – £40
- Associate Mixed U19 Contact – £20
- Associate Mixed U16 Contact – £20
Notes
For non-Associate Player Memberships you can add Non-Coaching Staff for free.
For upgrade from Youth to Mixed Adult or Women’s, you only pay the difference.
For upgrade from Associate to Full Membership, you only pay the difference.
For upgrade from Trial to Full Membership, you only pay the difference.
Please note – you can only upgrade within contact formats, and only upgrade between memberships valid for the same playing periods.
Other fee upgrades between membership types within the same format can be requested directly on a case-by-case basis to registrations@britishamericanfootball.org
Student football
BAFA and BUCS annually agree to a university player membership fee, designed to bring direct financial contribution to the development of the university game. This is set out in the BUCS Sport Specific Affiliations appendix.
Fees are subject to change.