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FA Chief Executive Martin Glenn has “commended the commitment” by London Mayor, Boris Johnson to get the capital behind The FA’s nationwide plan to create a network of grassroots football hubs across major cities. The hub programme is one of the findings of the FA Chairman Greg Dyke’s Independent Commission which revealed there was a […]
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The visit of Nick Robinson, who is FA Rules & Sanctions Committee Chairman, to Sporting 87 in Bury St Edmunds on Saturday morning coincided with the second Silent Weekend to take place in the county. Around 500 teams took part in the event which puts an emphasis on letting the players play and creating a […]
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The FA has launched an £8 million commitment to improve natural turf (grass) football pitches across the country. Over four years, The FA will implement the Pitch Improvement Programme (PIP) which will deliver improvements to more than 2,000 pitches – a central pillar of the organisation’s 2015-19 Strategy for Participation and Development. PIP will provide […]
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There are some things in football that I love: Seeing the kids develop as players, developing friendships. Watching them enjoying trainings sessions we have put on. Seeing them win, lose or draw together. As a team. There are some things in football that I don’t love quite so much: Hearing or seeing adults shout […]
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Match Day!!!! 07:00- rise and shine..immediately switch on iron before even boiling the kettle.. 07:03 “Mummmmmmm is it time for training yet?” “No lads..we’ve 4 hours yet!” 07:04-put the kettle on for my other half (and goalkeeper coach) 07:05-“Mummmmmmm is it nearly time?” “No lads there’s STILL 4 hours to go!” 07:10-brew time…quick talk over […]
Days after the Chairman on the Surrey Youth league made claims of violence getting of control at Junior football matches we have been made aware of an alleged incident from Leicester on Sunday. The Leicester Mercury are reporting as follows…. A junior football match was abandoned when one team’s players allegedly launched an attack on […]
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I’M A VOLUNTEER DIDN’T YOU KNOW !!!!! I am a coach and I always try, Sometimes I get it wrong, I attend extra learning and i research all night long. I’m also a parent and a worker providing for my home, My children have to share me, But never once do they moan. Never think […]
£17 million boost for grassroots football in Liverpool Liverpool is the latest city to sign up to The FA’s plan to revitalise grassroots facilities. Football is the city’s major participation sport with over 1,200 teams – of which more than 60 per cent are junior/youth teams – and it is estimated that half a […]
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Grassroots statement on today’s Claims competitive parents have turned grassroots football into a rampage of brutal violence. A spokesman for Grassroots Football – which supports grassroots clubs throughout the UK – says today’s reports of extreme violence are rare in comparison to the number of games played without incident. Although incidents of verbal abuse are […]
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Imagine you’re undertaking a fairly difficult task: assembling a piece of furniture with hieroglyphic instructions, filling out an Inland Revenue Tax Return on Jan 30th or standing on the highest rungs of a ladder painting the crown moulding in your living room with 14-foot ceilings. Think it would help if someone yelled at you during […]
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