by GRF Admin | Jun 10, 2024 | headline news, News
Witnesses are being sought following an assault at the end of a youth football tournament in Roade. A statement from Northamptonshire Police reads as follows; The incident occurred between 3pm and 4pm on Sunday, June 9, when several players from two under-13 teams...
by GRF Admin | Jun 5, 2024 | headline news, Latest News, News
The need for funds in Grassroots football increases year on year but sponsors are becoming increasingly difficult to find, here’s 10 tried and tested ways to generate funds for your team, some you may have tried, some maybe not. If you have novel ways of raising funds...
by GRF Admin | May 17, 2024 | headline news, News
FA Statement as follows In 2022, we became the first national association to successfully adopt the International Football Association Board [IFAB] trial to remove deliberate heading in grassroots football matches at U12 level and below. We first introduced the IFAB...
by GRF Admin | May 15, 2024 | headline news, Health, Health courses, News
Here England Football Learning explain what autism is and how coaches can support players who have it. What is autism? Autism is a lifelong developmental disability. It affects how people communicate and interact with the world. While it’s not a learning disability,...
by GRF Admin | May 1, 2024 | headline news, Latest News, News
The FA rules for children and young people under 16 prescribe a two – three year age banding in relation to playing a recognised match as this is in the best interests of child development within a football context. This provides parameters which allow children to...
by GRF Admin | Apr 4, 2024 | headline news
I’m the manager and coach of a parent run club. We started the club from scratch last May and have just finished our first season. We were unhappy as parents with how the previous manager, coach and club was run so we set up ours for our children to stay...