The person behind The Football Travel Group
Mark Sampson · Founder
Creating the framework that fosters an even deeper love of the game for players, coaches and families.
Mark’s background
The Football Travel Group is an England-based football travel specialist: bespoke tours, tournaments and camps for professional and non-professional clubs, academies and colleges from abroad.
More than 20 years in leadership roles across professional English football: from coaching and managing Premier League academies, to EFL first-team operations and coaching, to senior international football at the FIFA World Cup and UEFA EURO.
This has allowed me to build a unique understanding of the English game, and a network across professional clubs, academies, coaches and players in both the men’s and the women’s game.
The Football Travel Group began after experiencing the inspirational power of travelling through football: with teammates, with coaches, with family, with friends. TFTG creates authentic experiences, from playing the right opposition and training in the right environments to making sure travel, food and activities feel like a genuine football experience.
We don’t just take clubs to England. We connect them with the English game.
How we work
Built around your club, not a catalogue
Each tour starts from your squad’s age groups, level and goals rather than a fixed package.
Fixtures matched to your level
Opposition chosen to fit the level and needs of each team, as individual matches or a tournament.
One contact from first call to departure
You deal with the same person from your first enquiry to the flight home.
What clients say
“I’ve been fortunate to work with Mark on a number of projects.”
Who’s on the ground
Tour managers
With every group
Our tour managers travel with your group and are on site around the clock.
Operations team
Behind every tour
Our operations team supports clubs and families from the first enquiry to the flight home.
Where clubs have come from
USA
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Jacksonville FC Florida · ECNL girls -
UC Berkeley California · women’s soccer
Australia
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Elle Academy Sydney · U10–U12, Pro Academy Tournaments
What we can verify
Qualifications
Mark holds the UEFA Pro Licence.
Staff checks
All TFTG staff are DBS checked.
Your contact
Mark Sampson
- info@thefootballtravelgroup.com
- England-based · 9am–6pm UK time
- Replies within 24 hours
Company details
The Football Travel Group Ltd · Company number 15991591 · Registered office: 23a Aynhoe Road, London W14 0QA
Bring your squadto England
Jacksonville FC with an English girls’ side