Author: GRF Admin

VIOLENCE at children’s football matches reached a new low over the weekend when a man and a teenager were arrested, and a young boy needed medical treatment, after trouble erupted during an under-15s football tournament. Five minutes before the whistle in the final, held at Bishop Auckland on Saturday, a parent stormed the pitch and […]

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You will have seen the kick offs at the 2016 Euros, with players playing the ball backwards, this is one of the changes to the Laws of the Game for the 2016/17 season. Sending players off for pre-match fights. Permitting the ball to go in any direction at kick-off. Allowing more players to be treated […]

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“It is with profound sadness that our outstanding U14 player, Tom Bothamley has suddenly passed away. Len Curtis, Chairman  of Wickersley Youth JFC has this moving message to say……. Tom joined our club as a seven year old in 2011 and was one of the outstanding players, not only in our club but also one […]

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Grassroots Coach Graham “Jock” Campbell has one massive thing to say to fellow coach Chris Corrance, and that is…… “Thank you for saving my life”   Graham was coaching his Pickering Town side acting as a linesman when he fell ill. “I knew I was feeling unwell as I was hot and sweaty, but I […]

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Today we heard terrible news from club chairman Mike Fudge: It’s with great sadness I write this post but between the hours of 9:30pm and 6am Lytchett and Upton red triangle fc club house was broken into with trophies being smashed and stolen, the walls graffitied, tv smashed, glasses from the bar area broken and cans […]

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My son was not very sporty, but wanted to join a football team. The Hornets is his local team so he turned up on a Monday night, not really knowing much about the sport. Not knowing what a goalie did, or a defender did, but the coaches said “come along, have some fun”. So that […]

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Football has undergone a growth of 36,500 weekly participants (aged 16 yrs plus) in the last six months. This is a positive result following a poor winter, which impacted on our 11v 11 numbers. However a strong performance in small-sided led to overall growth in this period. Overall over the full year the underlying trend […]

Read More… from Sport England Active People results released.