Copyright Aid

Thank you. Our app will engage with fans and encourage the audience to interact and provide opinions on certain stages of play within a game in real time. I understand fixtures are copyright but are results - as these are also 'facts'?

We are working on a project and need to integrate football player names and clubs into a website and app. Our intention is to exclude imagery and logo's but just include the names. I have searched online and am unable to find a definitive answer to this - do the names fall under copyright ...