by GRF Admin | Oct 22, 2025 | Funding, headline news, Latest News
HOW TO APPLY The Football Foundation manages this fund to help clubs and organisations improve facilities for women and girls. To ensure fair access, applicants can submit one application per season, unless otherwise agreed with the Foundation. Before applying, please...
by GRF Admin | Oct 14, 2025 | Featured, headline news, Latest News, News
A recent grassroots survey revealed a whopping 89% of teams have had a player approached by another coach to play for them. We asked why the craze towards poaching the best players from the area to create an elite team, who does this benefit? Is it best for the kids?...
by GRF Admin | Sep 11, 2025 | headline news, Latest News, News
Hello to anybody and everybody who will take the time to read this. If I bore you I apologise. If you take something from it, I’ll be delighted. Now every manager loves a good team talk. They are what motivates and inspires our players. They set instructions and...
by GRF Admin | Sep 10, 2025 | Featured, headline news, Latest News, News
We’ve all seen the headlines: 15-0, 19-1, even 27-0. On paper, they look like dominant victories. But in grassroots and youth football, one question matters more than the scoreline: who actually benefits from a result like that? At this level, football should be about...
by GRF Admin | Sep 9, 2025 | Coaching, Featured, headline news, Latest News, News
“Anyone who tells you they can spot a professional player at five years old is basically lying,” says former Talent ID manager Nick Levett, an expert in the eight to eleven age group. Yet, across English football, professional clubs are scouting children as young as...
by GRF Admin | Jul 10, 2025 | headline news, Latest News, News
Under-10s players were left heartbroken after the team’s coach used money raised for a trip to Spain to fund a gambling habit. A trusted junior football coach has left families devastated after squandering thousands of pounds meant to send a children’s football team...
