This site is the official, general licensing website, for the 4 professional football leagues in the United Kingdom.

On these pages you will find information relating to the licensing and use of football data in all its various forms.

If you have any questions concerning the use of rights that are not answered in this website, please use the contact form to send your enquiry directly to us.

Under the appropriate menu headings this site will enable you to find out information on:

• Licensing of fixtures for commercial use

• Licensing of fixtures for editorial use

• Licensing of player and match data for commercial use

• Licensing of player and match data for certain types of editorial use

• Applying for Media Accreditation to send a photographer into FA Premier League and Football League club grounds

• Applying for Media Accreditation to send journalists into FA Premier League and Football League club grounds

• Licensing for editorial and still photograph use during the match on websites and mobiles

• Licensing for still photograph use after the match for printed media, websites and mobiles

The site covers the following competitions run by the 4 leagues :

• Barclays Premier League (England)

• npower Championship (England)

• npower League One (England)

• npower League Two (England)

• npower Play –Off Finals (England)

• Carling Cup (England)

• Johnstone’s Paint Trophy (England)

• Clydesdale Bank Premier League (Scotland)

• The Irn-Bru Scottish Football League Division One (Scotland)

• The Irn-Bru Scottish Football League Division Two (Scotland)

• The Irn-Bru Scottish Football League Division Three (Scotland)

• The Irn-Bru Scottish Football League Play-Off Finals (Scotland)

• The Co-operative Insurance Cup (Scotland)

• The ALBA Challenge Cup (Scotland)

Actim

Actim is the brand name for the official data of the FA Premier League, The Football League, Scottish Premier League and the Scottish Football League. The data is used to produce Actim Stats. Actim Stats are a collection of team, player and match statistics. They are derived from all the actions that take place during a match, including goals, shots on target, corners, fouls, offsides, passes, tackles, blocks and clearances. The raw data can be used to generate a wide range of tables and statistics such as player profiles, team and player head to heads and form guides. Actim Stats are produced by PA-Sport, part of The Press Association, on behalf of Football DataCo. Click here for more information.