Goals Soccer Centres
Goals Soccer Centres is an operator of dedicated 5-a-side football centres based in East Kilbride[1] with 46 locations in the UK and three in Los Angeles. Headline brand partnerships are with Lucozade, Mitre Sports International and BT Sport.
History
The origins of the industry go back to 1987 when Keith Rogers, founder of Goals and its previous CEO, opened the world’s first 5-a-side football centre in Paisley under the brand name of Pitz. The business grew successfully and was sold to venture capitalists for £38 million in 1999, which then rebranded the business Powerleague. Keith Rogers thereafter led an MBI of an existing small local five-a-side football business in Glasgow the following year to create Goals Soccer Centres. He subsequently grew the business to 46 centres in the UK and launched the business in the US opening two centres and developing a pipeline of sites for future expansion.
In 2012 shareholders rejected a bid by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and Keith Rogers to take the Company private.[2]
Founder
- Keith Rogers founded Goals in 2000 before taking the Company public through a highly successful IPO in 2004. He stepped down from the Board in January 2017 having successfully launched Goals in the US. He is now involved in a number of start up ventures as both a consultant and investor. He has won a number of accolades including Entrepreneur of the Year on two occasions.
References
External links
- Goals plc The corporate and investor website for Goals.
- Keith Rogers, Goals Founder