About
Maranovo have blended two components to help grassroots-level football clubs earn money. One of those components comes from the professional football world and the other comes from the world of print.
The idea was to merge both worlds where young clubs could benefit from cash windfalls, raising the profiles of clubs and at the same time having a beautiful end product keepsake for life; in the shape of proper football annuals bespoke and dedicated to each specific grassroots clubs and academies.
It’s a win-win for everyone involved.
Professional Football:
Having a background in professional football, it was a no-brainer for our founder, Stephen Hamilton, to find himself still in the game in some capacity but with a difference. With his connections globally in the game, Stephen spent many years as a personal adviser, trainer, coach and international talent scout.
He is better known for the work he did in and around the Bundesliga professional youth set-up where he coached, nurtured and scouted for some of Germany’s future stars.
Stephen is also renowned for his personal development skills and designing training methods that maximise the potential in young players.
Such was his success, his name travelled far and wide and it didn’t take long before some of the game’s top clubs hovered to recruit his services.
Stephen had other ideas, preferring the low-key life; he wanted to put something back into the communities where young footballers, boys and girls, could benefit from. The idea of producing football books for the grassroots clubs was born some years ago. Things (and the name) evolved, making it even more possible to create more and more funds for grassroots clubs around the UK.
The simple idea of young clubs proudly owning their own official football book/annual is the simplest but most effective way for clubs to earn good money and the clubs, parents and children get to have a fantastic keepsake for life.
It’s not every day you get to feature in a proper football book but Maranovo makes that dream come true…and puts money into clubs and academies.

“We’ve certainly come along, long way since the early club books days. Everything has got better and bigger and bringing in a lifelong friend with decades of experience in the print industry, everything just makes more sense by keeping things in-house.” – Stephen Hamilton, former player, coach, scout and adviser
Professional Printing:
The head of print operations, Allan Hawthorne, has decades of print knowledge and experience. He has owned his own print company since serving his apprenticeship. Allan is responsible for the everyday duties related to design, layout, print, and delivery.
Maranovo said: “It’s a great coup to have Allan as our partner. His experience will take us to another level and that can only be beneficial to the clubs and academies we’ll be working for.”
Fundraising:
Since the idea of producing football books with guaranteed sales was born, we’ve raised a lot of money to help grassroots football clubs.
That money has helped to pay for kit and equipment, participate in tournaments overseas, and assist with the everyday costs associated with clubs.
Most clubs need cash injections.

Additional services
/ SCOUTING
Maranovo are connected to a wide scouting network where we have experience within the Bundesliga, the English and Scottish Premier League, respectively. We’ve also formed partnerships and been part of a wider network in Brazil and the United States using our scouting system and platform to identify players.
/ FOOTBALL AGENTS
Our connections to the elite in professional football are very strong. This helps us when we come across young talented football players via our book publishing enterprise and fundraising projects. We work with reputable and trusted football agents – whom we’ve work with for many years – to help young up-and-coming footballers.
/ EVENTS
Whether your club has an anniversary, a book signing event or is looking to take part in tournaments; Maranovo can help. Using our experience and expertise, Maranovo can provide events for your club or individual biography/autobiography book signings. We have a string of first-class after-dinner speakers from the professional football world and can also offer top-class entertainment for just about any relevant event.