ADI has been named Best Business Serving Football (Over 100 Employees) at the Football Business Awards 2026, recognising the company’s contribution to football across stadium infrastructure, live matchday delivery, creative production and fan engagement.
The award reflects more than 30 years of supporting clubs, governing bodies and rights holders across every level of the game. Today, ADI delivers integrated solutions spanning stadium LED installations, sports presentation, remote production workflows, creative content and live event operations, all through one connected business.
One Connected Business Across Stadiums and Broadcast
With over 200 in-house specialists across its Live, Displays, Studios and Services divisions, ADI continues to support some of football’s biggest clubs, venues and competitions through large-scale digital transformation projects and broadcast-ready matchday delivery.
Recent projects include major stadium upgrades at Aston Villa FC, Stockport County FC and Burnley FC, helping clubs modernise matchday presentation, strengthen sponsorship opportunities and enhance fan engagement through integrated LED infrastructure and creative content solutions.
Delivering the Modern Football Experience
Beyond permanent installations, ADI continues to deliver sports presentation and fan engagement experiences for The Football Association and UEFA fixtures, alongside high-energy arena productions week in week out for Baller League UK.
Judges described ADI as “synonymous with football”, recognising the company’s long-standing role in helping shape modern matchday and ‘New Era’ experiences across the sport.
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Comments from the Judging Panel
A very impressive and compelling entry from an established market-leader in its field. Clear evidence of delivery for customers and impressive track record of success.
An impressive suite of examples of the work of ADI and some of their partners across the footballing world, with numbers to back up each example. Well done.
ADI provide an excellent service to their client clubs and are always looking for creative and innovative ways to improve the service they offer, which in turn help clubs to generate more revenue and build relationships with their own commercial partners. ADI clearly display an understanding for clubs’ requirements and for future development in the digital sector of the industry.
Last week, we were incredibly proud to receive the award for Best Business Serving Football (Over 100 Employees) at the Football Business Awards.
Football has been at the heart of our business for nearly 30 years, and to be recognised by the industry in this way is something we certainly don’t take for granted. We know awards like this are never achieved alone. They are built on the trust, support and relationships we’ve developed with clubs, venues, rights holders, partners and suppliers across the game.
Whether we’ve worked together for years, collaborated more recently, or may do so in the future, these relationships continue to drive innovation and help shape the modern matchday experience across football.
From matchdays and major tournaments to long-term stadium partnerships and installations, this award reflects the shared commitment and hard work behind everything we deliver. Thank you to everyone who has been part of the journey so far.
